Haymitch Abernathy

Haymitch Abernathy is male, with white skin, blue or gray eyes, and blond hair. He is 6’2”, and 40 years old. He was District 12’s second victor ever, winning the second Quarter Quell (the 50th Hunger Games) at the age of 16, which had 48 tributes (two girls, two boys from each district) instead of the usual 24. He was chosen as a replacement after Woodbine Chance was reaped and shot after trying to run. His birthday is Reaping Day, July 4th. He lives in the Victor’s Village in District 12. The country he lives in is Panem. District 12 is in the Appalachian Mountains. His father died when he was young in a coal mine fire. He had twin sisters who were stillborn, born too early. Before he won his games, he lived in the Seam of District 12 with his mother, Willamae, and his younger brother, Sid. Sid and Willamae died when their home was set on fire after Haymitch won his games, Haymitch being 16, Sid being 10, and Willamae being 35. Willamae did laundry for a living. Haymitch was dating Lenore Dove Baird before his games, a Covey girl. Lenore Dove (first name is Lenore Dove, not Lenore) was also killed after his games after eating her favorite red gumdrops, which she didn’t know were laced with poison. Sid, Willamae, and Lenore Dove’s deaths were all a punishment by President Snow. The other tributes from District 12 in the 50th Hunger Games were 13-year-old Louella McCoy, 16-year-old Maysilee Donner, and 18-year-old Wyatt Callow. Louella was Haymitch’s “sweetheart”, a running joke between the two as Louella decided to tell everyone she was his sweetheart when she was young before she moved onto another boy. Louella died in a chariot accident a few days before the Games and was replaced by Lou Lou. Maysilee was seemingly rude to Haymitch growing up. When he was six, he got chiggers, and Maysilee kept calling him “Itchy Itchy Haymitchy” despite being told the chiggers couldn’t be spread. But in the Games, he got close to Maysilee, and she was killed in the Games after being attacked by pink bird mutts. He repeatedly mistook Maysilee’s identical twin sister Merilee for her, and now sees Maysilee in Merilee’s teenage daughter, Madge. He was friends with Burdock Everdeen as a teen, who died in a coal mine explosion years ago, but haymitch sees Burdock’s wife, Asterid Everdeen (previously Asterid March), and his two children, 16 year old Katniss Everdeen and 12 year old Primrose Everdeen. he worked as a bootlegger as a teenager, working under Hattie Meeney, an illicit moonshiner. He now lives alone, known as the Drunken Victor of District 12. he sometimes feeds geese, which reminds him of Lenore Dove. He’s sarcastic, a loner, observant, cynical, brutally honest, loyal, witty, grumpy, caring, and loving. his prickly exterior hides his sharp mind and fiercely protective streak. he suffers from PTSD, alcoholism, and likely other issues.

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