August Vassault

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## August Vassault

### Allegiances

Rochelle Carrillo
Princess Belmont
Calder Theasley
Zinnia Songwood
Pollux Avellino (formerly)

### Total Kills

3 directly (Princess Belmont, Calder Theasley, Jasper)
1 indirectly (Zinnia Songwood)

### Appears in

Twin Snakes

**August Vassault** is a District 1 tribute in the 101st Hunger Games, as featured in Twin Snakes: The 101st Hunger Games. In the story, he is a Career tribute who is the favorite to win the Games, but his close relationship with Rochelle Carrillo, an orphan from District 8, ultimately becomes his undoing.

### Pre-Games

Prior to the Games, August is something of a celebrity in District 1, as it is known that he will volunteer for the Games. It is revealed that August's father intended to volunteer for the 76th Hunger Games before it was canceled, and August's training for the Games has been partially to fulfil his father's stolen dream from all those years ago. August wants to make his family proud and make his father happy.

In the 101st Hunger Games there is a twist that impacts the Games as a part of the Quarter Quell twist from the 100th Hunger Games, which introduced a minor twist into each Games from the 101st Games to the 125th Games. This twist was revealed at the Tribute Parade, and it was announced that each tribute would be randomly assigned to an opposite-sex partner in a life-and-death bond. At the Parade, August is paired with District 8 tribute Rochelle Carrillo. August is devastated by this news, as he believes that being paired with such a weak tribute ruins his chances of winning the Games.

Rochelle and August's relationship is initially rocky. August initially models his behavior after Pollux Avellino, who ignores his partner altogether, but Rochelle manages to corner August and convince him that he needs her to survive. Rochelle convinces August to help her train for the Arena to increase their chances of survival, and the two grow close as a result. However, August's allies (especially Pollux Avellino and Princess Belmont) resent Rochelle's relationship with August, viewing her as a weak link.

In Training, August attempts to teach Rochelle about different plants, hoping that her knowledge will impress the Gamemakers. However, Rochelle intentionally does terribly in her Assessment, earning a terrible score to avoid making herself a target. In contrast, August receives one of the highest score out of the tributes in the Games after performing a routine he'd been practicing for years.

Prior to the Games, August opens up to Rochelle and tells her about the pressure he's felt to live up to his father's expectations of him and make him proud.

### The Games

#### The Bloodbath

At the Bloodbath, August is immediately put in danger as he is separated from the female tributes, making him unable to protect Rochelle. August initially panics, but focuses on killing the other tributes at the Bloodbath. He fights Damon Shelton, who is surprisingly good at fighting and catches August unprepared. Damon nearly kills August, but his partner, the District 3 female, is killed elsewhere in the Arena, causing him to collapse to the ground at the last moment.

After the Bloodbath, August lies to his allies and tells them that he killed Damon so they didn't see him as weak. He entered the Arena with his original allies, Pollux Avellino and Calder Theasley, and the boys attempt to find their partners in the Arena.

#### In the Arena

In the days following the Bloodbath, Pollux grows more and more paranoid. This is due to the fact that he ignored his partner, Mandy Ferrell, and made no arrangements to meet her in the Arena. Pollux, realizing his mistake, grows more and more desperate to find her before she dies and takes him with her.

Noticing Pollux's paranoia, August pokes at his ally and leads him to snap, distancing Pollux from Calder and August. Later in the Games, when it is announced that the pairs will be released after two more pairs are killed, Pollux attempts to save himself by killing August and Calder Theasley, a move that would've killed the two pairs required for him to be separated from Mandy. However, August defends himself as Calder flees; after Calder flees, Pollux gives up and August berates him for his behavior. After this, August grabs his supplies and leaves, entering the Arena alone.

A few days later, August stumbles across Rochelle Carrillo, who is minutes away from dying from dehydration. August frantically nurses Rochelle back to health, saving her life and his own life in the process. When the two tributes reunite, Rochelle tells August that Princess plotted to kill her, a half-truth that turns August against Princess. After this point, August sides with Rochelle, viewing Princess as a threat and a competitor rather than an ally.

#### The Feast

At the Feast, it is announced that the pairs will be released after the death of one more pair. Rochelle works hard to gain August's favor, convincing him that she doesn't even want to survive and only wants to help him win the Games, giving him no reason to kill her after the pairs are separated. Because of this, August is presented with a choice at the Feast: take a stab at Zinnia and Princess, or betray Rochelle after the pairs are separated.

August and Rochelle plot to kill Jasper at the Feast, as this would eliminate Zinnia Songwood, his partner, from the Games. At the Feast, Calder Theasley nearly kills Garrick Barlow, but he is stopped by August. Finally, August finds Jasper and kills him, and the pairs are released.

Prior to Jasper's death, August is confronted by Zinnia and Princess, who try to convince him to abandon Rochelle. He agrees, telling them to wait for him a mile away. However, he goes back on this plan by killing Zinnia and staying with Rochelle, something that turns Princess against him.

#### Post-Feast

After the Feast, August reveals to Rochelle that he'd rather she win the Games than Princess or anyone else besides him. This shows a major change in character, as he'd previously despised her when the pairs were initially announced. When a sandstorm sweeps through the Arena, August protects Rochelle, sustaining injuries himself from the sand. Rochelle helps August heal as the Games draw to a close.

#### End of the Games

At the end of the Games, Rochelle hatches another plan with August, but she uses this plan to position herself favorably at the end of the Games. She plans to hide at the base of the large sand dune at the center of the Arena, hiding herself to 'help August' if he is attacked. However, when the two tributes arrive at the dune, they are spotted by Princess Belmont, who would've known that Rochelle was hiding. To solve this problem, August pretends to kill Rochelle and leaves her at the base of the hill.

Rochelle hides, pretending to be dead, as August faces Princess, Garrick, and Calder. Although he faces Princess first, August convinces her to kill Garrick and Calder before they turn on one another. She agree, although she shoots down his idea to fight her own partner, Calder. When the two boys arrive, they both work together to attack August; they nearly succeed in overpowering him, but Princess helps at the last moment by killing Garrick as August kills Calder.

Finally, August faces Princess. Princess has a breakdown, telling August that she loved him and gave everything she had in the Arena to keep him alive before he turned around and betrayed her. Although it breaks his heart, August stabs Princess to death.

Killing Princess takes a toll on August, and he stays knealing over her body. Just as he thinks to tell Rochelle of his victory, Rochelle climbs the hill and catches August by surprise, stabbing him in the back with a knife and winning the Games. August placed 2nd out of the 24 tributes.

### Post-Death

August's death was a major shock to viewers across Panem, as he was anticipated to be the Victor. Many Capitol fans called the 101st Hunger Games "District 1's Games" as Princess and August were the two most dominant tributes, and both of them survived until the final three tributes.

During Rochelle Carrillo's Victory Tour, August's parents refused to stand beneath his portrait, although his sister, Antoinette Vassault, stood by herself beneath his picture. Rochelle condemned August's parents for disrespecting their son, telling the District 1 crowd that August was a man who deserved to be respected and remembered fondly. For years after this speech, August was remembered as a hero in District 1.