Artemis Sampson

**Artemis Sampson** is a male citizen of District 10. He is a Victor, as he won the 58th Hunger Games. He was also reaped as a tribute in the 75th Hunger Games representing District 10. His District partner is Alethea Ninette.

## Personality

Artemis is a fairly average man who is naturally paternal. He’s a goofy and friendly guy on the outside. Artemis is quick to help out someone clearly disadvantaged. He happens to be equally as messed up with the effects of the Games as everyone else and tends to mask his problems.

## Fears

* Leaving behind his family.
* Having similar after effects as he had his first Games. (Suicidal, Severe PTSD, etc.)

## Strengths

Artemis is physically one of the strongest tributes and his strength would prove to be a huge advantage. He has experience with butchering and boxing.

## Weaknesses

However, Artemis’ large build causes him to be easily identified. It also affects his balance and ability to move around/fit through tight spaces. This is amplified with the injuries he faced in his Games. He isn’t good with long distance weapons. He struggled with addiction and is currently sober.

## 58th Games

### Before the Games

**Known tributes:** Andromeda (D1F), Miter (D2M), Taylor (D3M), Quillon (D5M), and Leyland (D6M).

* Artemis managed to score 8/10 in private training and his odds of winning were 7-1.
* This year the arena was a crowded, post-apocalyptic cityscape.
* There were no weapons present at the Cornucopia leaving tributes to construct makeshift weapons from the abundant rocks and wood provided in the arena.

### The Games

* The Bloodbath had the least deaths recorded with only three deaths.
* Artemis was attacked by Miter but was able to reach a large rock and hit his skull.
* The Careers this year did not get along well and did not approach Artemis.
* Throughout the night Artemis was bit by insects that spread an uncomfortable, burning rash on its victims.
* Day one ended with five deaths.
* On day two, Artemis received a sponsor. He was provided with a relieving cream that protected his skin from the symptoms of the insect bites. Artemis found shelter in a dark storage room with a small supply of food.
* Day two ended with three deaths.
* By day eight there were seven deaths (1/7 insect bites, 1/7 infection, 5/7 killed).
* Though the deaths were increasing and gaining in violence, the tributes were weak. On day nine, a feast was held to supplement the tributes with supply. On the table were backpacks stuffed to the brim.
* Leyland approached the table first. He waited for someone to attack him and when no one did, he dug a wooden spear into his chest and yelled out in agony. No one moved an inch, frozen by the most intense suicide in the Games yet. With no cannon, it is presumed Leyland passed out from blood loss.
* Andromeda, the only remaining Career of the Games ran out and struck Leyland. A rare mercy kill. She closed his eyes, took her bag and warned the other tributes hiding around that if they tried anything, she would be the one to kill them. She told everyone to "get [their] shit and go."
* Seven bags were left on the table including the one labeled with a large "10".
* Almost at once, the other tributes ran out. Taylor struck the girl from 11 with a bulky club of wood. Hell broke loose and three tributes fell— two by Taylor and one by Andromeda.
* Taylor knocked Andromeda back and nearly killed her but Artemis threw him off of her and not too long later a cannon sounded.

* Andromeda, tears in her eyes, nodded and ran off. The Feast left the Games with four tributes remaining.
* In the next five days, the four survived off of the materials from the Feast.
* On day thirteen, the Gamemakers produced an earthquake to bring the tributes closer. The buildings began to fall, starting from the perimeter.
* A cannon went off. Artemis ran, escaping stray debris and rubble, and eventually encountered Andromeda and Quillon.
* Quillon attempted to kill Artemis but instead stabbed his left arm, leaving a severe, open gash. Quillon believed to had hit Artemis strongly enough to return to Andromeda.
* Artemis got up and kicked Quillon off. The hefty weight of the steel-toe shoes provided in the arena wear knocked the wind out of him. They fought and Artemis received a broken rib, a large wound on his stomach, and several cuts and bruises.
* With a final slam to the ground and a deafening crunch, Quillon's cannon blared.
* Artemis returned to Andromeda and realized that she had been badly wounded. Her shallow breaths hinted that she didn't have much time left. Artemis comforted her in her final moments and when her cannon confirmed her death, he closed her eyes as she did Leyland's at the Feast.

### Aftermath

* Artemis was declared the victor of the 58th Hunger Games and his injuries were promptly tended for.
* The years to come were filled with addiction and slow recovering. His arm and stomach injuries healed poorly, leaving him with moderate pain under excessive movement and activity.
* Artemis was the last Victor of District 10 to date. He mentored years of tributes with little success. The first couple years after his Victory saw Artemis suffer from addiction and self-hate.
* He met his would-be wife and she helped him recover. They had a child, and from that point on Artemis veered away from his darkest moments post-Games.

## 75th Games

### Before the Games

Artemis was reaped into the 75th Hunger Games. The quell "twist" that year required the tributes to be reaped from the existing pool of Victors. The tributes didn't know it at the time, but President Snow rigged the Quell to silence rebellious Victors.