District 2

"*Our nation would be nothing without District 2's superb stonework. It builds and fortifies our cities and its citizens are known individually for their strength.*"
―Description of District 2**District 2** was one of the thirteen districts of Panem. Located in the Rocky Mountains, extremely close to the Capitol itself, it was one of the largest and wealthiest districts. Publicly, District 2 was presented solely as the home of the nation's stone quarries and masonry workers, but it was also where many Peacekeepers are recruited, trained, and where weapons were manufactured for their usage. Prior to the Second Rebellion, this latter industry was not widely known among the larger citizenry (similar to how District 13 was publicly known for graphite mining but was also the center of Panem's nuclear weapons program prior to the First Rebellion).

## Description

### General

After the First Rebellion, District 2 was rewarded with better treatment and living conditions for its citizens because of their loyalty to the Capitol. Despite this preferential treatment, however, the quarry workers suffered as much as laborers in any other district, and the district was not excluded from the annual Hunger Games.

Seven villages, each one based around a stone mine, were scattered across the mountains that spanned the western part of the district. Like other districts, District 2 had a central square where the Justice Building was located, and the Justice Building in Two, which was stone, was old and particularly elegant.

The Nut was a virtually impenetrable mountain in the center of District 2 where Peacekeepers were trained and much of the Capitol's military was housed. In the Second Rebellion, the entrances were blocked by avalanches Gale Hawthorne and Beetee Latier caused, trapping almost everyone inside.

### The Hunger Games

District 2 hosted the very first volunteer in the history of the Games: Spall, who won the 6th Hunger Games. He was the district's first victor. The first group of Career tributes from District 2, who were the first trained Careers ever, were Tamora and Victor during the 17th Hunger Games.

Children from District 2 were raised with a warrior mindset in preparation for becoming Peacekeepers, though this mentality also served them well in the Hunger Games. Tributes from District 2 were usually Careers, who trained for years before competing, as winning was a great honor in Pack Districts. Like the Careers from Districts 1 and 4, those from District 2 tended to be strong and well-prepared but had an additional level of brutal discipline. As Katniss Everdeen described them: "Cato. Clove. Brutus. Enobaria. I've seen their eagerness. I've seen their bloodlust, too." The district gained a total of 13 victors over the 75-year course of the Games.

The female tribute was reaped first in Two. During the tribute parade, tributes were typically dressed up as Roman generals in togas, Roman gladiators, or knights.

## Known Inhabitants

### Tributes

* Anaxandra
* Augusta
* Barrett
* Brutus Stein
* Carlos
* Cato
* Clove
* Dion
* Enobaria Bernard
* Harold
* Junia
* Lyme Turnbull
* Marcus
* Maximus
* Perdita
* Raudel
* Sabyn
* Spall
* Tamora
* Victor

### Non-tributes

* Ma Plinth (previously)
* Sejanus Plinth (previously)
* Strabo Plinth (previously)
* Mayor Vitellius

## 10 Most Common Occupations

1. Quarrier
2. Peacekeeper
3. Weaponsmith
4. Bricklayer
5. Merchant
6. Teacher
7. Trainer
8. Healer/nurse
9. Clerk
10. Butcher

## Trivia

* Although tributes from District 2 were always eager to volunteer for the Hunger Games (they had a hunger for 'glory'), some of them secretly hated the games as much as any other district: Enobaria displayed this following the rebel victory by voting for a final, symbolic Hunger Games featuring children from the Capitol, to "give them a taste of their own medicine."
* By the time Katniss became openly involved in the Second Rebellion, District 2 was the last district openly allied with the Capitol. Although the district did not rebel as a whole, certain villages either been sided with or were captured by the rebels before the final assault against the Nut.
* Both male tributes in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games were killed by a tribute from District 12.
* It was extremely uncommon for both tributes from Two to be killed before the final eight. From the 50th Games to the 75th Games, there was a 95% chance at least one of them would survive