Katniss Everdeen

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"*Katniss Everdeen; a small town girl from District 12 who survived the Hunger Games and turned a nation of slaves into an army!*"
―Alma Coin describes Katniss Everdeen**Katniss Everdeen** was the main protagonist and the narrator of *The Hunger Games* trilogy. After her younger sister, Primrose, was reaped to participate in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss volunteered to take her place as the female tribute from District 12. This action set in motion the events of the entire series.

## Biography

### Early life

Katniss's father was a miner and illegal hunter who traded in the Hob, the black market of District 12. Her mother was a healer, the daughter of the town apothecary owners. Katniss's younger sister was named Primrose, and was four years younger.

When Katniss was a child, her father would bring her out into the woods, beyond District 12 to teach her how to hunt with a bow and arrow, as well as how to forage for edible plants. He would sometimes bring her to a lake far into the woods where she learned how to swim. It was during one of these lake visits that Mr. Everdeen introduced Katniss to the edible plant she was named after, and told her, "As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve."

Katniss was close to her father and shared his appreciation for music. He was a good singer; he was so good that the mockingjays in the woods would stop to listen to him and copy his tunes. At some point, he taught her The Hanging Tree, a song about a man calling for his lover to meet him in death. When Katniss's mother heard her singing it, she began screaming at her father, telling him that it was dangerous and unsuitable to be heard by small children and could influence them. This was heightened when she saw Katniss and Prim make actual 'necklaces of rope', with the sisters being oblivious to the fact that the song was talking about voluntarily hanging themselves to death. She then banned the song from their home and forbade Katniss to sing it again outside. Although Katniss never sang it in her mother's presence again, she later sang it during the rebellion when she thought of her father.

When Katniss was 11, her father died in a mining accident, causing her mother to fall into a deep depression and sadness. She became still and weak, refusing to listen to her daughters and becoming jobless. Unable to stir her mother from her bed, Katniss became the head and primary breadwinner of the family. In order to be resourceful, Katniss made their rations last as long as possible. When they ran out, she attempted to sell some old clothes to make some money, to no avail. She tried to look in the garbage bins of the houses in the town square but was rebuked by the baker's wife for snooping. Peeta Mellark, the baker's son, gave Katniss some burnt bread that he'd been told to give to the pig.

Katniss began to remember the knowledge her father taught her about the woods and about feeding herself. As she gained the courage to move deeper into the forest, she found more game and was better able to feed her family. Katniss's mother began to come back out of her depression, but Katniss could no longer trust her or rely on her. When she turned 12, Katniss signed up for tesserae, causing her name to be entered four times in her first reaping.

In the woods, Katniss met Gale Hawthorne, an older boy whose father died in the same mining accident that killed her father. Gale provided for his family by setting traps and snares to catch game. The two became a team and Katniss provided Gale with one of the bows her father made; she taught him how to shoot and he taught her about snares. Katniss was not very interested in politics, but Gale was a political radical who dreampt of an uprising against the oppressive Capitol. Katniss let him vent to her but was otherwise unmoved. The two agreed to protect each other's families if one of them was reaped.

Katniss, like all children in Panem, was required to attend school except on certain holidays, including the Reaping. Unsure of her social skills and uninterested in making friends, Katniss's only school friend was Madge Undersee, though Katniss felt they are more like acquaintances than friends as they rarely talked and mostly just sat together at mealtimes and in classes. Madge, however, considered Katniss a friend and thought well of her and cared about her safety.

### 74th Hunger Games

"*I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!*"
―Katniss at the Reaping
#### The Reaping

When she was 16 years old, Katniss volunteered to take her sister Primrose Everdeen's place in the 74th Hunger Games after Prim's name was called during the reaping. Originally, she had no intention of going into the Games, hoping she wouldn't be picked before the female tribute was chosen. It had not even crossed her mind, but, when her sister was picked, she volunteered to save her, in hopes that she could actually win. Prim was actually worried about being picked, but Katniss thought that was impossible since she hadn't taken any tesserae and her name was only entered once. The impossible happened whether Prim had taken any or not. This was orchestrated by the Gamemakers to make a cute kid who could gather sympathy participate in the Games. The male tribute was Peeta Mellark, the baker's son.

Before she left for the Capitol, Katniss went to the Justice Building to say her final goodbyes to her mother, Gale, Prim, Madge Undersee, and Mr. Mellark. When she said goodbye to her mother and Prim, Prim made her promise to try to win, so Katniss complied and told her mother to make a promise that she wouldn't leave Prim alone to take care of herself like she did when Katniss' father died. Her mother tried to explain to Katniss that she was ill, but Katniss still made her promise to take care of Prim, and she finally complied. Madge gave Katniss the pin during their final goodbyes. She asked her to use the pin as her District token for the Hunger Games. The baker, Peeta's father, came in and gives her cookies, a luxury, and told her he would not let her family starve. Gale tried to give her a final piece of advice but was dragged out by Peacekeepers before he could finish, leaving Katniss to wonder about the thing Gale wanted to say so badly (he was going to say "Remember I love you"). The district escort, Effie Trinket, then took Peeta and Katniss aboard the train to The Capitol. On their way, Katniss and Peeta met their drunken mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, who they've seen at the Reaping in previous years. This year, he made a big drunken show by saying Katniss had "more spunk" than the audience for volunteering.

#### The Parade

Katniss threw the cookies the baker gave her out the window so she wouldn't think about Peeta's father if she ever had to face Peeta in the arena. When Katniss arrived at the Capitol, she got prepared for the tribute parade through the Avenue of the Tributes. She was fussed over her prep team, which consisted of Octavia, Flavius and Venia, for stripping off of all her body hair and being invasive. She then met her stylist, Cinna, who came up with an idea that would amaze all of Panem and make Katniss and Peeta unforgettable. Cinna dressed her up in a black unitard to represent coal and lit her and Peeta with synthetic fire that couldn't burn them. After the parade, they were escorted to their apartments. At dinner time, Katniss met a haunting face from the past, a girl named Lavinia who she once saw in the forests of District 12 getting captured by the Capitol, but she didn't get to save her, who had become an Avox.

#### Training Sessions

The next morning, Katniss went down to the Training Center to prepare for the games. Haymitch advised her not to show her all of her skills until the private sessions with the Gamemakers. During training, Katniss and Peeta noticed they were being followed by a little girl named Rue from District 11.

During the private session, Katniss showed the Gamemakers her skills with a bow and arrow. Katniss shot at the practice dummy but missed. She was angry because the first shot went wrong, as she was not accustomed to the bow she was using. The Gamemakers started ignoring her and paying more attention to a roast pig that was ordered. This was since she was from District 12, a district that is not known for producing many victors. Along with that, she was the last person who got to show their skills. Out of frustration, Katniss targeted the apple in the roasted pig's mouth, successfully hitting it, causing reactions of shock and amazement among the Gamemakers. Plutarch Heavensbee even fell backwards into a bowl of punch. Katniss was initially outraged at her own behavior, thinking she shouldn't have shot the pig, crying in her bed, but when she scored an 11 for her fiery temper and attitude, she changed her mind.

#### Interviews

While preparing for interview night, Katniss was stressed out by Haymitch and Effie trying to prepare her. Cinna dressed her in a dress covered in jewels that made her look like she was being engulfed by flames whenever she moved. He gave her advice before she was interviewed, as he was the only Capitol citizen at the time whom she truly liked and respected. She was interviewed by Caesar Flickerman and initially she couldn't hear what he was saying, as she was too nervous. Once she calmed down, she talked about her stay in the Capitol, saying the lamb stew was her favourite part. She also explained her promise to Prim that she would try to win. She became something of a celebrity in Panem and was given the advantage of sympathy after Peeta admitted to all of Panem that he loved her, making Katniss blush at first, then get extremely angry and shoving Peeta before calming down and apologizing.

#### Into the arena

The night before the Games, she was terrified of the horrors that awaited her in the arena. Since she couldn't sleep, she went to the rooftop and talked with Peeta. Peeta tells her that he wanted to die as himself and show that he was more than just a piece in the Capitol's Games. Katniss was enraged and left when he doubted he could win.

On the day of the Games, Cinna dressed Katniss in her uniform for the games aboard the hovercraft. While waiting to launch, Katniss and Cinna talked to each other. He told Katniss that he couldn't bet on any tributes due to his part in the preparation of the Games, but if he could, he would bet on her. Katniss found some confidence in this and Claudius Templesmith announced the start of the Games while the tributes were in their tribute tubes.

#### Cornucopia Bloodbath

When the Games began, Katniss got away from the Cornucopia quickly, trying to follow the advice of her mentor, but she did get into a minor tussle with the District 9 male over an orange backpack which ended when the boy was cleaved in the back by Clove, the girl from District 2. The backpack contained a sleeping bag, a bottle of iodine along with a dropper (a chemical that purifies water), a water bottle, crackers, dried beef strips, wire, and a pair of night glasses that she first mistook for sunglasses. She saw the District 8 female starting a fire in the night, which she found to be a stupid move.

#### Hunted by the Career Tributes

The next morning, she was awoken by a forest fire created by the Gamemakers, including fireballs that were flung at her. She survived the attack but suffered minor burns and cuts on her hands and a severe burn on her calf. She went to sleep and was woken by the sound of footsteps. Katniss was briefly chased by the Career pack, consisting of Glimmer, Marvel, Cato, Clove, the female from District 4, and Peeta, and escaped up a tree. Cato tried to climb up after Katniss, but crashed to the ground because he was too heavy for the branches to hold. Glimmer also attempted to kill Katniss by shooting her with an arrow, but she missed. The Careers realized that they were all too heavy to climb the tree, so they decided to wait for her to come down.

#### Alliance with Rue

Suddenly, Rue appeared high up in a neighboring tree and pointed to the tracker jacker nest above Katniss, beckoning her to cut the branch it connected to.

The next morning, before Katniss did anything, she warned Rue she was about to cut the nest down. Katniss cut it down with the knife Clove threw at her and the tracker jackers attacked the Careers, killing Glimmer and the girl tribute from District 4. The Careers ran to the lake after being stung by the tracker jackers. Katniss was also stung and started to run in the other direction. Glimmer had a silver bow (the only bow in the entire arena), so Katniss went back for it. She retrieved it from Glimmer's bloated body, but as she was about to run away, her hallucinations started occurring. A delusional Katniss was saved by Peeta when she was unable to coordinate herself to run from Cato, who was quickly approaching. After she ran away, she blacked out from the tracker jacker venom.

When Katniss woke up, she discovered that she was being watched by Rue. She then proposed an alliance with Rue. She said Rue reminded her of Prim, in both size and demeanor. She tried to give Rue her pin, but Rue says no, saying that that was how she came to trust Katniss in the first place, seeing the mockingjay on her pin. Rue also explained that the mockingjay was used in the District 11 orchards to tell the workers when time is up and when they can go home. Katniss and Rue then planned to destroy the Careers' food and supply pile, with Katniss figuring that the Careers have had plenty of food their whole lives and that they would struggle if their only direct food supply was taken away from them. Rue provided a distraction while Katniss checked out the Career camp near the Cornucopia. Seeing Foxface jump across the field strategically to steal from the Careers, Katniss discovered that the food was protected by landmines reprogrammed by the boy from District 3 and shot a sack that spilled apples onto the ground, setting off all of the landmines. Nearly everything was destroyed and due to the explosion and her relative proximity, Katniss became deaf in her left ear, though this injury was later surgically repaired after the Games.

#### Death of Rue

Katniss went into the woods, listening for Rue. Her four-note melody rings out through the woods as the mockingjays adopted it, but she suddenly cried out for Katniss. Katniss ran through the trees to find Rue entangled in a mesh net, one arm sticking out before a spear is thrown into her abdomen by the boy from District 1, Marvel. Katniss shot an arrow at Marvel's neck, killing him, then goes over to comfort Rue in her final minutes. Katniss promised she'll win for the both of them and sang the valley song, ‘Deep In The Meadow’, that she sang to comfort Prim the morning of the reaping.

Rue died after Katniss finished the song. Seeing Rue dead angered her because of the fact that the Capitol enjoys watching innocent children die. To make Rue an example on the heartbreak the districts experienced, Katniss picked white flowers and decorated Rue's body with them, hiding the wound and weaving them into her hair. When she finished, Katniss realizes how peaceful Rue looks and does the signature District 12 farewell gesture to Rue. Later, this was seen as an act of defiance to the Capitol, helping spark the Second Rebellion. She then took Rue and Marvel's backpacks, knowing that she would have wanted Katniss to have them.

#### Locating Peeta

Claudius Templesmith announced that two tributes from the same district can emerge victorious. By this time, Katniss's left ear was completely deafened. She cried out for Peeta, but then suddenly regretted it, realizing the potential danger. She seeked out Peeta and found him hiding in the mud of a riverbank, totally camouflaged. He was suffering from a severe cut on his leg that Cato gave him, tracker jacker stings, and multiple burns. She washed him off at the river, treated the burns and stings, but could not do anything for his leg but stuff leaves into it, drawing out infection and pus. Katniss did everything she could to care for him, but he eventually started to get blood poisoning. Katniss and Peeta tell each other stories about home to pass the time. The Feast was announced to have the items that all of the tributes need the most. Once Katniss and Peeta heard the news about the Feast, Peeta made Katniss promise that she will not risk her life for him saying that he wouldn't be doing him a favor either.

#### The Feast

Katniss, knowing that going to the feast would be dangerous, insists on going. Peeta refuses to let her, so Katniss received sleeping syrup from their sponsors and tricked Peeta into consuming it by mixing the sleep syrup with berries, telling him they're "sugar berries." Right after eating the berries, he passed out for 24 hours, giving Katniss enough time to go to the feast and get the medicine for his leg.

The feast resulted in a fight between Katniss and Clove. First, Katniss's forehead got cut by a knife that Clove threw at her. Then, they fought, but Clove got the upper hand and was able to pin Katniss flat to the ground (due to her weight being much heavier than Katniss). She taunted Katniss about Rue's death and Peeta's predicament. Clove told her that Cato let her "have Katniss," but made her promise to give the audience a "good show". Just as she was ready to make the first cut at Katniss' lip, Clove was hurled away from her by Thresh, the boy from District 11, who slammed a large rock into her head after accusing her of "cutting up" Rue. Katniss was surely afraid of what Thresh would do to her, but because of her alliance with Rue, he allowed her to escape. He didn't want to owe Katniss anymore and stated that they were even. She fled the feast with her life and returned to the cave to heal both Peeta and her own wounds.

While they were both recovering, they heard Thresh's cannon, indicating that he was killed by Cato. During one night of rain, Katniss asked Peeta when he started loving her. Peeta told her it was their first day of school when he heard Katniss sing the Valley Song. After the storm ended, the two went hunting. When Katniss whistled for Peeta and he did not answer, she ran towards him and the two argue for a bit until a cannon fires. Peeta had gathered deadly nightlock berries, that he didn't know were poisonous. Katniss expected Peeta to die, but he didn't eat any yet. They saw the body of Foxface being taken away by a drone hovercraft. A few days later, the river was found empty, as well as the ponds. They figure out that the Gamemakers want them to go to the lake for the finale of the Games.

#### The Death of Cato

When they made it there, they waited a few hours for Cato, the only remaining tribute, to arrive. They were almost going to give up when he ran towards them. When Katniss saw that he was running away from a pack of wolf muttations, she and Peeta immediately ran away with him towards the Cornucopia. They reached the Cornucopia and scale it, though one of the mutts manages to injure Peeta. Once at the top of the horn, Cato finally got back to his senses and fought Katniss. He overpowered the duo and strangled Peeta to the edge, making Katniss seemingly reach stalemate. In a last effort, Peeta drew an X in blood on the back of Cato's hand, telling Katniss to shoot there. Katniss shot Cato on the back of his hand and he released Peeta. Peeta then pushed him off so he wouldn't attack them again. Cato was disarmed by the mutts and gnawed at, being left to suffer. After hours, Katniss decided to kill him out of pity, not vengeance. It was then announced that the rule of two tributes winning if they are from the same district has been revoked and so she and Peeta must fight to the death.

#### Victory

They pitifully realize that the former rule change allowing two victors was just a ruse. Katniss aimed her bow at Peeta when she sees he has picked up a weapon, but immediately dropped it when he proceeded to throw it into the lake. Feeling guilty, she then took out some of the nightlock berries and gave a handful to Peeta, and the two of them threatened to commit double suicide so there will be no winner.

They later discover the Capitol saw this as an act of rebellion. Both her and Peeta were crowned victors of the 74th Hunger Games. Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane was executed for allowing both of them to live. After their final interviews and dinner, they boarded a train that took them home. Katniss was confused about her feelings for Peeta and became even more confused the closer they got to home.

### The Aftermath

#### Victors' Village

Preceding the 74th Victory Tour, Katniss was back in District 12 living in the Victors' Village with her mother, Prim, and Buttercup, and neighbored Peeta and Haymitch. Soon, she and Peeta would have to leave again for the Victory Tour where the winners of the previous Hunger Games travelled to each district and made various appearances and public speeches. Katniss was bored with her new life because then she had everything: money, a good home, and a constant supply of food.

One day after Katniss returned home from hunting game outside of the district, she was visited by President Snow. He explained to Katniss that during the last Hunger Games when she tried to commit double suicide with Peeta by eating poisonous nightlock, she ignited a possible uprising in the districts. President Snow and Katniss had a lengthy conversation about the fact that if she didn't convince the districts that she made the decision out of temporary lovesickness, then he would personally make sure she suffers.

Katniss, now convinced she had started a fire she couldn't control, tried her best to convince everyone that she and Peeta were madly in love. When she and Peeta finally set off for the Victory Tour, everything was going smoothly and Peeta agreed with Katniss that outside of being star-crossed lovers, they should try to be friends.

When the tour arrives at their first destination, District 11, Katniss told everyone the story of how Thresh spared her life, and how Rue became her valued ally during the Games. After her speech, an old man whistled Rue's four-note tune that meant they were safe and the crowd simultaneously did a traditional District 12 three-finger salute to show their thanks to Katniss. Soon after Katniss finished her speech, a Peacekeeper shot the man who whistled in the head along with two others.

Near the end of the Tour, they visited the Capitol, and when she and Peeta were interviewed by Caesar, Peeta performed a fake proposal to Katniss, which she accepted. President Snow made a surprise visit to congratulate Katniss and Peeta. He motioned to Katniss that she was unsuccessful in convincing him that they were in love. President Snow decided to hold their wedding in the Capitol. There was a party held in the banquet room of his mansion. Katniss learned that in order to taste each and every dish, the people of Capitol drank a clear liquid which caused them to vomit and empty their stomachs in order to continue eating and do this again and again. This disturbed her since she had seen her mother treating emaciated children whose parents didn't have anything to afford for them, not even their medicine, and she was also poor before winning the games and had almost starved to death once. She was introduced to Plutarch Heavensbee, the new Head Gamemaker, by Portia, Peeta's stylist. They then returned to District 12. Katniss suffered from nightmares throughout the night on the train, so Peeta slept in her bed to calm her and keep her company. Finally, they got back to District 12, and a huge party was thrown for them at Mayor Undersee's house. While in the mayor's home, Katniss saw on his television that there was an uprising happening in District 8. Katniss arranged a secret meeting with Gale, during which he confessed his love for her. Gale got angry and disappointed but before he left, Katniss lets slip that there was a rebellion in District 8. Gale then said that they could have a rebellion in District 12 as well, and he ran off to spread the news.

#### Gale's Whipping

Katniss went to Peeta to ask him if he would run away with her and he agreed to go with her, but while they are discussing the plans, they saw that Gale was being violently whipped in the square by the new Head Peacekeeper, Romulus Thread.

Katniss stepped in to stop Thread, but he gave her a lash across the face, severely hurting her. Eventually, the people of District 12, including many who frequent the Hob, convinced Thread to stop whipping Gale. Haymitch stepped in, held her up, and shouted at Thread since she had a photo-shoot next week.

Purnia, a Peacekeeper commoner, stepped in, saying the proper amount of lashes had been given. Thread warned all of them and left with the Peacekeepers including Darius, a male Peacekeeper who had been hit on the head by Thread and was lying unconscious. They manage to pick up Gale on a countertop provided by an old woman in her clothing stall. Katniss tells Leevy, a former neighbor, to call Hazelle, Gale's mother. Bristel and Thom, Gale's crewmembers from the mine, told everyone the situation. Gale had killed a wild turkey and went to Cray, the previous Head Peacekeeper, to bid for it. Cray was lenient, alcoholic, and overlooked such crimes. When he was replaced by Romulus Thread, Gale didn't have any idea about it. Expecting Cray to pay him, he went to his house and found Thread there. Gale could not say much in his defense and was punished with whiplashes.

Darius, a Peacekeeper who was unconscious, had stepped in first after 20 lashes saying that it was enough but didn't do it as smartly and officially as Purnia did and grabbed Thread's arm. In return, Thread hit him on his head with the butt of the whip forming a large purple lump on his head, making him unconscious.

Gale received forty lashes until Katniss showed up and he passed out at around thirty. Katniss and the others took Gale to her mother. Katniss's mother tried to soothe the pain by giving him medicine. Hazelle also came and sat beside her son. Madge brought her mother's box of vials containing morphling, a kind of medicine. Mrs. Everdeen injected it into Gale. Later that night, Katniss said she picked Gale, but was still torn between him and Peeta.

Katniss had a nightmare in which Clove turned into a mutt. She woke up with a start, shivering. The conditions in District 12 worsened. People were punished for minor crimes, the mines were shut down for two weeks, and more.

#### Bonnie and Twill

Katniss realized that she couldn't stand to be at home, so she went into the woods and headed to the lake. There, she met two young women named Bonnie and Twill who ran away from District 8. They said they were headed to District 13, since they knew that it was not actually destroyed and there were people still living there underground, and that the uprising in District 8 was a planned one. Their evidence was the fact that the Capitol always shows the same footage of a destroyed and demolished District 13 from 75 years ago, and she considered that what they said was the truth.

Katniss taught them the essentials of surviving in a forest and gave them food to eat. When the evening comes, they left and Katniss returned to District 12. However, she realized that the fence to the district was now electrified full-time and so she had to climb a tree and jump down from 25 feet in the air. She landed and hurt her tailbone and heel. She returned home to tell her mother how she fell after slipping on a patch of ice, but there were two Peacekeepers there waiting for her. They were surprised to see her because they knew she was in the forest and believed she would be trapped on the other side of the fence. They were waiting for her not to show up so they can bring her family in for questioning. Luckily, Haymitch, Peeta, and Prim were able to go along with a story to cover for her.

### The Third Quarter Quell

#### Preparation

Once she was healed, her prep team came to help with her wedding fashion shoot, along with Cinna. She listened to them speak of how they hadn't had shrimp in the Capitol for weeks and Katniss realized that other districts were rebelling. The next night, there was a view of the photo-shoot and a voting on which was the best dress. Later, there was an important announcement made by President Snow: in honor of the third Quarter Quell, for the 75th Hunger Games, the tributes would be reaped from the existing pool of victors. Since District 12 had only three living winners, Peeta, Haymitch, and Katniss, and she was the only living female victor, she knew that she was now going to be forced to go back into the arena.

She ran out of the house and into a basement of an empty one to scream, cry, and proceeded to shatter a window of the kitchen. This made her hand bleed. She made her way to Haymitch, where he told her Peeta had already come to visit him, saying that Peeta wanted to go back into the arena to protect Katniss. She told Haymitch that whatever they do, she wanted Haymitch to make sure Peeta came back alive. She and Haymitch became intoxicated. She returned in an inebriated state to her house and saw Gale at the doorway and Katniss passed out in his arms. She had a horrible hangover the next day and, in the afternoon, she went back to Haymitch's house, where Peeta had emptied all of his liquor and has threatened to turn them or anyone who would give them alcohol in. He told them that they will be training for the Quarter Quell because a maximum of two people would come back alive, and they began to work out and study footage of past winners to see their competition.

#### The Reaping

On the day of the reaping, Katniss was the only choice for the female competitor, and the chosen male competitor was Haymitch. Peeta, however, volunteered to take his place. The government of Panem knew that Peeta would volunteer if Haymitch was chosen and Haymitch would volunteer if Peeta was chosen, so they reaped Haymitch's name. Instead of being able to tell their families goodbye, they were brought directly to the train and left for the Capitol.

#### Training Sessions

Once at the Capitol, they ate and met their competitors. During training, Katniss befriended Wiress and Beetee Latier from District 3, who pointed out the force field used to separate the Gamemakers from the tributes. In her solo performance for the Gamemakers, Katniss saw Plutarch Heavensbee and decides to tie a noose around a dummy's neck. With berry juice, she wrote the name "Seneca Crane," the former Head Gamemaker who was hanged by orders of President Snow. She and Peeta both received perfect 12s in order to make them targets in the arena.

#### Interviews

On the day of the interview, the prep team came into Katniss' room and they began crying; they left one by one. Only Venia remained and she did the job of the whole team. At last, Cinna came with her wedding gown from the photoshoot, specifically chosen by Coriolanus Snow. She noted to Cinna that it was heavier than before, but he explains that he had to do some alterations and told her not to lift her arms until she twirled on television. The interview atmosphere was different from the previous year. The tributes were speaking out against the Capitol, asking why President Snow was not stopping this if he was so great and powerful. When Katniss came on stage with the dress on, she apologized to the crowd for not letting them see her get married. She twirled and raised her arms, and the wedding dress burned away to reveal a different dress underneath. When she looked at the television, she realized that Cinna had made her look like a mockingjay.

Although Caesar knew what the dress represents, he plays it off as just the bird on Katniss' token. When it was Peeta's turn to speak, he lied and told the audience that he and Katniss were already married and that Katniss was pregnant. This drove the audience to madness and hysteria.

#### Cornucopia bloodbath

Right before the Games were began, Katniss was with Cinna and stepped on the plate to be taken into the arena, where she was locked in place. Suddenly, three Peacekeepers entered the room, beat Cinna, and dragged him out of the room. A frozen Katniss watched in horror but was then transported into the arena. Cinna was killed two days later. The plate left her in the middle of blue water, which she realized was "no place for a girl on fire". While retrieving a bow and arrows, she saw that Finnick Odair was wearing a golden bracelet that once belonged to Haymitch and realized that this was his way of telling her to form an alliance with Finnick. She and Peeta ran into the jungle with Finnick, who carried his 80-year-old district partner, Mags Flanagan.

#### Saving Peeta

As they were walking, searching for drinkable water, Katniss noticed a shimmering square and realized that it was the force field surrounding the arena. Before she could stop him, Peeta walked into it and was repelled back, knocking Mags and Finnick to the ground. Peeta wasn't breathing, so panicked, Katniss began to slap him, but his heart had stopped. Finnick helped by performing CPR and Peeta was eventually resuscitated. Finnick asked Katniss how she recognized the force field. She didn't want to let them know she can spot them visually, worried that the Gamemakers might do something to retaliate, so she told them she was able to hear it with her repaired ear.

#### Escaping the Fog

Later that day she noticed an unnatural, poisonous fog in the distance. The mist from the fog caused blisters where it touched. When Peeta stumbled, she noticed it also attacked the nerves, as his face drooped and his legs stopped working. Finnick agreed to carry Peeta if Katniss could carry Mags, which she agreed to. But after a while, Katniss could not carry Mags anymore as her legs became paralyzed. Finnick came back and told Katniss he could not carry them both. Mags kissed Finnick and ran into the fog, brutally convulsing and dying. Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick helped each other when monkey muttations attacked them, but Peeta was almost killed by one before Coge of District 6 protected him. She was killed in the process. Haymitch sponsors them with a spile to receive clean water from trees, as there were no freshwater bodies of water in the arena and the only things in the Cornucopia were weapons.

#### Alliance with Johanna, Wiress, and Beetee

Later, they met Johanna Mason, whom Finnick ran to and hugged. As Katniss and Peeta figured out what to do, they realized they could not leave Finnick after all he has done do help them, and reluctantly go to Johanna. She had Wiress and Beetee with her. Beetee took a knife in the back, while Wiress was spinning in a circle maniacally saying, "Tick tock, tick tock," repeatedly. Johanna explained that Haymitch told her to bring them to Katniss for an alliance. Later that night, when Wiress resaid, "tick tock," Katniss began to realize the arena was in the shape of a clock. She also remembered Plutarch Heavensbee showing her his clock watch and saying, "It begins at midnight," as an image of a mockingjay flashed on the watch face.

They went to the Cornucopia to see if they were correct and were proven to be right. While drawing up the map of the clock, Katniss realizes that Wiress has stopped singing because Gloss slit her throat and turned with an arrow ready and hit Gloss in the temple, killing him, while Johanna buries an axe in his sister Cashmere's chest. Katniss started to realize that everyone was protecting Peeta and wondered if they believed that he could be the leader of the rebellion.

Later, Peeta tried to give Katniss a gold locket and told her he wants her to win, because if she died, he would have nothing to live for. They kissed, and she realized that she loved Peeta and wanted to fulfill her plan of keeping him alive.

#### Beetee's Plan

The next day, after telling Peeta that they needed to leave the alliance because there were only a few people left and she was starting to not trust the others again, he told her to wait because he believed Beetee had a plan. The plan was (supposedly) to tie Beetee's wire around a tree that was struck by lightning every day and run the wire into the ocean, making the beach a conductor to electrocute everything in its path. Katniss and Johanna were in charge of running the wire down to the beach, allegedly because they were the fastest, however, they were attacked by Brutus and Enobaria of District 2. Katniss was knocked in the head and, through her blurred vision, saw Johanna on top of her stabbing her arm and telling her to stay down.

Katniss heard Finnick running but stayed quiet so as not to alert him to her whereabouts, since she believed that he and Johanna betrayed them. Realizing that Beetee was trying to blow up the forcefield, she wrapped his wire around her bow and shot it straight into the flaw in the forcefield at the exact moment when the lightning struck the tree, blowing up the arena. After she was carried out of the arena and transported into a hovercraft, she lay there realizing that the Capitol would not let anyone live after this and saw Plutarch Heavensbee coming over to her as she passed out.

### After the Quarter Quell

#### District 13

She woke up in a hospital bed next to Beetee. She searched for Peeta, believing that the Capitol captured them, and planning to kill Peeta to save him from being tortured. She blamed Haymitch because he promised that he would save Peeta instead of her.

She passed a room and heard Plutarch talking to Finnick and Haymitch about getting someone out of District 4. She entered the room and Haymitch told her that there was a plan to break them out ever since the Quell was announced. The victors from districts 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11 had varying degrees of participation and knowledge about it. Plutarch had been part of a group planning to overthrow the Capitol for several years. The hovercraft they were in was from District 13, which is where they were headed. She told them that Johanna tried to kill her, but Finnick explained that she was removing Katniss' tracker, and that all of the victor tributes in those districts had pledged their lives to her and the rebellion; that she was the Mockingjay, the symbol of the rebellion.

She realized that Haymitch had lied to both her and Peeta. He told her that everyone kept Peeta alive because they knew that if he died, she would never keep an alliance with the others. She asked where Peeta is, and Haymitch told her he was picked up, along with Johanna and Enobaria, by the Capitol. In horror and anger, she attacked Haymitch, scratching his face. Finnick and others strapped her down and drugged her to keep her calm. Finnick told her that the Capitol would at least keep Peeta alive to use as bait against Katniss.

Later, Gale visited her. He told her that after the Games, the Capitol sent bombers to District 12. He explained that he was able to get her family out in time, but District 12 had been destroyed.

### District 13 Rebellion

"*Tonight, turn your weapons to the Capitol! Turn your weapons to Snow!*"
―Katniss Everdeen to the citizens of Panem.
#### Visiting District 12

Katniss was in what's left of District 13 underground. She went to visit the ruins of District 12 after the firebombing from the Capitol. She found that Buttercup somehow survived the destruction of District 12. She took Buttercup and hid him in her hunting bag as a comforting present to Prim, who was in District 13 with her mother and the other residents of District 12 that survived the bombing. While examining her old room, she found a white rose that was left by President Snow as a sign that he was watching her, possibly right then.

#### Becoming the Mockingjay

Katniss was stressed and overwhelmed by everything that was happening - District 13, wondering if Peeta is still alive, etc. - but was glad she had her old relationship with Gale. She got used to life in District 13 and started to like it - but she still saw District 13 as an underground prison with nowhere to go. Katniss watched Peeta's interview with Caesar Flickerman and was filled with joy that Peeta was still alive and healthy. She ran off to a supply closet and hid there alone until Gale entered. The two talked about the situation, and that is when she decided that she will be "the mockingjay," a symbol of the rebellion against the Capitol. As part of the deal, she demanded that the leader of District 13, Alma Coin, grant immunity to all of the victors of the Hunger Games. She demanded the right to kill President Snow herself and asked for her family to be allowed keep their cat, Buttercup, and to hunt with Gale. After the meeting, Plutarch took her and Gale downstairs where they were stopped by a guard from a secret room. Gale made a distraction, and Katniss rushed in and saw her prep team from the Games being held as prisoners of war.

Katniss helped them recover by taking them to her mother for treatment. During the meeting held by President Coin for the announcement of her role and conditions, Katniss saw Finnick distracted and in grief. She called for him, but he didn't answer. She shook him to get his attention, and the two embraced each other. When Katniss was reminded of Annie, Finnick's beloved, she told Coin to pencil in Annie as one of the victors to receive immunity. Katniss was surprised by Coin's message during the meeting that, if she didn't meet all of her obligations as the mockingjay, she and her friends and family are dead.

#### Skirmish in District 8

Katniss and Gale went hunting together like the old times, and they both enjoyed it until they got in an argument over the fact that she cared for her prep team. Katniss left and was angry with Gale. She was being fixed by her prep team to make her look beautiful for the propo she would film as the mockingjay. When they finish, she and Gale went downstairs to the weapons room where Beetee was making weapons for the rebels. After she received her weapons, she went to the room where she would shoot her first propaganda piece, or propo. After she finished, Haymitch went on the speaker and says, "That is how you end a revolution." After a brief meeting, they decided to let Katniss speak for herself and to do it in action. Katniss suited up in her mockingjay uniform and headed to District 8 to shoot her first propaganda piece.

During her visit, the hospital was attacked by the Capitol. The rebel forces fought back and were able to defeat them, but the hospital with thousands of wounded citizens was destroyed. Katniss spoke her own unprompted words after the attack. After viewing the finished propaganda, she saw that it was strong. The group decided to shoot more and to send her back into combat as soon she felt up to it.

Katniss had dinner with Finnick in the hospital. Finnick comforted her, and they watched the propaganda again. Katniss told him to shut the television off but stops him because Caesar announced he was going to interview Peeta. Peeta had lost about fifteen pounds. In the interview, Peeta asked Katniss why she joined the rebels, and if she didn't know, she should find out.

After watching it, she pretended to have not seen it because Plutarch walked in and made sure she was well. She was overwhelmed by Peeta's interview. Katniss and Finnick went into the woods to hunt in District 13. Katniss talked about Peeta's broadcast from last night and questions why no one was talking about it. Katniss was thankful that Finnick was there to listen to her.

#### Katniss and Gale

The next day, Katniss and Gale had tension between them. Katniss was furious that Gale didn't talk or say anything about Peeta's interview. Gale told her it was to protect her and that he had to lie. Katniss, enraged by this, told him to leave her alone and to stop lying to her. The next day, Katniss was informed she must go back to District 12 with Gale and the others to shoot more propo shots. Katniss went to the remains of her home and felt emotionally pain. Katniss felt even more pain when Gale asked to go to his house, but Cressida told him to react to the night of the bombing.

Katniss communicated with an Avox that escaped the Capitol, Pollux. She sang "The Hanging Tree" to him, but was cut off by Cressida. Katniss began to forgive Gale because the two had to stay together. Katniss went back to the Victor Village and searched the area. Katniss and Gale kissed because they were both in pain, and the only way they felt they could escape it was by doing that.

#### Peeta's Warning

A few days later, Katniss watched another interview with Peeta and became overwhelmed. When Peeta warned them of the Capitol's upcoming bombing of District 13, he was beaten, and his blood splattered across the screen. Katniss saw this and went into shock. She backed up Haymitch's theory that it was a warning of a bombing, and the inhabitants of District 13 retreated to a safe bunker. When Mrs. Everdeen arrived and didn't have Prim, Katniss deduced that Prim went back for Buttercup. She stopped the doors from being closed and locked in time for Prim and Gale to enter. Katniss stayed with her family in one area, and after the first bombing, Mrs. Everdeen went to the first aid station to help. Katniss worried about Peeta, but Prim comforted her and told her President Snow wouldn't kill him because he needed him. Katniss asked what she thought would happen to Peeta, to which Prim replied, whatever it would take to break her. Katniss played with Buttercup during the night with a flashlight and imagined how she could get Peeta back. She went to Finnick and shared her ideas on Snow's plan. Finnick told Katniss he was doing the same, but with Annie. The two continued to talk about President Snow's plan.

#### Rescue of Peeta

Katniss, while shooting a propaganda, announced she couldn't take it anymore, then broke down along with Finnick. President Coin assembled a rescue team to retrieve all victors in the Capitol, and Gale was the first person to volunteer. In a daring rescue, Peeta and the other captured victors were rescued from the Capitol. Katniss felt helpless when she was left out of the rescue mission. When she went to visit Finnick, the two talked about the mission and how if they died, it wouldn't be bad because they wouldn't have to feel any more pain. Haymitch informed them that they could help by shooting a propo. Katniss did an interview and told them how she met Peeta and informed them of the time when President Snow told her the Capitol was fragile. She told them it was because the Capitol depended on the districts, and without them, they would fall. Katniss was informed the rescue party had arrived home safe. She saw Johanna, Annie, Peeta, and Enobaria have been saved. However, Peeta was hijacked into hating Katniss and tried to strangle her to death upon their reunion.

#### Hijacked Peeta

Katniss received medical attention after the attempted strangulation. Prim comforted Katniss and they were informed by Plutarch that Peeta was brainwashed by the Capitol and was receiving all the treatment they could give him. Katniss was deeply depressed by this and went to visit Gale and Beetee. She was sad that Gale and Beetee were planning to build weapons to help their efforts but weren't thinking about the innocent people who would be injured in the process. Katniss met with Delly Cartwright and informed her of Peeta's condition. Katniss watched Delly talk to Peeta and his outburst to her, shouting that Katniss was a muttation and District 12's destruction was her fault. Katniss told Plutarch if she was going to be the mockingjay, he must send her away from Peeta. She asked to be taken to the Capitol so she could end the war by killing Snow, but Plutarch told her she couldn't until all the districts were on the rebels' side.

#### Going to District 2

Plutarch told Katniss District 2 was the only district still allying with the Capitol because District 2 and the Capitol had a close relationship with each other. District 2 supplied the Capitol with Peacekeepers and stone, and the Capitol payed back a lot in return, therefore making it a wealthier district, and so Katniss asked to be sent to District 2.

Katniss went to District 2 with Haymitch, Boggs, Gale, and Beetee and met Lyme, another victor, at The Nut. While there, the group tried to think of a way to attack the Nut, which would give them control over District 2. Gale suggested that they blew up the inside of The Nut, which upset Katniss because Gale was willing to kill innocent people for the rebellion.

#### Battle of the Capitol

The rebels took control of the districts and finally began an assault on the Capitol itself, which Katniss was a part of as a member of Squad 451, which had 14 assigned members (Katniss, Gale, Finnick, Homes, Jackson, Mitchell, Leeg 1, Leeg 2, Boggs, and the camera crew Cressida, Pollux, and Castor). Plutarch gave the rebels a holographic map of the Capitol showing thousands of traps called pods, deadly lethal weapons designed by the Capitol, which were reminiscent of features of the arenas of the Hunger Games. Katniss and Finnick referred to the assault as the 76th Hunger Games because of the Pods' Hunger Games-inspired design. Boggs had a Holo, a device which showed where the known pods were located. As Squad 451 advanced through a safe Capitol neighborhood, they accidentally triggered a pod which sent a dart straight through Leeg 2's head, killing her. To the Squad's surprise, Peeta was sent as a replacement as he had recovered quite a bit from the hijacking but was still unstable. The reason why Coin sent him was to kill Katniss and make her a martyr, but this was a secret.

While filming a propo, a black tar-like substance was triggered by a pod. When Peeta lost control and tried to kill Katniss, Mitchell protected her, but Peeta retaliated, knocking Mitchell into the deadly tar. Boggs was fatally injured by a mislabeled pod, and when Katniss was the one to first see him, he gave up control of the Holo to her, saying, "Don't trust them, don't go back. Kill Peeta. Do what you came to do." Katniss lied to the group and told them that she was on a secret mission to kill Snow. Jackson rightfully doesn't trust Katniss, but reluctantly agrees to help her. Capitol TV incorrectly informs the nation that all of Squad 451 was killed in the chaos, so, now protected by the public believing they weren't a threat, Pollux leads the remaining group members into the sewer to get closer to Snow. Lizard mutts and more pods attack them in the sewers, killing Finnick, Jackson, Messala, Castor, Homes, and Leeg 1. Katniss was the one who self-destructed the Holo to put him out of his misery.

While Peeta was hijacked, he was driven to kill Katniss, but fought it off by remembering memories of Katniss and his deep love for her. Peeta wanted to die because he had impulses to kill her; on several occasions, he asked her to shoot him, give him nightlock pills, or just leave him to die. Peeta feared he would eventually overpower Katniss. Nonetheless, she stayed by him and comforted him. Eventually, they both became closer and their love became deeper. The squad went further into the Capitol dressed as Capitol citizens. Eventually, Katniss found herself pressing on alone towards Snow's mansion which had supposedly been opened to shelter Capitol children (but was actually intended to provide human shields for Snow). Afterward, bombs placed in supply packages killed many of these children and a rebel medical team, including Katniss' sister, Prim.

Katniss was burned by the explosion but received medical attention at the Capitol Hospital. President Coin visited her and told her the rebels have won and she had saved Snow for Katniss to kill. Though Snow was tried and found guilty, he told Katniss the final assault that killed Prim was ordered by President Coin, not the Capitol. Katniss realized that if that was true, the bombing may have been the result of the plans originally developed by Gale and Beetee. Katniss doubted this, but still realized that she would never be able to look at Gale the same way, regardless of whether he was directly involved in Prim's death or not.

#### Death of Alma Coin

Coin gathered the seven remaining victors who survived and proposed a final Hunger Games involving the children of the most powerful people in the Capitol. Peeta, Annie, and Beetee voted no, but Johanna, Enobaria, Haymitch, and Katniss all vote yes. Katniss only voted yes so Coin would trust her, and Haymitch only voted yes because of Katniss.

Katniss remembered a conversation with Snow in which they promised not to lie to each other. When she was supposed to execute Snow, she realized that he was telling the truth and she killed Coin instead. A riot ensued and Snow was found mysteriously dead, having either choked on his own blood or been trampled by the crowd. Katniss was admitted to a secure holding room but was acquitted due to her apparent insanity and returned to her home in District 12, while Gale went to District 2 to work in the military and Mrs. Everdeen began practicing at a District 4 hospital, unable to go back to District 12 due to the pain. Still destroyed over the death of Prim, Katniss became depressed and suicidal.

Peeta returned soon after as well, having recovered immensely from his hijacking. He planted primroses around Katniss' house as a memorial for her sister. Katniss began to heal, and her relationships with Peeta and Haymitch recovered as well. After a while, Katniss and Peeta put together a book of all of the people that died in the events of the past two years. Katniss wrote all of the facts about the victims, including Rue, Prim, Boggs, and Finnick. Peeta drew all of the pictures in the book if they couldn't find a picture of one of them.

Peeta played one final round of Real or Not Real and said, "you love me, real or not real?". Katniss replied, "real".

### Adult life

More than fifteen years later, she and Peeta had two children together: a daughter and a son. By this point, the Hunger Games were over, the arenas were destroyed, and memorials have been built for the tributes and others who died in the war. She and Peeta have settled in the Meadow, where their children could play in peace and harmony. She dreaded the day her children's innocent world would be shattered by learning the details of their parents' involvement in both the Games and the war, though Peeta assured her that they will be okay; that they had each other and the book. Katniss was still affected by nightmares in the years following the Games and the war. When she felt upset, she had taken to reminding herself of every good thing that she had ever seen someone do. She ruefully acknowledged that this routine was a bit of a tedious game for her, but that "there are much worse games to play".

## Relationships

* Peeta Mellark (husband, lover, co-tribute, saviour, friend, ally, neighbour)
* Haymitch Abernathy (mentor, helper, neighbour)
* Gale Hawthorne (crush, friend, hunting partner)
* Finnick Odair (ally, friend)
* Primrose Everdeen (sister)
* Mrs. Everdeen, Mr. Everdeen (parents)
* Cinna (stylist, friend, designer)
* Coriolanus Snow (enemy)
* Beetee (ally, weapon designer)
* Rue (ally, friend)
* Plutarch Heavensbee (patron, saviour)
* Effie Trinket (escort)
* Johanna Mason (ally, friend, roommate)
* Cato, Clove, Marvel, Glimmer (opponents)
* Boggs (protector)
* Alma Coin (victim)
* Wiress (ally)
* Mags Flanagan (ally)
* Annie Cresta (friend)
* Buttercup (pet)
* Octavia, Venia, Flavius (prep team)
* Madge Undersee (classmate, friend)
* Enobaria, Brutus, Cashmere, Gloss (opponents)

## Victims

During the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss killed Glimmer and the female tribute from District 4 by dropping a tracker jacker hive on them while they slept. The two received many stings, which resulted in death. Her next kill was Marvel, who drowned in his own blood after Katniss shot him in the neck after he threw a spear into Rue's stomach. During the final fight between Katniss, Peeta, and Cato, Cato was mortally wounded by muttations. Katniss killed him by shooting an arrow at his neck as an act of mercy.

During the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss killed Gloss, the male tribute from District 1, after he slit Wiress' throat. All the tributes she killed in both Games were Career Tributes.

After joining the rebellion, Katniss and Gale shot down several Capitol bombers during an air raid on District 8. During the Battle of the Capitol, she killed Peacekeepers, a female Capitol citizen, and at Snow's execution, President Coin.

## Appearance

Katniss had long black hair, which she normally pulled back into a long braid; she had olive skin and gray eyes. She was small in stature (5'5'') and thin for her age as she was generally malnourished because of her district's poverty. She was thus one of the smallest tributes in her Games, but due to her outdoor life, she was strong for her size. She was also known as "The Girl on Fire" during the Hunger Games; she earned this title from her fierce personality and the outfits created for her by Cinna. Katniss was not very image-conscious, to the dismay of Venia, one of her stylists.

Her hearing in her left ear was destroyed because of the explosion she caused in the arena, but it was fixed in the Capitol in the end, as were all of her other major and more minor injuries including the erasing of any scars from her years of hunting. Before entering the arena for the first time, Katniss had many minor scrapes and cuts, and her outward appearance was very much imperfect. However, after she won, they were repaired by the Capitol doctors, including replacing the hearing in her left ear. Most notable about her appearance and demeanor, however, was the image she unconsciously projected, as noted by her co-tribute Peeta. In Peeta's interview, he said that a lot of boys liked Katniss when asked if he likes anyone at home. Katniss liked wearing worn-out clothes with hunting boots, and sometimes wore her father's old hunting coat. During the reaping, she wore her mother's blue dress. At the parade in the capitol, she wore the costume that Cinna made that gave her the name "The Girl on Fire." It was a black unitard representing coal and lit them with synthetic fire that doesn't burn but can be quenched by a solution made to counter it. He kept the theme by designing Katniss's interview dress, a gown made completely of precious jewels in flame colors, reflecting the lighting to make her look like she was "engulfed in flames." During the Games, she wore a hooded black jacket that fell down to her thighs and reflected body heat, tawny trousers, a sturdy brown belt, and a green button-up shirt. She also wore her Mockingjay pin. Cinna also designed her Victor dress, keeping the theme of fire, yet toning it down to candlelight to symbolize innocence other than the fiery spirit for which the theme was first created.

In the following year, she wore many dresses due to the Victory Tour held six months after the Games were over. Katniss described the outfit Cinna designed for the first day of the Victory Tour as having flowing black pants made of a thick, warm material, a comfortable white shirt, a sweater woven from green and blue and gray strands of kitten-soft wool, and laced leather boots that didn't pinch her toes. Another one of Cinna's outfits for the Victory Tour included a white coat, leather gloves, a bright red scarf, and earmuffs. The outfit Katniss wore in District 11 was a pretty orange frock patterned with autumn leaves. Cinna designed dresses for Katniss to wear to banquets and balls. One was pale pink and strapless. Another was a strapless dark blue velvet dress with diamonds that Katniss wore in District 2. The dress worn by Annie Cresta at her wedding was designed by Cinna for Katniss in District 5. After Katniss accepted Peeta's proposal during the Victory Tour stop at the Capitol, Cinna designed a set of wedding dresses. The Capitol audience voted on the finalists to select the one that would have been used for the wedding. The winner had sleeves that touched the floor and lots and lots of pearls. During the third Quarter Quell, she wore a fitted blue jumpsuit only 1/2 inch thick made of sheer material, with a zipper in front, a six-inch wide padded belt covered in purple plastic, and nylon shoes with rubber soles. Every victor wore a blue jumpsuit, and a belt that was also a flotation device. The belt was filled with a thick, purple liquid. Katniss also wore her Mockingjay pin again.

She wore a plain grey shirt and pants since all residents of District 13 wear this. Cinna had designed a uniform for Katniss to wear for her role as the mockingjay. The uniform was black body armor. It had a helmet that can turn into a hood, a chest plate to protect vital organs and had special reinforcements over her heart, short sleeves that reached to her elbows, and white folds under her arms. She had hidden weapons in her boots and belt. Katniss wore a bloody bandage to cover the scar on her left arm that Johanna Mason gave her when she cut her tracker out during the 75th Hunger Games. She also wore her Mockingjay pin over her heart. After the explosion in the Capitol where Prim died, some of her hair was burned off. Her Mockingjay suit was red, symbolizing the rebellion and the revolution.

## Personality

"*Frankly, I could need some sugarcoating.*"
―KatnissKatniss had strong and independent survivalist instincts due to her difficult past and was good at thinking outside the box. She was not socially adept and had a hard time making friends due to the emotional strain on her life which made her hard and cold. She was more concerned about feeding her family than being social, making her awkward around people. Though Katniss could be rather blunt, misanthropic, sarcastic, bitingly cynical, and cold, she had a very vulnerable side which she only showed around her family, and she had a natural maternal instinct as showed when she comforted Prim and helped Rue. She was poor at acting for the camera and came across best when she was herself. She was usually very logical except for times when her emotions got in the way. Katniss had a habit of biting her nails when she was nervous or anxious and consciously stopped herself from doing so when around others. After she became a victor, she couldn't think of a good reason to break the habit.

"*All I know about you is that you're stubborn and good with a bow."
"That pretty much sums me up.*"
―Peeta and Katniss on the train to District 11.Katniss was very strong, stubborn, and determined. Often, she reacted first and ask questions later. She often did anything to survive. Even when she allied with Rue, she said she hoped that she didn't have to be the one to kill her. Yet when it came to Peeta, she tried her best to figure a way for them both to survive. This independent streak did not go well in the regimented confines of District 13 and Katniss largely did what she wanted and ignored her daily schedule. She had to discipline herself to undergo military training in order to prove that she could be sent into combat, and her unwillingness to take orders was perceived as her greatest weakness. This was targeted during her individual exam, but she was able to realize this and pass.

Even though she was sometimes a bit self-centered and self-reliant, she did have noble traits, including protecting those she loved. For example, caring for Prim, looking out for Rue, ending Cato's life mercifully even though he caused her so much pain, or when she shielded Gale to keep him from being whipped, even when it meant a lash for herself. Katniss had an instinct to protect those who were weak such as Rue, Wiress, and her prep team.

Unlike her younger sister, she was not a natural born healer. She once ran from the house in fright while Prim and her mother cared for a dying man. She even had trouble healing Peeta, being squeamish, and reluctant to care for him unclothed. Instead, she was more like her father, being skilled at hunting and gathering.

Similar to her father, Katniss had a rebellious streak. She was a fiercely determined and resourceful fighter and was reasonably easy to underestimate. Due to this, she was almost always in disagreement with authority figures and liked to use her own resources when it came to survival (the instincts of a true survivor). Katniss was loyal to no one but her family and had issues when it came to trusting others, but this grew to be her one of her greatest strengths.

Katniss disliked being a "pawn" to the Capitol and to District 13 and hated having the weight of Panem on her shoulders. Katniss suffered from PTSD from her experiences in the Hunger Games. This included frequent nightmares and night terrors of those she killed and tried to kill her, avoidance of others/isolation, irritability, and favoring the wilds of the forest over human contact.

## Abilities

"*I'm the best shot you've got!*"
―Katniss, to Coin
* Excellent archer (inherited from father)
* Projectile weaponry
* Tree climbing/agility
* Plant identification (inherited from father and mother)
* Instinct
* Bravery
* Singing voice (inherited from father)

## Possessions

Katniss had her hunting jacket and bow and arrows given by her father. Katniss received a gold mockingjay pin, which was given to her by her friend, Madge Undersee. After she won the Games, it became a symbol of rebellion for the districts against the Capitol, and a symbol of Katniss herself, as her actions were never meant to exist.

However, many ignorant Capitol citizens still used it as a symbol of fashion, as a remembrance of Katniss' exciting Games. Katniss also had a family plant book containing names of known plants which was an important possession. Katniss also received from Peeta a pearl along with a gold locket engraved with a mockingjay, containing a picture of her mother, her sister Prim, and Gale during the 3rd Quarter Quell. She kept the pearl close to her while Peeta was being tortured in the Capitol. Katniss received a bow and arrows from Beetee. They had mechanical properties and were voice-activated. There were normal arrows, incendiary arrows, and explosive arrows.

## Family

* **Husband**: Peeta Mellark
* **Son**: unnamed
* **Daughter**: unnamed
* **Mother**: Mrs. Everdeen
* **Father**: Mr. Everdeen (deceased)
* **Sister**: Primrose Everdeen (deceased)
* **Mother-in-law**: Mrs. Mellark (deceased)
* **Father-in-law**: Mr. Mellark (deceased)
* **Brother-in-law**: First Mellark son (deceased)
* **Brother-in-law**: Second Mellark son (deceased)
* **Grandmother:** Maude Ivory Baird (deceased)

## Trivia

* Her name stems from the katniss plant, also known as "arrowhead", which belongs to the genus Sagittaria. It is both ornamental and useful.
* Her favorite color was green.
* Her favorite food in the Capitol was lamb stew with dried plums served on grain.
* Her decision to volunteer for Prim for the 74th Hunger Games not only saved her from certain death but saved the country from the oppressive rule of the Capitol. This stated, it was the primary driving event of the whole rebellion.
* Katniss killed both male tributes from District 1 in her two Games after they killed one of her allies; she killed Marvel after he threw the spear into Rue's stomach, and she killed Gloss after he slit Wiress' throat.
* Katniss and Peeta were the only tributes to participate in the games two years in a row.
* Katniss, like many former tributes, suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). She also had MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) for a period of time after Prim's death.
* Katniss's father made her first bow.