Dallas Carson

* 11-20th HG
* 5th HG

Mentor

**Dallas Carson** is a Hunger Games victor, winning the 5th Annual Hunger Games at the age of 17. As a citizen from District 10, Dallas knew how to catch animals and prepare their meat. By feeding other tributes with poisoned rats, Dallas was announced victor of the 5th Annual Hunger Games. He was the first victor from District 10 in the history of the event.

## Early Life

Dallas always acted as a cheerful, happy-go-lucky individual; those meeting him for the first time would not have guessed how much him and his family struggled, coming from a poor environment where work would not let him rest for a single minute. He worked as a slaughterer at his family's farm, but had to frequently help in the care and maintenance of the farm as well, giving him the skills to both handle and put down animals. Despite all the work and stress that came with his profession, Dallas is a simple man, grateful just for the opportunity of having a life and a job.

## 5th Annual Hunger Games

At the age of 17, Dallas was reaped for the 5th Annual Hunger Games. He stood up from the beginning for being the oldest in a roster of mostly tributes aged 15 or younger. Despite his fear of being sent to the Games, he would hide it from the other kids, telling them stories in an attempt to calm the younger ones down. He would compare their situation with how animals are transported back in District 10, giving him some confidence of knowing what would happen next. Sharing the process with the other tributes, he gave a false sense of familiarity with the whole situation, that made the kids believe they would be in good hands if they listened and stood by his side.

### At the Capitol

A couple of hours after being sent to the animal pen where the tributes would spend the night, the first tribute of that year fell from starvation, due to their already weakened condition coming from the Districts. The whole scene really upset Dallas, making him realise that despite his seemingly bad conditions back at home, in comparison with other people in other districts he could have been considered lucky just for the fact that he at least had access to some food. The whole scene did not match his philosophy, from being raised under the motto that it was his District's duty to feed Panem. He now realised that "Panem" only meant a small few.

Noticing how the environment was infested with rats, raccoons and other opportunistic animals; Dallas took action into catching the rats roaming around by their tail and dropping them unconscious with a quick hit in their skull. He would skin the rats with his own hands and separate them as best as he could to feed all the young tributes equally. He spent most of the night catching rats for everyone except for himself, as it was later demanded by Larcus from District 4 that he would give everyone the same treatment and not just the younger tributes. A few hours in, the smallest kids started showing symptoms of poisoning, initially mistaken as signs of dehydration.

### Arena

Dallas was brought to the Capitol Arena fragilized from the lack of food, but as most other tributes already were showing severe signs of poisoning, they were all in worse state than him. Most did not resist to the first hour of the Arena. The Games were mostly disputed between Dallas and Larcus, the boy from District 4, who showed an higher resistance to the symptoms though not enough strength to fight. Instead, he would provoke and accuse Dallas of causing the poisonings on purpose, trying to get to the boy's head. It eventually worked, as Dallas made the move to end the life of his opponent, using his cleaver to cut his throat.

Due do the poisoning incident, it is debatable on how Dallas' total number of kills should be counted. He was responsible (directly or indirectly) for the deaths of the following tributes:

* District 6's female tribute
* District 8's male tribute
* District 9's female tribute
* District 6's female tribute
* District 11's female tribute
* District 11's male tribute
* District 12's female tribute
* District 12's male tribute
* District 5's female tribute
* District 6's male tribute
* District 3's male tribute
* District 3's female tribute
* District 2's female tribute
* District 8's female tribute
* District 5's male tribute
* District 4's male tribute

## Life after the Games

Dallas' victory is still very controversial to this day, as his true intentions when feeding rats to other tributes are still debated. However, to some of the Capitol citizens who wholeheartedly believe it was intentional, it was believed to be a smart and strategic move more than a horrific act, which led to Dallas being praised for it.

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## Etymology

Dallas is named after the city with the same name, in the state of Texas, as District 10's location coincides with part of this state.

## Trivia

* Dallas is the first victor from District 10.
* Counting the victims of the poisoning, Dallas is the second victor with the highest kill count in the history of the Hunger Games, right after June Naysmith.