Johanna Mason

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"*They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love."*"
―Johanna Mason to Katniss Everdeen about the Capitol**Johanna Mason** of District 7 was the victor of the 71st Hunger Games. She won her Games by acting weak, then killing viciously. Her family and friends were later killed by President Coriolanus Snow after she refused to sell her body to Capitol citizens. Johanna was the only female victor from her district, and thus was reaped for the third Quarter Quell. Beat only by Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, she was the third-youngest tribute in the Quarter Quell, being 21 years of age. She was the last living victor of District 7 after the war.

## Biography

### Early life

Johanna Mason was born in District 7, a district known for producing lumber. She became very tough and physically durable as a result of the work she did and developed great skill wielding an axe. She started working as a lumberjack from the age of ten. She was reaped for the 71st Hunger Games at age seventeen.

### 71st Hunger Games

In her first Hunger Games, Johanna's stylist Severinus dressed her and her district partner as trees, much to their embarrassment, and leading to her perceiving in him an unrivaled lack of intelligence. Severinus had been dressing tributes like trees for the last four decades. She was mentored by Blight Atwood. Her training score was 2, as she intentionally scored poorly to draw attention away from herself.

When she entered the arena, Johanna pretended to be a weakling, feigning hunger and fatigue when, in reality, she was sly and cunning: Described by Katniss as having a "wicked ability to murder", she waited until the number of tributes had been substantially reduced before revealing her ferocity. The only kill she got before the seventeenth day was a girl from District 10, who she tricked into getting eaten by a spider in the dark forest arena. The other tributes only realized that she was the tribute to target on the seventeenth day of the nineteen-day Games, and by then, it was too late for them.

Because she was incredibly desirable, President Snow attempted to make her a prostitute, and when she refused, he killed her family. She was sold into prostitution anyways and despised it.

### Third Quarter Quell

#### Opening Ceremonies

Johanna first met Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark after the tribute parade of the 75th Hunger Games. Dressed as a tree, she complained that the tributes from District 7 had worn tree costumes for forty years and wished that she had gotten Cinna Goldridge as her stylist. She unnerved Katniss in the elevator when she stripped off her costume, wearing nothing but forest green slippers. Katniss was immediately turned off by this action, eyeing Peeta's reaction. He later explained to Katniss that Johanna did this to get a reaction since she and the other tributes obviously saw Katniss as being the most "pure." She and Finnick Odair, a good of hers, planned to try to make her uncomfortable to mess with her.

During training, Johanna wrestled male tributes and showcased her coordination and precision in wielding an axe. She was comfortable with presenting nude in the Training Center, oiling her skin down for wrestling.

#### Interview

During Johanna's interview with Caesar Flickerman, she asked if something could be done about the victors going back into the arena, since surely the Gamemakers never anticipated such attachment forming between the victors and the Capitol. When asked if she was angry with the victors going back into the arena, Johanna furiously said she was angry because the Capitol wanted to try to kill her again and cursed everyone who was involved. Johanna held hands with the other victors on the night of the interviews as a sign of rebellion.

#### The Arena

Johanna survived the initial Cornucopia bloodbath and managed to get some axes before leaving. She teamed up with Beetee Latier, Wiress Wright, and Blight. When the blood rain came pouring down, Johanna and her allies thought it was water because they were confused from the lighting striking the tree. Wiress started muttering "tick tock" out of shock, having figured out the arena's secret. They could barely see through the downpour, and Blight ran into the force field, killing him. Johanna began to spite Wiress and Beetee, or "Nuts and Volts" as she called them, because of their reliance on her.

Johanna brought Beetee and Wiress to Katniss following Haymitch Abernathy's request. She snapped at Katniss when Katniss asked her to cut Beetee and Wiress some slack. She almost foolishly let Katniss know the rebel plan. That night, the two of them were left to take night watch, Katniss because she was well-rested, and Johanna because she refused to sleep. They talked about their journey through the Games so far and Mags Flanagan's death.

She didn't believe Katniss when she told her that Wiress had figured out the clock feature of the arena. However, she agreed it was better to be safe than sorry and went to the Cornucopia along with the others to restock their tools. Pretending to not know about Beetee's plan, she talked negatively about his cord of wire. Katniss found this strange, as it was Johanna who nicknamed him Volts and therefore, she would know about his technological prowess. The Careers killed Wiress, so Katniss shot Gloss Osborne in the throat and Johanna threw her axe at Cashmere, his sister. Brutus Stein and Enobaria Bernard escaped into the jungle.

After the jabberjays that sounded like the tributes' loved ones began to scream, Johanna was impatient and told Katniss that it wasn't actually Prim screaming, but merely a weapon to unhinge her set by the Capitol. She went into the area with the jabberjays, trying to get water, but Katniss warned her not to go in there. This is where Johanna revealed that they couldn't hurt her since she didn't have anyone left to love.

Johanna and the group prepared for Beetee's plan, which was allegedly to kill the remaining Career tributes by using his coil of wire, the lake, and the lightning storm. However, it was actually to destroy the forcefield and escape from the arena. Johanna and Katniss were in charge of setting up the wire and positioning it, but when they discovered the wire was broken by Brutus and Enobaria, Johanna struck Katniss in the temple with the metal coil and dug into her arm with the tip of a knife in order to get her tracker out. Johanna also led Brutus and Enobaria away from Katniss so Katniss could escape the arena and be the Mockingjay. Her motive for doing this was because if she didn't, the Capitol could have tracked her past the arena, to District 13, where the tributes were preparing to escape to. However, at the time, Katniss believed that Johanna and Finnick had a plan to upend the alliance and kill Katniss, Peeta, and Beetee - the only ones left alive from the alliance at that point. Johanna then went back to Finnick to continue the mission - to get them all back to District 13 alive. After the arena was destroyed from the inside by Katniss' bow and Beetee's electric wire, Finnick, Beetee, and Katniss were rescued by District 13 and the Rebels. Johanna, Peeta, and Enobaria were captured by the Capitol.

### Rebellion

#### Captured by the Capitol

Johanna was held captive and tortured by the Capitol. She was soaked in water and then tortured with electric shocks while imprisoned. Several months after the end of the Third Quarter Quell, she looked ill, bruised, covered in scabs and had her hair shaved off entirely. This is because unlike Annie Cresta, who was only taken hostage as a weapon to use against Finnick, Johanna knew information about Katniss and the rebellion.

#### Joining District 13

Eventually, along with Annie and Peeta, Johanna was saved on a rescue mission to the Capitol led by the rebels. The Capitol allowed her to be released so a hijacked Peeta could choke Katniss. Johanna was taken to receive medical attention for both the physical and mental wounds that were inflicted on her. Johanna awakened and found Katniss in a coma in her room. Johanna took some morphling from Katniss' supply since Dr. Aurelius cut her supply off. When she awakened, the two talked about her role as the Mockingjay. Johanna told her that the Capitol feared Katniss and explains why she hated her. Gale Hawthorne entered the room, so Johanna left so the two could be alone.

Johanna met Katniss, Gale, Beetee, Delly Cartwright, Annie, Finnick, and eventually Peeta at lunch. Johanna told Peeta to sit next to her and announced to the group that the two were familiar with each other's screams since they were tortured together in the Capitol.

In District 13, Johanna was trained as a soldier so she could fight in the rebellion in the Star Squad alongside Katniss. The two suffered and bonded together in training and later became roommates since they both needed help. When Johanna underwent the test to see if she was ready to become a part of the military, they flooded the trial streets, and due to Johanna's fear of water (caused by her torture), she went into shock and was deemed unfit to fight. After this, Katniss remembered her tendency to not bathe since she arrived at District 13 and attributed it to her fear of water caused by the torture. Katniss gathered pine needles for her to take with her so she could think of home. Johanna was comforted by this and just before Katniss left, Johanna made Katniss promise to kill President Snow for her.

Before President Snow's death, President Alma Coin gathered all seven known remaining victors that survived and asked if they approved of her proposal of a 76th Hunger Games, but with the children of the most powerful figures in the Capitol. Peeta, Annie, and Beetee voted no, but Enobaria, Haymitch, Katniss, and Johanna vote yes. Johanna watched Katniss was about to kill President Snow, but instead killed Coin.

### Later life

Johanna Mason returned to her home in District 7 and became the leader of a lumber factory. She never married and had no true friends in her district, but she remained very close to Finnick, Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch.

## Victims

Johanna pretended to be weak in her first Games, but later when there were only a few tributes left, she killed viciously.

In her second Games, she killed Cashmere by throwing one of her axes into her chest.

## Relationships

* Peeta Mellark, Finnick Odair (allies, friends)
* Haymitch Abernathy, Gale Hawthorne (friends)
* Katniss Everdeen (ally, friend, roommate)
* Coriolanus Snow (enemy)
* Beetee Latier, Wiress Wright (allies)
* Enobaria Bernard, Brutus Stein, Gloss Osborne, Cashmere Osborne (opponents)
* Blight Atwood (mentor, ally)
* Severinus (stylist)

## Personality

"*I don't care if you're knocked up. I'll rip your throat out.*"
―Johanna Mason to Katniss EverdeenJohanna was very clever and thoughtful. She understood the greater good of the rebellion and was willing to give up her life for freedom. She could be rude and difficult at times and was an expert at deception. She was described as sarcastic and snarky when she wasn't having a "victor's breakdown". She was very gutsy when it came to showing her dislike of the Capitol. During her interview for the third Quarter Quell, she complained that the "deep bond" between victors and the Capitol should not be severed and wondered if something could be done to change the Quell. In the arena, to make Katniss feel better about the jabberjays, she assured her that Prim couldn't be dead, proclaiming that if she had been killed, it would likely cause an uprising. In a very rebellious act, she threw her head back and yelled to the cameras "Whole country in rebellion? Wouldn't want anything like that!", an exclamation unprecedented in the Games.

Under the influence of morphling, she appeared much more vulnerable. Impatient and cruel at times, she could be rather vicious toward others both verbally and physically - such as when she slapped Katniss and insulted her many times. However, once she became friendlier toward Katniss, she proved herself to be a person who had good reason to have a more aggressive approach towards fighting against the Capitol, and someone who was often just as misunderstood as Katniss was. During her captivity in the Capitol, Johanna developed aquaphobia (the extreme fear of water). She developed the phobia from being soaked and then electrically shocked as a form of torture.

## Physical description

Johanna had wide-set brown eyes and brown, spiky hair. She also had enough physical strength to throw 2 axes into a wall and fight male victors; this was due to her being from District 7 and having to do hard physical labor. During the rebellion, she returned from the Capitol with a shaved head after being tortured, but eventually grew pieces of her hair back, where the perspiration from her forehead made her hair form spikes. A slightly built young woman, her ferocity came from her abrasive attitude.

## Abilities

* Axe-wielding
* Wrestling
* Boldness and self-confidence

## Trivia

* Like Katniss, Johanna was the only living female victor from her district as of the third Quarter Quell.