Leonel Fallen

**Leonel Fallen** is the very first Hunger Games victor, winning at the age of 18. As a citizen from District 4, Leonel was skilled with spears, which helped him survive the 1st Annual Hunger Games. He is the very first Hunger Games victor, also the first one for District 4.

## Early life

Leonel was a fisherman in District 4 who lived a simple life with his old father. They had a very strong relationship as they only had each other, which led them to spend a lot of time together, even after work.

Leonel never had much ambition in life - he was happy with all he got, until the Reaping took everything from him.

## 1st Annual Hunger Games

As these were the first ever Hunger Games, everything was very new, even for the Capitol and their citizens. Nothing much was put into practice as we know the Games to be now. Tributes did not know what to expect from the Capitol or the Games - the fear and confusion due to their situation was so notorious, that those children visibly did not know how to act or react about it: all were confused and very agitated as they were brought to the arena.

Even before the Games started, conflicts between tributes caused some early losses - only 13 tributes remained alive to fight for their survival.

In the Capitol arena, the seats were full and the audience was in a frenzy. From the moment the tributes were placed in their pedestals, the Capitol citizens began cursing and booing them. The tributes were so distraught over their reaction that they didn't even notice the cue signalling the start of the Games.

The weaker tributes were shot as the crowd grew louder and louder because of the lack of action. The strongest tributes acted fast to do not be killed by the peacekeepers and they started to attack each other using the weapons from the middle of the field. Because of his ability with spears, Leonel was able to eliminate the last tributes and win the 1st Annual Hunger Games, been crowned the first ever victor of The Hunger Games.

During his Games, Leonel was responsible for the deaths of the following tributes:

* District 7's male tribute
* District 7's female tribute
* District 10's male tribute

## Life after the Games

Leonel found himself alone when he arrived in District 4, discovering his father had passed away after he was reaped for the Hunger Games. Shortly after, he took his father's old boat onto the sea and was never to be seen again. District 4's folks believe that Leonel is gone, just like his father.

## Etymology

The meaning of the name Leonel is “lion,” reflecting its Latin roots. His name is a reference to the original story we had for the first Hunger Game's victor, before The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes were released.

## Trivia

* Leonel Fallen is the very first Hunger Games victor, also the first one for District 4.
* In Leonel's original story, before The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes were released and we did not know anything about the early years of the Games, the arena was a Roman Colosseum. Due to the lack of action as tributes refused to attack each other, lions were released into the arena, a reference to Roman gladiator games. In this original version, Leonel won by climbing onto the Cornucopia to stay further away from the lions, using his spear to prevent other tributes from doing the same, until the lions got rid of the competition.