Dalia

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## Dalia

### Allegiances

Nia
Soren Murdock
Lacie Greenly
Robin (formerly)
Jomilee (temporarily)
Magdalena (temporarily)
Rex (temporarily)

### Appears in

Bleeding Hearts

**Dalia** is a tribute of the 125th Hunger Games from District 11, as portrayed in Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts. She is known for her close friendship with Nia and Soren Murdock, and she is one of the major characters in Bleeding Hearts.

### Pre-Games

Prior to the Games, Dalia lived in District 11 with her grandmother. Her brother was Reaped into the 121st Hunger Games, where he was killed. Because of her connection to her brother, Dalia was eligible to be Reaped into the 125th Games, and she was selected.

Soon after being Reaped, Dalia is assigned to Jordinia Jackson as her mentor. Dalia decides early on that she will ally with her District partner, Nia, as they get along, but she distances herself from her other District partner, Angelica, who she knows to have a short temper.

In Training, Dalia trains with Nia. On the first day of Training, they are approached by Lacie Greenly, who wants them in her alliance with Soren Murdock. Dalia and Nia agree, joining the group. Later in Training, Soren adds Robin to the alliance because of his impressive display in Training, although Dalia is not consulted in this decision.

Prior to Training, Dalia is shown to be good at fighting and quite personable, acting as the more talkative member of her duo with Nia. Dalia often speaks for the two of them because of how close they are.

Dalia's Training score is revealed to be an 8, putting her on-par with Soren, Lacie, Rowan, Rose, and Rex.

### The Games

#### The Bloodbath

Dalia is seen once in the Bloodbath. After she reunites with Nia, the two girls watch as Leon kills their District partner, Angelica. After this, Dalia and Nia chase Leon around the Cornucopia. Ultimately, Dalia shoots Leon with an arrow from her bow, killing him. After killing Leon, Dalia reunites with her other allies.

#### In the Arena

Dalia is only seen occasionally for the first few days of the Games. On the third day, her alliance receives a bellflower from Cressa Vernetti, warning them of incoming danger, and Lacie narrowly escapes the Career tributes. However, Nia is killed as they escape. Shocked by Nia's death, Dalia stops in her tracks, but she is dragged forward by Robin, who encourages her to keep running. Although Dalia escapes, Hydra Vines temporarily grab Soren, injecting slow-acting poison into his body.

Dalia assesses Soren's injuries, revealing her impressive healing knowledge. She tells him that the poison can only be cured by a lion lilly in its final stage, right before death. Unfortunately, Soren's allies don't have this antidote, and they spend days searching for it.

A few days after escaping from the Hydra Vines, Dalia's alliance is approached by Rex and Lena from District 10. Lacie is hesitant to help any tributes not in her alliance, but Dalia overrules her, as she is still grieving from Nia's death and needs something to distract her. Although Dalia attempts to save Rex from his burn wounds, he passes away, but Soren promises to include Lena in the alliance.

Finally, Dalia and her allies come across Jomilee, who supply them with a lion lilly. As Soren's poison reaches the final stage, Dalia helps Lacie feed him the flower at the right time, saving him from the poison.

#### The Feast

Dalia enters the Feast with her allies to grab supplies. In the Feast, Lena is killed, and Dalia approaches Ada, he rkiller, after hearing Lena's screams. However, Dalia does not have a weapon and is quickly overpowered by Ada. Luckily, Soren approached at the right moment and slits Ada's throat from behind, saving Dalia's life.

#### Post-Feast

A few days after the Feast, Robin turns against his allies, drugging them and stealing their supplies. Before he leaves, he ties them to trees, leaving them to be killed by the incoming tidal wave. He ties Lacie up with wire to make it impossible for her to escape without a sharp blade to cut through it. However, after tying up Lacie, he only has enough rope to tie either Dalia or Soren. Robin decides to kill Dalia, saving Soren's life temporarily by tying him to the tree. Robin explains that Soren has always been kind to him, unlike Dalia. Dalia places 10th out of the 36 tributes.

### Post-Death

The morning after Dalia's death, her body is discovered by Lacie and Soren, who mourn her death. Dalia is remembered by Soren as one of his closest friends and as one of the kindest tributes in the Games.

Ultimately, the weapons that Robin stole from Dalia's body after her death lead to his own demise, as he was stabbed by muttations targeting tributes carrying weapons.

Dalia's grandmother is seen standing alone beneath her portrait at Soren Murdock's Victory Tour.