Clay Manilowe

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## Clay Manilowe

### Allegiances

Sienna Manilowe
Damien Brimstone (formerly)
Luna Brimstone (formerly)

### Related to

Sienna Manilowe (sister)
Dawn Manilowe (sister)

### Appears in

Blood Moon

**Clay Manilowe** is a District 7 tribute in the 117th Hunger Games, as portrayed in Blood Moon: The 117th Hunger Games. In Training for the Games, Clay grows very close to Damien Brimstone, but Damien's attitude in the Games drives them apart, and Clay ultimately betrays his friend.

### Pre-Games

In Training, Clay trains with his sister, Sienna Manilowe, but he quickly becomes friends with Damien Brimstone. On the second day of the Games, Damien and Clay decide to include their sisters in their alliance to appease their mentors, and Luna Brimstone is added to the alliance. Not much is shown of Clay, but he appears to have an easy-going personality.

After the Individual Assessments, Clay receives a score of 8, making him one of the strongest tributes.

### The Games

#### The Bloodbath

In the Bloodbath, Clay grabs supplies for his sister, who avoids the chaos. He is seen elbowing one of the District 12 males in the face, but he doesn't kill any of the other tributes.

#### In The Arena

Clay enters the Arena with his alliance, taking a leadership role. He shares a cocky attitude with Damien, and they celebrate Lily Thorsby's death, as she is a strong competitor.

Three days into the Games, Clay's alliance comes across one of the District 12 males. Although Luna begs the boys to spare him, Damien and Clay decide to chase and kill the boy. This decision is mostly made by Damien, but Clay helps with the kill.

The death of the boy from Twelve weighs heavily on Clay. Damien defends the decision, saying that it improves their own odds, but Clay argues that the boy wasn't a threat to them anyway. Clay begins to become withdrawn and lashes out at Damien.

The next day, Clay and Damien get into an argument about their strategy in the Games. Damien argues that the best strategy is to find and ambush the other tributes, as any inflicted injuries will get worse over time. Clay argues that the Careers should be left to kill everyone else, and they will eventually turn on one another. Damien doubles down, saying that killing the other tributes is the only solution.

In the middle of their argument, the boys are nearly discovered by the Career tributes, who are walking through the grove close by. The tributes go to sleep, and Clay tells his allies that he will take the first watch, as he has something important to tell Sienna.

As Luna and Damien try to fall asleep, Clay silently escapes with Sienna. Having turned against Damien due to his outbursts, Clay finds the Careers' camp and tells them Damien's location. He explains that he doesn't have it in him to kill his friend, but he doesn't think he deserves to live. Midas Diamanti thanks Clay for this information, but kills him with his sword anyway. Clay places 12th out of the 24 tributes.

### Post-Death

Clay's death is a point of confusion for Luna Brimstone, who ultimately survives the Careers' attack. He is mourned by his sister, Sienna, after his death.

When Luna Brimstone arrives in District 7 for her Victory Tour, she is greeted by Clay's mentor, Lila Shaw, who apologizes for Clay's betrayal and his actions in the Games.