Leon

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## Leon

### Appears in

Bleeding Hearts

**Leon** is a tribute from District 6 in the 125th Hunger Games, as portrayed in Hunger Games: Bleeding Hearts. He has a significant role in the story prior to the start of the Games and is mostly known for his intense rivalry with Angelica.

### Pre-Games

Leon is first encountered by Saylee, who enters an obstacle course with her ally, Angelica. Leon stands in line behind the two girls with Rowan, his ally. Leon mocks Angelica for tackling the obstacle course at the maximum difficulty, but Angelica bites back, telling him to mind his own business. Rowan works with Saylee to separate the two tributes, cooling Leon's temper.

The next day in Training, Leon attacks Angelica with his fists, and both tributes are dragged out of the Training Center. Armed guards escort Leon from the area, and it is assumed that he is reprimanded for his behavior.

Despite Leon's poor behavior in Training, he is rewarded a training score of 10. This puts him on-par with Felix and Jomilee, giving him one of the highest scores. This may have been a tactic by Head Gamemaker Vispania Callendew to make Leon a target to the other tributes because of his behavior.

After the Training scores are announced, Leon's mentor, Gear Montgomery, is seen being berated by Jackson Mendoza, Angelica's mentor. It is revealed that Gear is responsible for all three District 6 tributes, as the other mentor, Irma Bradshaw, is too old and frail to mentor properly. Because of this, Leon is not as supported by his mentor as the other tributes, as he shares one mentor with his two District partners.

In Leon's interview, he purposefully paints himself as a savage to play into the news of his attack on Angelica. He answers questions with short answers and acts cocky in his interview, giving the audience the impression that he is confident in his abilities. However, when he reaches the top of the stage, he is ignored by his District partner, Jomilee, indicating that there is a rift between the two tributes because of Leon's behavior.

### In The Games

#### The Bloodbath

Leon enters the Arena on a forked path next to Angelica and Wade Quinley. The tributes are surrounded by Ultimate Solvent, and their narrow path is designed to force them to shove each other into the substance. While the other groups are supposedly randomly chosen, it seems that Leon and Angelica's pairing is deliberately chosen by the Gamemakers to give Leon and Angelica a chance to kill each other. Further proving this theory, Wade jumps from his pedestal before the Games begin, killing himself and leaving only Leon and Angelica to fight on their path. It is possible that the Gamemakers knew that Wade was intending to do this, and placed him with the two rivals on purpose.

After the Games begin, Leon and Angelica immediately lock in a battle; because of his large size, Leon is able to overpower Angelica and shove her into the Ultimate Solvent. After Angelica's death, he runs to the Cornucopia to gather supplies.

Leon is seen later in the Bloodbath as he stabs Cada to death. While he does this, he is approached by Dalia and Nia, Angelica's District partners. Before Leon has time to react, Dalia shoots him in the back with an arrow, killing him immediately. Leon placed 29th out of the 36 tributes.

### Post-Death

Leon is barely mentioned after his death. His importance to the plot of Bleeding Hearts is mostly contained at the pre-Games portion of the story, and he is mostly forgotten after his death. He was the lowest-placing tribute in the 125th Hunger Games to kill any other tributes, and he was the only tribute to kill two other tributes and die in the first nine days of the Games.