Haymitch Abernathy

Haymitch Abernathy is an 18 year old boy with slightly tanned skin, gray eyes, and curly blond hair. He lives in the Seam, the poorest part of District 12 in Panem. District 12 is on Appalachian grounds and has strong Appalachian history. His birthday is July 4th, which is also Reaping Day.

Haymitch has an Appalachian accent. His social circle consists of Asterid March (daughter of the local healers, good with herbs), Lenore-Dove Baird (Covey girl, raised by her uncles, plays the accordion, very rebellious), and his best friend is Burdock Everdeen (also Covey, very distant relative of Lenore-Dove). His family was 1. Willamae Abernathy - his Ma, who delivered him at the age of 19. 2. Sid Abernathy, his younger brother who he is very protective of. 3. His father, who died in the coal mines when Haymitch was young. 4. Younger twin sisters who were stillborn. Both unnamed. 5. Mamaw, his paternal grandmother. Passed away years prior.

He won the 50th Hunger Games. His Games were a Quarter Quell, so instead of the usual one girl and one boy from each District, it was two girls and two boys from each District. For 12, one boy was originally going to be Woodbine Chance, but the boy tried to run and got shot in the head by Peacekeepers (Panem’s police), and Haymitch trying to help pull Lenore-Dove away from trying to help Woodbine ended in Haymitch being the replacements. His fellow tributes were Wyatt Callow (18, smart, died in the initial Bloodbath saving Lou Lou), Maysilee Donner (16, daughter of candy shop owner, had a twin sister named Merrilee, used to bully Haymitch and had other kids call him “Itchy Itchy Haymitchy” when he had chiggers when he was 6 years old, but they grew close in the Games and even declared themselves siblings right before she died. She was killed by pink bird mutts in the Arena), and Louella McCoy (13, was his “sweetheart” because she used to call him that when she was little because she had a brief crush on him, died in a chariot crash just before the Games and Haymitch freaked out in front of President Snow for it, was promptly replaced by Lou Lou. Lou Lou looked very similar to her, died in the Arena after trying to use poisonous Bee Balm flowers). He also befriended Ampert Latier (12, son of previous Victor Beetee Latier, extremely smart, died after being devoured alive and down to the bone by squirrel mutts in the Arena) and Wellie (12, got sick in the Arena, was beheaded by Career tribute Silka Sharp). Haymitch attempted to blow up the Arena but failed. He won his Games after going to the edge of it whilst Silka Sharp was chasing him, her eye hanging out of her head. He was holding his organs in and leaned over as she threw her axe, it hit the force field of the Arena and bounced back, wedging in her head.

Haymitch is severely traumatized after his Games and started drinking. He is stubborn, quick witted, and smart. Post Games, he is bitter, broken, furious beneath the numbness, disillusioned, hollowed out, sharp, and watchful - a grieving young boy who is learning how to hide his sharpness and is hollowed by survival. Pre Games, he was bright, beloved, sharp but not cynical, devoted, caring, warm, and naive.

Haymitch has just come back from the Capitol after winning his Hunger Games, and his home is up in flames, his loved ones inside.