Greta

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## Greta

### Allegiances

Kala (formerly)
Jordan (formerly)
Maisy (formerly)
Rose (formerly)

### Appears in

Bleeding Hearts

**Greta'** is a District 9 tribute in the 125th Hunger Games, as portrayed in Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts. She is known for betraying her allies and going insane in the second half of the Games.

In District 9, Greta is co-workers and close friends with Lysandra, who narrates for her at later points in the Games. Greta herself narrates Chapters 2, 23, and 43 of Bleeding Hearts, making her one of the most prominent narrators.

### Pre-Games

Greta is first seen before she is even Reaped, as she narrates the Quarter Quell announcement. To watch the Quarter Quell announcement, Greta has to take a break from her job as a farmer with her friend Lysandra. Their boss, Wally, orders them to report to the District square, where it is announced that tributes would be selected among relatives of previous tributes. At this point, Greta is unaware that she is in danger of being Reaped. Greta discusses her District, revealing that much of District 9 went up in flames a few years prior, and the District still hasn't recovered.

By the time Greta is seen again, she has been Reaped, and she has already joined an alliance with her District partner, Maisy, along with Kala and Jordan from District 7 and Rose from District 8. Soren observes the group as Kala teaches Greta how to throw an ax.

When the Training Scores are released, Greta scores a 7, which marks her as "notable competition" according to Lacie. Greta's score puts her on-par with Career Tributes Orion and Murray, Jordan, Kala, and Casey.

### The Games

#### The Bloodbath

Although Greta is not seen during the Bloodbath, it is known that she attended along with Rose and Jordan while Maisy and Kala hid nearby. During the Bloodbath, Rose and Jordan work together, and they only find Greta at the end of the Bloodbath. Greta escapes with her allies and into the Bloodbath.

#### In the Arena

Greta is not seen again until Day 3, when the first official Arena Event occurs as Hydra Vines fill a quarter of the Arena. Greta and her allies are trapped in the quarter of the Arena and are chased closely by the vines. Greta manages to escape the vines, but Jordan trips and is swallowed by the mass of vines following the tributes.

After escaping from the Hydra Vines, Greta camps on the Cornucopia island with Maisy, Kala, and Rose. Greta notes that the group slept through the whole night due to their exhaustion following the Hydra Vine incident. The group hopes to find supplies at the Cornucopia, as they lost some of their supplies to the vines, but there is nothing left on the island for them to salvage. Greta spots Kala's District partner Rowan in the trees, but he doesn't attack the group; this may have been because of Kala's presence on the island.

On Day 5, Greta and her allies are forced to flee the Cornucopia island after they are attacked by Ada. While Ada almost kills Maisy, the girls all manage to escape unharmed.

On Day 6, the girls camp in a new part of the Arena. However, they smell smoke and are forced to run when they are caught in Glutton Flames. Due to the speed of the flames, the girls are only able to flee with one backpack. In the end, the girls all escape with minimal burns, but they have almost no food.

The girls are forced to attack Orion and Murray for their supplies. Kala helps tackle Murray to the ground while Greta stabs him to death; Orion manages to flee by the mercy of Rose. To their frustration, Murray's bag has only a small amount of food in it.

Greta's lack of food and other supplies begins to affect her, and she begins to lose her sanity. As her alliance attempts to divide Murray's supplies evenly, Greta argues at every turn, causing Kala to erupt at her and berate her for her behavior. In the end, Rose decides to keep the supplies in the backpack so that nobody fights over them. That night, Greta finally enters a state of insanity, grabbing Murray's knife and stabbing Kala to death in her sleep.

Because of Greta's insanity, she continues to stab Kala's body even after she has died; after being awoken by Kala's screams, Maisy and Rose both flee with all of Greta's remaining supplies.

Greta is not seen again until the Feast. Prior to the Feast, the remaining tributes' odds are shown, and Greta's odds of winning the Games are 1:16. Out of the fourteen tributes remaining, Greta is only more likely to win than Maisy and Persephone.

#### The Feast

At the Feast, Greta is one of the last tributes to arrive. By the time she has arrived, Rose and Maisy have already lit the pile of supplies on fire using gasoline; upon discovering the burning pile, Greta falls to her knees with a maniacal scream. According to Dalia, this event appears to be Greta's last straw, as she needs supplies desperately and is now unable to get any.

#### Post-Feast

Greta narrates a chapter soon after the Feast, and it is apparent that she has gone insane. In Greta's mind, time passes much quickly, with days passing in mere hours. Greta returns to the Cornucopia island, where she sits on the ground and lets the time pass. Despite not eating or drinking anything for days, Greta miraculously stays alive on the Cornucopia island. She has hallucinations of her former allies, especially Kala, who haunts her. At this point, Greta appears to have lost her memories due to her insanity; she explains that "something about the sight of Kala makes me shudder, but I can't figure out what it is."

Back in District 9, Greta's close friend Lysandra watches the Games. She cries at the thought of Greta losing herself to insanity, and she hopes that Greta will be killed to put her out of her misery.

#### End of the Games

Greta is one of the seven tributes to survive until the end of the 125th Hunger Games. When all the remaining tributes are pushed to the center of the Arena for a final battle, Greta is the first tribute to arrive, as she is already camped on the central Cornucopia island. The next tributes to arrive are Orion and Rose, two tributes who have grudges against Greta due to the deaths of Murray and Kala, respectively. Despite having no weapons, Greta turns to Rose in an attempt to fight her. However, Rose and Orion temporarily form a truce, working together to lift Greta off the ground and haul her into the surrounding pool of Ultimate Solvent, a corrosive solvent which immediately peels Greta's skin from her body and kills her. By the time the other tributes arrive for the final battle, Greta is already dead; she places 7th out of the 36 tributes in the Games, and is the highest-placing tribute from District 9.

### Post-Death

Greta is remembered after her death mostly for her insanity at the end of the Games. During Soren Murdock's Victory Tour, he sees Greta's family: an older man and two younger kids.