Tanner

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## Tanner

### Allegiances

Felix
Amethyst
Victoria (formerly)

### Appears in

Bleeding Hearts
Ultimate Crown (cameo)

Tanner is a District 10 tribute in the 125th Hunger Games, as portrayed in Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts. He is one of the strongest tributes in the Games, and is remembered for his intense feuds with Ada and Victoria. Tanner narrates one chapter in Bleeding Hearts (Chapter 8).

### Pre-Games

Prior to the Games, Tanner prepared for them like a Career tribute, and it is revealed that he volunteered to participate in the Games. As a result, he stands out early on as a strong competitor.

As soon as Training begins, Tanner quickly befriends Felix, a Career tribute, and Felix introduces Tanner to the Career alliance. This creates conflict, though, As Ada from District 2 believes that Tanner should not be included in the alliance because he is from Ten. This causes a large rift in the Career alliance; eventually, after Ada removes herself from the alliance, Orion and Murray leave as well, leaving only Tanner, Felix, Victoria, and Amethyst.

After his Individual Assessment, Tanner receives a Training Score of 11, the highest score given that year. This makes him the strongest tribute in the Arena, only tied with Ada.

### The Games

#### The Bloodbath

Tanner is quick to sprint into action in the Games, and he is the first tribute to reach the Cornucopia. He immediately takes a spear, launching it at Soren Murdock. However, Soren and his ally Nia duck, and it strikes Marnie, killing her instantly. Tanner is seen again at the end of the Bloodbath, when he discovers with his allies that Amethyst had been killed.

#### In the Arena

Tanner enters the Arena with Felix and Victoria, and he is not seen again until a few days into the Games. When Tanner is seen again, he is chasing |Soren, Lacie, Robin, Nia, and Dalia through the Arena. Tanner throws a knife at the group, hitting and killing Nia with it. Soon after, Soren shoots an arrow into a nearby wall of Hydra Vines, activating them; the vines expand, wrapping themselves around Felix and strangling him to death.

Prior to the Feast, Tanner has a 1:3 chance of winning the Games, ranked second after Ada.

Sometime prior to the Games, Tanner turns on Victoria, slashing her in the face and stealing her supplies. Tanner leaves Victoria to die, but she survives the attack and swears her revenge.

#### The Feast

Tanner is one of the last tributes to arrive at the Feast due to his attack on Victoria. By the time he arrives, Maisy and Rose have already set the pile of supplies on fire, leaving most of the supplies unusable. However, Jomilee is still scavenging for supplies. Tanner approaches Jomilee when she is distracted, stabbing her in the back.

#### Post-Feast

After the Feast, Tanner flees to the far edges of the Arena in hopes of outlasting Victoria and the other tributes. He manages to survive for about four days in the desert located at the edge of the Arena.

On the fourteenth day of the Games, Victoria hunted through the Arena on a mission to find Tanner. She finally finds him in the desert; Tanner is caught off-guard and is quickly stabbed and killed a day before the end of the Games. Tanner ultimately placed 8th out of the 36 tributes.

### Post-Death

After Tanner's death, his mentor, Misty Eriksen, was dragged screaming from the mentor room. According to Cressa Vernetti, the 125th Games were her first time mentoring, and she believed that Tanner would win the Games. Misty would hold a grudge against the eventual Victor, Soren Murdock, because of Tanner's loss, although they eventually made up.

Tanner makes a small cameo appearance in Ultimate Crown as a cloned muttation featured in the Games. When Soren Murdock sees Tanner, along with Victoria, Robin, and Lacie, he quickly realizes that he can't trust them and kills them. Soren slits the neck of Tanner's clone; after this, he is not seen again.