JANUARY: DISTRICT SIX
Arena: Decrepit Train Station
Length: 8 days, 13 hours, 47 minutes
Victors: Weston Katsouris (18) & Vadric Gaerwyn (17)
Mr. Katsouris
→ 7 kills listed as: Reis Jovanka (15), Lathai Leonetti (17), Shelby Tamlyn (18), Balise Carmichael (15), Kyva Kovach (18), Zeta Manzarek (17), Veyron Delray (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Shelby Tamlyn (18), Lathai Leonetti (17), Monty Theilan (17)
→ in-games alliances formed: Vadric Gaerwyn (17) (formed Day Seven)
→ training score: 9
→ initial predicted placement: 3rd
Notes: How can I even be surprised about this one? I wanted to be, but Six somehow always pulls the weirdest things out of nowhere. Well, he's got the Capitol eating out of his palm, at least. Me, not so much.
Mx. Gaerwyn
→ 3 kills listed as: Avanti Carrero (15), Zeta Manzarek (17), Veyron Delray (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Avanti Carrero (15)
→ in-games alliances formed: Weston Katsouris (18) (formed Day Seven)
→ training score: 3
→ initial predicted placement: 21st
Notes: And at the other end of Six's spectrum is this. The camera crews sent to Six couldn't even get their mother to appear on camera. Threw something of a private fit, apparently. I can't say I'm not something of a fan of strange duos, though, even if Vadric's brother really is so insistent on the strange bit.
FEBRUARY: DISTRICT FOUR
Arena: Seaside Town
Length: 7 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes
Victors: Amani Layne (18) & Jordyn Palladino (17)
Mr. Layne
→ 5 kills listed as: Meena Barelis (17), Moises Avila (18), Pike Swenson (18), Adeliza Torvald (17), Takoda Marino (16)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Tiernan Yarelis (18), Kona Arevalo (17)
→ in-games alliances formed: Takoda Marino (16) (formed Day Five)
→ training score: 11
→ initial predicted placement: 1st
Notes: Never seen such an efficient fall from grace. Update May 17th: wow. That's all I have to say.
Miss Palladino
→ 2 kills listed as: Grayson Odelle (14), Naida Lothian (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Benthos Delacruz (18), Marlo Prevett (17), Adeliza Torvald (17)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 7
→ initial predicted placement: 19th
Notes: Underage or not, the Capitol audiences sure do love a femme fatale. Every time I see my upstairs neighbor he comments on how hot she is. He's fifty-eight, by the way.
MARCH: DISTRICT THREE
Arena: Tech Factory
Length: 10 days, 10 hours, 21 minutes
Victors: Alia Maduro (15) & Sloane Laurier (17)
Miss Maduro
→ 1 kill listed as: Corvina Malroy (16)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Vahla Ritsuka (18), Aphelion Wynne (17), Landry O'Reilly (16), Aisa Nakatsu (16), Idelle Desario (16)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 3
→ initial predicted placement: 17th
Notes: Watching her lie on the ground waiting to die was enough to invoke a twinge of pain within myself, though it did make me appreciate the minimal comforts of my own home. Is it wrong to think the victor with the least kills is a lost cause?
Miss Laurier
→ 6 kills listed as: Ada Monterio (18), Aphelion Wynne (17), Bronte Lenai (14), Umbra Ferelli (18), Talos Duzell (16), Veronica Zilder (17)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: none
→ in-games alliances formed: Talos Duzell (16) (formed Day Four)
→ training score: 2
→ initial predicted placement: 20th
Notes: From a complete and utter write-off to a standout favorite, Miss Laurier went on one hell of a journey. I'm not so certain things will happen the same way twice, but she is indeed full of surprises.
APRIL: DISTRICT TWELVE
Arena: Coal Mines
Length: 19 days, 23 hours, 7 minutes
Victors: Ravi Fusain (17) & Pietro Dolokhov (16)
Mr. Fusain
→ 2 kills listed as: Gideon Novacek (18), Colm Braeburn (13)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Dulia Cronquist (18)
→ in-games alliances formed: Eira Caldwell (13), Robin Northcott (16) (formed Day Four)
→ training score: 6
→ initial predicted placement: 14th
Notes: This might be one of the only kids I feel truly bad for. He thought he was doing the right thing by revealing his mother's crimes before his impending death, but it only made everything worse for him when he ultimately survived. Guess that's just how the cookie crumbles.
Mr. Dolokhov
→ 2 kills listed as: Margot Ortan (18), Rosemary Allam (14)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Amaranth Pyne (18), Ansel Hollens (16)
→ in-games alliances formed: Kenna Ainsworth (15), Warren Kennison (18) (formed Day Ten)
→ training score: 6
→ initial predicted placement: 9th
Notes: When they interviewed his handful of surviving siblings at the Final Eight, two of them didn't even know he had made it that far. Familial love, am I right?
MAY: DISTRICT ONE
Arena: Luxury Shops
Length: 6 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes
Victors: Tova Revelis (18) & Maderia Elvario (18)
Miss Revelis
→ 6 kills listed as: Pellitor Gratz (18), Morgan Fidelia (17), Aleric Venner (18), Nephrine Maslin (16), Orellan Solheim (18), Maderia Elvario (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Ives Davian (18), Morgan Fidelia (17)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 10
→ initial predicted placement: 10th
Notes: Not sure if I want to marry her or be her. Let you know next year.
Miss Elvario
→ 3 kills listed as: Lyra Clemson (15), Ives Davian (18), Orellan Solheim (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Catelaya March (17), Isarrel Austen (18), Orellan Solheim (18), Pellitor Gratz (18), Aleric Venner (18), Dazzle Delcore (18), Valor Meriden (18)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 10
→ initial predicted placement: 5th
Notes: For a moment there, I was actually rooting for her and Catelaya. Before I came to my senses, at least. There's no use in a love story unless it's doomed. Believe me, I know.
JUNE: DISTRICT NINE
Arena: Golden Wheat Fields
Length: 15 days, 7 hours, 58 minutes
Victors: Casia Braddock (13) & Lilou Holbrook (15)
Miss Braddock
→ 5 kills listed as: Taya Moniz (17), Leora Casserly (15), Arun Ressler (15), Manu Kodachi (13), Malachai Stolls (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: none
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 6
→ initial predicted placement: 21st
Notes: It was terribly easy to write this kid off from the get-go. A thirteen year old with no obvious skillset or way to win, and yet somehow she becomes the most worrying threat of all? If I have nightmares about anyone, it will be her.
Miss Holbrook
→ 2 kills listed as: Cormac Sacorro (17), Erina Arken (16)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: none
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 5
→ initial predicted placement: 15th
Notes: No one was more surprised, I suspect, than Lilou at her own victory. You could write the shock off as her witnessing Malachai's death, I suppose, but it's so much easier to see deeper when someone doesn't believe in themselves.
JULY: DISTRICT SEVEN
Arena: Thick Woodland
Length: 9 days, 6 hours, 17 minutes
Victors: Ilan Azar (17) & Sanne Levesay (16)
Mr. Azar
→ 2 kills listed as: Redmond Ilane (16), Hollis Burchett (17)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: none
→ in-games alliances formed: Redmond Ilane (16) (formed Day One), Hollis Burchett (17) (formed Day Seven)
→ training score: 4
→ initial predicted placement: 15th
Notes: Not sure what's going on in this kid's brain. Frankly not even sure he has one. What I do know is that he's captured the audience's attention; when one is as mystifying as he is, there's no other route to go down.
Miss Levesay
→ 9 kills listed as: Thatcher Razi (18), Iola Serafen (15), Ordyn Laghari (17), Alamo Sharra (18), Sorrel Penske (16), Ivo Hendley (18), Finch Cerezo (18), Shiloh Ashlen (17), Ellery Monet (14)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Brycen Novello (17), Carya Yestin (14), Sylvan Quarritch (16)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 5
→ initial predicted placement: 17th
Notes: And in the wake of Evette Fernsby's rather lackluster victory comes... this. I can't help but wonder how pissed Mykari and Naevys were that she burnt their entire arena down.
AUGUST: DISTRICT EIGHT
Arena: Abandoned Shopping Mall
Length: 13 days, 2 hours, 9 minutes
Victors: Aranza de León (18) & Milan Crusoe (16)
Miss de León
→ 4 kills listed as: Georgia Richler (17), Ruana Dumais (16), Dorian Carluccio (15), Venecia Roulier (17)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Tamora Minke (18), Georgia Richler (17), Venecia Roulier (17), Ruana Dumais (16)
→ in-games alliances formed: Milan Crusoe (16) (formed Day Eleven)
→ training score: 7
→ initial predicted placement: 14th
Notes: Until her first confrontation with Venecia, she really did look like Little Miss Perfect. I guess even the best masquerades fall apart if you give them enough time.
Mr. Crusoe
→ 7 kills listed as: Noelle Cromley (17), Marcie Ormsby (14), Orsino Belforte (17), Baptiste Contes (18), Blaise Matsuoka (17), Aimer Lyndell (18), Venecia Roulier (17)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Dorian Carluccio (15)
→ in-games alliances formed: Aranza de León (18) (formed Day Eleven)
→ training score: 8
→ initial predicted placement: 8th
Notes: Where the hell did they find this kid?
SEPTEMBER: DISTRICT ELEVEN
Arena: Picturesque Orchards
Length: 15 days, 10 hours, 49 minutes
Victors: Clementine Alinsky (17) & Farasha Oriani (14)
Miss Alinsky
→ 3 kills listed as: Iry Hargraves (16), Elijah Larien (16), Avi Rochette (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Amias Moravec (18), Iry Hargraves (16), Elijah Larien (16)
→ in-games alliances formed: Farasha Oriani (14) (formed Day Ten)
→ training score: 6
→ initial predicted placement: 12th
Notes: Talk about flip-flopping allegiances. I suspect she's remorseful about Amias, but the rest? It'll be interesting to see if she can convince anyone to tag along with her the second time around... perhaps those who are deeply suicidal and nothing else.
Miss Oriani
→ 2 kills listed as: Ixora Argento (16), Avi Rochette (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Ixora Argento (16), Poppy Westerby (17)
→ in-games alliances formed: Clementine Alinsky (17) (formed Day Ten)
→ training score: 4
→ initial predicted placement: 18th
Notes: What a curious little creature. She looks so innocent, too! Her face when she kicked that nest down onto one of her allies was nothing of the sort. It's almost like she knew what she was doing this whole time, though I'm unsure if I should give her so much credit.
OCTOBER: DISTRICT TWO
Arena: Mountain Range
Length: 6 days, 12 hours, 31 minutes
Victors: Sander Elek (18) & Levi Alcandre (18)
Mr. Elek
→ 5 kills listed as: Zephyr Bolivar (18), Aya Hawkley (17), Khalon Rothery (18), Arlette Serin (17), Erryn Maldano (17)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Levi Alcandre (18), Erryn Maldano (17), Taurean Fairchild (18), Justus Adrastos (17)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 10
→ initial predicted placement: 10th
Notes: Truthfully, I don't know whether to feel bad for him or laugh. I feel like I'm going to end up laughing.
Mr. Alcandre
→ 3 kills listed as: Clemency Veruze (17), Harlan Orso (17), Davina Bretton (16)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Erryn Maldano (17), Sander Elek (18), Taurean Fairchild (18), Justus Adrastos (17)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 9
→ initial predicted placement: 13th
Notes: Total wildcard, clearly. It's no wonder they felt the need to put him on the Killing Floor in Two. Can't wait to see how these two shape up in a few months, if they shape up at all.
NOVEMBER: DISTRICT TEN
Arena: Dayless Ranches
Length: 10 days, 15 hours, 22 minutes
Victors: Hawke Rabanus (18) & Robbie (?) Creston (?) (17)
Mr. Rabanus
→ 4 kills listed as: Madigan Ryanne (17), Peregrin Gaither (17), Everett Constanza (16), Lev Halladay (15)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: none
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 9
→ initial predicted placement: 5th
Notes: Apparently the online forums took to calling him 'Heartless Hawke' and I think I'm inclined to agree.
Mr. Creston
→ 3 kills listed as: Marshall Akron (18), Madden Bethel (16), Circe Lavater (16)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Damaris Tejeda (18), Marshall Akron (18)
→ in-games alliances formed: Sable Mezrich (12) (formed Day Six)
→ training score: 7
→ initial predicted placement: 9th
Notes: He waited all of two days after getting out of the hospital to officially change his name. Guess that solves the debacle of his name at the reaping. What evil soul names a kid Robertson, anyway?
DECEMBER: DISTRICT FIVE
Arena: Nuclear Power Plant
Length: 3 days, 20 hours, 59 minutes
Victors: Zoya Ossof (16) & Kai Melchior (15)
Mr. Ossof
→ 2 kills listed as: Enna Yaslana (15), Levene Cavan (18)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: none
→ in-games alliances formed: Enna Yaslana (15) (formed Day One)
→ training score: 1
→ initial predicted placement: 17th
Notes: An idiot. Like genuinely. Possibly have never witnessed a bigger idiot in my life.
Mr. Melchior
→ 4 kills listed as: Valyn Pemberly (16), Mellan Asterope (16), Maxon Suzume (18), Annika Bowman (17)
→ pre-games allies officially listed as: Zeph Gillespie (12)
→ in-games alliances formed: none
→ training score: 4
→ initial predicted placement: 23rd
Notes: Also an idiot. Maybe not as big of one as his partner, but my point still stands. At least he didn't accidentally kill his only friend?
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