Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts

Bleeding Hearts is a Hunger Games story written by ddriftingdownn, the creator of this wiki. Please consider giving Bleeding Hearts and its sequels a read, it would mean a lot to the author! Bleeding Hearts can be read here: AO3 · FFN · Wattpad

## Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts

### Planned

**Original Script:**
Apr 27th, 2017
**Revised Script:**
Apr 28th-29th, 2020
**Final Edition:**
Dec 17th-27th, 2020

### Written

**Original Script:**
Apr 27th-May 16th, 2017
**Revised Script:**
Apr 29th-Sep 24th, 2020
**Final Edition:**
Dec 26th, 2020-Jan 29th, 2021

### Total Words

8,167 (original script)
31,310 (revised script)
53,362 (final edition)

### Narrator(s)

Various (Lacie Greenly, Greta, Soren Murdock, Carlo, Dalia, Nia, Tanner, Saylee, Orion, Jomilee, Angelica, Victoria, Vispania Callendew, Rose, Felix, Acacia, Persephone, Rex, Robin, Della, Ada, Cressa Vernetti, Kala, Lena, Indigo Laquette, Griff Cohen, Lysandra, Roman Murdock, Ross Carmichael)

### Timespan

128-129 ATT (124th - 125th Hunger Games

**Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts** is the first story in the Bleeding Hearts series. It is the first published story by ddriftingdownn. Bleeding Hearts begins at the end of the 124th Hunger Games, extending until The Victory Tour of the 125th Hunger Games. The majority of the story revolves around the events of the 125th Hunger Games and its tributes.

The published version of Hunger Games Bleeding Hearts is the third edition of the story; writing began in 2017 in script form. The original script, intended for a movie production, included only basic plot points and featured thirty-five tributes. President Snow, Ross Carmichael, Capitol Escorts, and mentors are notably absent. A revised edition, still in script form, was drafted in 2020, featuring thirty-six tributes, and all the aforementioned characters. In late 2020, this script was adapted to first person and published.

Bleeding Hearts is the first story in the Bleeding Hearts series. It is followed chronologically by Rising From the Ashes: The 76th Games. A direct sequel to Bleeding Hearts, Hunger Games: Ultimate Crown, has also been published. Canonically, Bleeding Hearts takes place eight years after Blood Moon and twenty-five years before Ultimate Crown.

## Premise

Bleeding Hearts is told from the perspective of multiple characters involved with the 125th Hunger Games. The story begins with the end of the 124th Hunger Games, as Roman Murdock is crowned the Victor. Soon after, the Quarter Quell twist is announced, revealing that each District must send tributes related to past tributes from the Games. Additionally, as a mini-twist introduced in the 100th Hunger Games, three tributes were also Reaped from each District, with no restriction on the gender of each tribute.

After the Reaping, the story continues to recount the events of the 125th Games, through training and into the Games themselves. As the Games evolve, relationnships among the tributes shift and they must adapt if they hope to make it out of the Arena alive. Thirty-six tributes enter the Arena, but only one can be crowned the Victor.

## Characters

### Supporting Characters

**Additional Characters**

* **Celica** - The second-place tribute in the 124th Hunger Games from District 7. She is the last tribute to die in the Games, being killed after a fight with Roman.
* **Opal** - The older sister of Amethyst and the third-place tribute from District 1 during the 124th Hunger Games.
* **Laurentia Price** - The Capitol escort for District 5. She is mentioned, but not seen, in Bleeding Hearts.
* **Mr. and Mrs. Murdock** - Mother and father of Soren, Roman, Jasmine, and Marina. The pair are heartbroken when Soren is Reaped, so much so that they are unable to visit him. Their professions are unknown.
* **The Greenlys** - Lacie's mother and father from District 4. Following Soren's Victory Tour, they gift him with some of Lacie's belongings and treat him as a son, respecting Lacie's decision to sacrifice herself to save him.

## Plot

To explore the plot of Bleeding Hearts, make sure to give it a read - links are posted at the top of this article! Events of the 125th Hunger Games are described in moderate detail here:

* 125th Hunger Games

## Statistics

* Bleeding Hearts was the first story to be published in the Bleeding Hearts series; it was the first to have multiple narrators and to surpass 50 chapters.