Axel Robbins

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## Axel Robbins

### Allegiances

Vesta Robbins
Griff Cohen
Aurora Meadows
Phoenix Clayton (formerly)
Isabelle Buchanan (formerly)

### Appears in

Rising From the Ashes

Axel Robbins was a District 2 tribute in the 76th Hunger Games, as portrayed in Rising From the Ashes: The 76th Games. Due to the twist introduced that year (that all tributes would be connected to the rebellion and would be Reaped alongside an important person in their life), Axel was Reaped with his older sister Vesta.

### Pre-Games

Axel is first seen in Training, when he eats lunch with Griff Cohen and Aurora Meadows from District 4. As Axel asks to join the pair, he is already seen with Phoenix Clayton and Isabelle Buchanan from District 1, indicating that the District 1 and District 2 tributes had already agreed to work together. By joining the District 1 tributes, Axel created the first "Career alliance" after the rebellion, although none of the members had any Career training outside of Isabelle and Phoenix's military experience.

It is revealed during Training that Axel and Vesta's father was the Head Peacekeeper in the rebellion, and that he was instrumental in turning the Peacekeeping forces in District 2 against the Capitol. Vesta and Axel were both Reaped as a punishment for his role in the rebellion.

On the second day of Training, Axel grows closer to Griff, teaching him to spar with a spear.

After his Individual Assessment with the Gamemakers, Axel scores an eight, an unusually high score for a tribute his age. He scores even higher than Vesta, and his score puts him on-par with Griff. Due to other tributes' high scores, it is assumed that the training scores in the 76th Games may have been inflated by the Gamemakers, which may have affected Axel's score.

In the 76th Hunger Games, tribute interviews are conducted in paired by Caesar Flickerman, and Axel is interviewed alongside Vesta. Griff notes that their interview goes smoothly but is not a stand-out among the other interviews.

### The Games

In the Arena, Phoenix and Isabelle take control of their group. Because the others in the group are older than him, Axel is sometimes an afterthought for the others and is not considered a major asset to the group.

Axel is not seen until the end of the Bloodbath, but it is assumed that he stayed close to Vesta. Griff notes that Axel has a cut on his forehead when the Bloodbath is over.

In the first few days, Phoenix and Isabelle hunt for other tributes and kill the tributes from District 10. Axel, along with the other members of the alliance, are uncomfortable by the District 1 tributes but stay with them despite this. A few days into the Games, however, Axel does suggest leaving the group with Vesta, Griff, and Aurora, but their discussion is interrupted by Phoenix and Vesta.

On the fourth day of the Games, Phoenix and Isabelle find tracks on the ground left by Willa and Vance from District 7. They return to the group, interrupting Axel's suggestion of leaving the alliance, and forces the others to come with them. Still wary from their discussion, Griff insists that Aurora stays behind. Axel takes advantage of this, doing the same for Vesta. As a result, Axel and Griff leave with Phoenix and Isabelle, leaving the other girls behind.

After some time, Axel's group finds Vance and Willa. Phoenix devises a plan of action: he will attack Willa with Griff, while Axel and Isabelle will attack Vance. Axel follows Phoenix's orders, attacking Vance, but he is unable to outmatch the other boy. Isabelle shoves Axel aside and takes charge, but she is caught by surprise as Vance spears her and runs away.

When Phoenix sees Isabelle's body, he blames Axel for her death. Because of this, Phoenix attacks Axel, brutally beheading him in front of Griff, who flees. Axel placed 10th overall in the Games, dying on Day 4.

### Post-Death

After Axel's death, Griff returned to Aurora and Vesta, recalling the events of Axel's death to Vesta. Because of her brother's death, Vesta followed Phoenix into the Arena in an attempt to get revenge. However, she was eventually outmatched by Phoenix as well, and he killed her on Day 8.