District 4

"*Do you like seafood? Shrimp and crab meat? Often overlooked, District 4 plays an essential role, bringing us the bounty of the sea. These citizens are adept with nets and tridents and can swim like fish themselves.*"
―Description of District 4**District 4** was one of the wealthiest districts of Panem. Its major industry was fishing, and its children were trained for jobs in this industry from a young age. Katniss Everdeen noticed on her Victory Tour that District 4, along with 3 and 8, seemed quite happy to see her, implying that District 4 was secretly a rebellious district. The victors from this district also pledged loyalty to the rebellion and to Katniss Everdeen.

## Description

### General

Its rebellious tendencies, expressed during Katniss and Peeta's Victory Tour, were described as "more of a cry for vengeance" and it was said that the crowd did not have "the weary cattle feel". The citizens of District 4 faced severe oppression but were healthy enough (not battling starvation and poverty) to fight. The district was located east of the Pacific Ocean. The citizens of District 4 spoke with a hard-to-decipher accent.

Unlike the children of District 12 (and just like the children in the other districts), the children in District 4 began to learn their district's industry at a young age (6). There were 12 fisheries across the district, and it was a popular tourist destination for Capitol citizens because of its beautiful beaches.

### The Hunger Games

As with Districts 1 and 2, District 4 tended to produce Career Tributes, who volunteered to participate in the Hunger Games. Although illegal, these children were naturally raised and trained to have an advantage in the Games, making them stronger and much more capable of winning than the average tribute. The only Career Tribute training center in Four was the Hunger Games Training School, which Elsie, Trawler, Caspian Hadala, Clarisse, Finnick Odair, and many others attended. These tributes were used to the dangerous nature of the fishing industry, and had prior experience in swimming, using nets and tridents, making fishhooks from scratch, and identifying edible sea life.

There were less volunteers in this district than the two other Career districts. The male tributes were reaped first and the females second. Stylists often dressed tributes from Four up in sailor outfits, scaled costumes imitating fish, or blue aquatic jumpsuits. Livia and Malvia were the longest-performing stylists for Four, and Allie Cicero was the longest recurring escort.

The district gained a total of 11 victors over the history of the Games. The earliest of these was Mags Flanagan, who won the 11th Hunger Games. Their first set of tributes who were trained Pack members was that from the 34th Hunger Games, including Elsie, the victor. There were no new victors from District 4 between the 37th Hunger Games and the 59th Hunger Games until Trawler, which was very surprising.

## Known Inhabitants

### Tributes

* Annie Cresta
* Bill
* Brooke
* Caspian Hadala
* Clarisse
* Elsie
* Finnick Odair
* Gwendolyn
* Leon
* Mags Flanagan
* Marina
* Olivia
* Proteus
* Trawler
* Vincent
* District 4 male (74th HG)

### Non-tributes

* Mayor Visser
* Annie and Finnick Odair's son

## 10 Most Common Occupations

1. Fisher
2. Merchant
3. Cartographer
4. Clothing designer
5. Baker
6. Healer/nurse
7. Teacher/trainer
8. Botanist
9. Construction worker
10. Peacekeeper

## Trivia

* The bread from this district was a salty, fish-shaped loaf, tinted green by seaweed.