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 from *The Hunger Games: Tribute Guide*
**District 2** is one of the thirteen districtsof Panem. Located in the Rocky Mountains, extremely close to the Capitolitself, it is one of the largest and wealthiest districts. Publicly, District 2 is presented solely as the home of the nation's stone quarries and masonry workers, but it is also where many Peacekeepers are recruited, trained, and where weapons are manufactured for their usage.

## History

After the alleged loss of District 13 in the First Rebellion, the seat of the Capitol's military power and manufacturing moved to District 2. Peacekeepers were also commonly sourced from District 2 from then on, becoming a secret second industry unknown to the other districts.

### Relationship with the Games

#### 1st-10th Hunger Games

In the first ten Hunger Games, District 2 and District 1 were noted as being "more Capitol-friendly" and turning out "better-fed" tributes, resulting in more victors; this implies that District 2 had already won more than once in the earliest years of the Games. Districts 4 and 11 were also "contenders", though, so 1 and 2 had not won them all.

Despite this, District 2's tributes did not fare well in the 10th Hunger Games. Sabynfell to her death in a failed escape attempt before the Games began, and while Marcus successfully escaped, he was soon recaptured, brutalized, and displayed in the Capitol Arena. He was the first official kill of the Games, mercy-killed by Lamina.

#### Career district

Eventually, alongside District 1 and District 4, District 2 began to train Career Tributes. Although technically against the rules, their children were trained to prepare them for combat inside the arena. Career training made District 2 tributes popular bets among sponsors. Despite their success in the Games and outward loyalty to the Capitol, some in District 2 secretly resented their arrangement and later sided with the rebels.

### Second Rebellion

District 2 was the main loyalist stronghold for much of the war. All but one of its victors were killed during the war and the Victors' Purge. The only survivor was Enobaria.

#### Battle of District

Although the district did not rebel as a whole, certain villages either sided with or were captured by the rebels before the conflict ended with one final assault on the Nut. Rebels deliberately triggered avalanches to block entrances on the direction of Gale Hawthorne and Beetee Latier. At this point, the district surrendered and unified under the rebels' banner.

### Reconstruction

Directly after the war, Gale Hawthorne was described as "mopping up Peacekeepers in District 2". Following a brief return to the Capitol for the execution of President Snow, Gale took "some fancy job" in a more permanent move to District 2.

## Culture

The close relationship between the Capitol and District 2 is reflected in their naming conventions: both draw names from ancient Rome (e.g. Cato and Brutus from 2, Coriolanus and Seneca from the Capitol).

People from District 2 had a funerary tradition of sprinkling bread crumbs over the bodies of the fallen, so they'd have food on their journey "back where they came from".

Sejanus Plinth said the taste of goat's milk reminded him of his childhood in District 2, implying that it was something they drank often.

## Known tributes

"*Cato. Clove. Brutus. Enobaria. I've seen their eagerness. I've seen their bloodlust, too.*"
- Katniss Everdeen
Children from District 2 were raised with a warrior mindset in preparation for becoming Peacekeepers or tributes. Like other Careers from Districts 1 and 4, those from District 2 tended to be strong and well-prepared, but they had an additional level of brutal discipline. They often volunteeredto compete in the Games.
### Tributes

* Marcus - Male tribute in the 10th Hunger Games, was mercy killed by Lamina. Placed 15th.
* Sabyn - Female tribute in the 10th Hunger Games. Tried to escape from the arena during an explosion, but died from a fall before the games had even begun. Placed 19th.
* Cato - Volunteered to be the male tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Shot in the head with an arrow by Katniss Everdeen after being viciously mauled by wolf mutts. Placed 3rd.
* Clove - Female tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Her skull was crushed with a rock by Thresh after he heard her bragging about the Career pack killing his young district partner, Rue. She placed 6th.

### Victors

By the reaping for the third Quarter Quell, Districts 1, 2, and 4 had accrued the largest pool of victors.

* Brutus - Victor of an unknown Hunger Games, and volunteered as the male tribute in the 75th Hunger Games. Killed by Peeta Mellark on the third night, placing 7th.
* Enobaria - Victor and volunteer in the 62nd Hunger Games, and tribute and survivor of the 75th. After the war, she was the last surviving victor from District 2.
* Lyme - Victor of an unknown Hunger Games "a generation ago". Killed during the Second Rebellion in the Victors' Purge, sometime after the Battle of District 2.
* Unnamed male victor - Victor of the 73rd Hunger Games. Killed in the purge.
* Unnamed male victor - Victor of an unknown Games. Killed in the purge.
* Female victor - Victor of an unknown Games. Killed in the purge.
* Female victor - Victor of an unknown Games. Killed in the purge.

## Location and geography

According to the map of Panem featured in *The Hunger Games Adventures*, District 2 is located directly to the south of the Capitol, primarily centered in the states of Colorado and New Mexico. This supports District 2's reputation for having close ties and strong loyalty to the Capitol and its industry, masonry, as it's situated in the eastern part of the Rocky Mountains

The district consists of one main town and a number of smaller villages spread out across the mountains. Each one was originally built around a stone mine or quarry, but eventually, they were devoted to training and housing Peacekeepers. A train system runs from the Nut into the main town, and like other districts, District 2 has a central square where their Justice Building is located

### The Nut

The Nut is a virtually impenetrable mountain in the center of District 2, with much of the Capitol's military arsenal housed inside