Beetee Latier

"*Thinking like your prey... that's where you find their vulnerabilities.*"
―Beetee**Beetee Latier** was the male tribute from District 3 who participated in the 75th Hunger Games, was the victor of the 39th Hunger Games, and was one of the 6 (others being Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair and Enobaria Bernard) tributes who survived the 75th Games. Though not a great fighter, Beetee was an expert with electronics and wiring.

## Biography

Beetee was the winner of the 39th Hunger Games at age 17. He was mentored by Artin. Because he was from District 3, viewers assumed that he didn't have as much of a chance in the arena as the other tributes. All of the tributes' pedestals were located outside of a giant hedge maze and the Cornucopia was at the center of the maze. Beetee took electronic supplies, then ran away. On the twenty-second day, the only other tributes that remained were the six Career tributes, so he set up a wired trap which killed all six Careers.

He started mentoring tributes in the 42nd Hunger Games. He did not mentor Wiress Wright in the 53rd Hunger Games, as she was mentored by Drara, but Beetee became good friends with Wiress after she won.

### Third Quarter Quell

In the Tribute Parade, he and Wiress wore electric bulb studded outfits, and Katniss noted that the District 3 stylists took inspiration from Cinna Goldridge and Portia's design the year before.

Before the Games began and Wiress became unhinged, she was shy and easily distracted, so Beetee usually finished her sentences for her. Furthermore, Beetee was the only person who could really understand anything she said after the Games began, leaving her entirely dependent upon him. Wiress never left his side during the 75th Hunger Games.

Beetee was given the nickname "Volts" by the other victors after he won by using his knowledge of electricity. Together with Wiress, they were called "Nuts and Volts" by Johanna Mason. He and Wiress gained Katniss' trust when they were training for the Games. Wiress and Beetee were two of the many tributes who were enlisted by Haymitch Abernathy to protect Katniss and Peeta in the arena at any cost. He was aware of and a major playing factor in the scheme to break out of the arena.

During his interview with Caesar Flickerman, Beetee wore a dark colored suit and questioned the legality of the Quell in his nervous, twitchy way and wondered if it'd been fully examined by experts. He, along with every other victor, held hands as a sign of solidarity and rebellion at the conclusion of the interviews.

Beetee's pedestal was positioned in the same sector as Blight Atwood. In the bloodbath, he was seen floating around the water with the flotation belt, trying, but struggling to keep above the water, and then it finally hit Katniss that the belts were flotation devices. He also got a knife in the back at the Cornucopia while trying to get wire, causing severe injury.

Beetee, along with Johanna, Blight, and Wiress, experienced the blood rain, one of the clock dangers of the arena. When they found Katniss, Peeta and Finnick, the trio was taken down to the beach to be cleaned up. Wiress was then killed by Gloss Osborne and then propelled into the water with Beetee's wire when the beach began to spin. It was almost lost until Katniss saved it and gave it back to Beetee. He then explained his plan to kill off Brutus Stein and Enobaria using the wire, and he sent out both Johanna and Katniss to run the wire through the jungle while Finnick and Beetee readied the fake tree and prepared to destroy the arena. Beetee was wounded by Enobaria, however, and as Finnick chased after her, Katniss came to Beetee's aid and completed his mission to destroy the arena.

Beetee, Finnick and Katniss were taken by Plutarch Heavensbee to safety in District 13, while Johanna, Peeta and Enobaria were all taken hostage by the Capitol. Through the work of the District 13 doctors, Beetee managed to survive his injuries.

### War

When Beetee recovered, though still in a wheelchair, he started working for the rebels by making new weapons for the military and a new bow and arrow for Katniss to use as the Mockingjay. When Katniss and Gale Hawthorne arrived at the meadow built underground, Beetee was studying and observing hummingbirds and asked Katniss if she could shoot one down. Gale said that maybe the hummingbird could be trapped if not shot. Beetee then took them to the special military weapons room where he showed them the weapons he built for the rebels. Beetee allowed Gale to pick a weapon and he chose a bow and arrow. Beetee made Katniss a new bow explaining that President Coin wanted a weapon that was unique to Katniss, and that matched her Mockingjay outfit. Beetee did so but improved upon that idea by making the bow interact bio-mechanically especially with Katniss. He also made a new and improved trident for Finnick.

It took many months, but he was able to hack into the Capitol TV's reception, partly due to the fact that he helped design it. The rebels aired propos while Beetee hacked into their system. He continued to make weapons and hack into the Capitol's broadcasts to air the rebels' propaganda spots. Beetee had Haymitch arranged to have Katniss shoot a propo so they could use it as a distraction tool during the rescue mission to free the victors being held in the Capitol. When Katniss visited Beetee and Gale, she was shocked to find that they were making weapons that could hurt innocent people in the process. The plans involved bombing people, then when the second wave of people would come to help the wounded, bombing them again, causing mass casualty. Gale replied that they were playing by the same rule book President Snow used.

Beetee and Gale went to the Nut in District 2 to assist the Rebels and met Lyme Turnbull. The group tried to come up with a plan to attack the "Nut," which would give them control of District 2. Gale suggested that they blow up the inside of the "Nut," which upset Katniss since it would kill the innocent as well as the District 2 Peacekeepers. Beetee supported the plan, calling it "brilliant," which only upset Katniss even more.

During the final battle of the war, a bomb Beetee and Gale helped design killed Capitol children and Rebel medics, which included Prim, who died in Katniss' arms after the bombs went off the second time.

After the Rebels' victory, President Coin gathered the seven known remaining victors and asked if they should have one final Hunger Games with children of the most powerful citizens in the Capitol as final retribution for the tyranny of the Capitol's rule. Johanna, Enobaria, Haymitch, and Katniss voted yes, while Peeta, Annie Cresta, and Beetee voted no. After Coin's death, Beetee returned home to District 3 and was part of a massive team dedicated redesigning the infrastructure of the internet, allowing all citizens to access it instead of just Capitol citizens.

## Victims

Beetee killed the 6 tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 in the 39th Hunger Games. During the war, he and Gale proposed bombing tactics that President Coin ended up using to kill dozens of District 13 medics and hundreds of Capitol children in an effort to trick citizens into believing Snow was bombing innocent children.

## Appearance

Beetee was described to have ashen skin (a typical district 3 attribute), black hair, and ill-fitting square glasses. He was in his fifties during the Second Rebellion. When he spoke on matters other than technology, Beetee looked nervous and twitchy.

## Personality

Beetee was described as, despite being a competitor in a fight to the death, one of those people who you trusted immediately, being the only person apart from Peeta who Katniss fully trusted in the 75th Hunger Games. He was highly intelligent, and his greatest weapon was his knowledge of electricity. Beetee seemed quite harmless for the most part, but nevertheless won the Hunger Games in the past, although this just self-defense rather than pleasure in killing. During President Coin's vote on whether to hold the 76th Hunger Games with Capitol children, Beetee voted against it despite having fought against the Capitol during the war, saying they needed to stop viewing one another as enemies. When he spoke on matters other than technology, he seemed nervous and twitchy.

## Relationships

* Peeta Mellark, Finnick Odair, Katniss Everdeen, Johanna Mason, Blight Atwood (allies)
* Gale Hawthorne (friend, co-designer)
* Wiress Wright (friend, ally)
* Coriolanus Snow (enemy)
* Enobaria, Brutus, Gloss, Cashmere (opponents)

## Trivia

* Beetee was far-sighted.
* He was the only named tribute that wore glasses.
* He was the last surviving tribute or victor from District 3.