The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Summary
Warning : The following article contain major spoilers forthe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Bible , with possible spoilers for the 2023 film . The Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeswill introduce a whole young batch of District tributes — and a new superior , of course . Set during Panem ’s 10th Hunger Games , the prequel follows a untried Coriolanus Snow , future president of Panem , through his first twelvemonth involved in the brutal games . He and other Capitol teens had been assigned to the District tributes as the first - ever slew of mentors . C ’s destination is to serve his tribute , Lucy Gray Baird , win the Hunger Games and , in doing so , stop up a scholarship that will rive his family out of poorness .
TheBallad of Songbirds and Snakesbook acquaint each of the District citizens who had been reaped for the Hunger Games , and it can be take over the flick will do the same . Like in Katniss game , not all those theatrical role will get much time on screen . Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesfocuses much more on the mentors than the tribute themselves . However , a few tributes stand out in the prequel novel , both for their part in the games , their differences from those who would come 65 year by and by inThe Hunger Games , and — since only one can make headway — their death .
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie is free-base on the Hunger Games prequel novel and follows President Snow through the tenth Annual Hunger Games .
Lucy Gray Baird Is District 12’s Female Tribute
Played by Rachel Zegler in the Movie
Coriolanus Snow is assign to beLucy Gray Baird ’s mentor inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes . Like Katniss , she is the District 12 female protection in the Games and is therefore assumed to snuff it early in the arena . However , Lucy Gray is much more of a fighter than anyone expected . She belonged to a chemical group of musicians who were nomads before the warfare but became stuck in District 12 after the Capitol ’s triumph . go up to her fourth dimension in the arena , Snow used Lucy Gray ’s singing ability and natural charisma to their advantage , head her to be the first District tribute to earn the idolisation of the Capitol audience .
Dill Is District 11’s Female Tribute
Played By Luna Steeples In The Movie
LikeRue inThe Hunger Games , Dill is the District 11 female tribute inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes . She is one of the first tributes that Snow interact with leading up to the Games , but his experience with the fille is n’t great . When Snow find himself trapped in a batting cage with the tributes , Dill is among those who want to stamp out the Capitol son , proving just how violent she was uncoerced to be since being harvest for the Games . However , she never had a prospect to make it into the domain in theBallad of Songbirds and Snakesbook since she passed forth from complication related to tuberculosis .
Reaper Is District 11’s Male Tribute
Played By Dimitri Abold In The Movie
Reaper , the District 11 son , was revealed in theBallad of Songbirds and Snakesbook to have murdered a Peacekeeper before being reaped , but he was never formally trip up . This centered him as a select contender for the Hunger Games . During the interview segment ( the first in Hunger Games history ) , Reaper refuse to speak and thus did n’t earn much Captiol support . However , his potency became clear once he was in the arena . He slowly picked off the other tributes , ritualistically placing their body in a neat row before it was only he and Lucy Gray that were left in the bowl .
Coral Is The District 4 Female Tribute
Played By Mackenzie Lansing In The Movie
Coral was among the few District protection inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeswith natural combat power . LikeThe Hunger Games ' Finnick Odair , she had grown up on ships and could easily wield a trident . Upon put down the arena , she teamed up with his District partner , Mizzen , and a boy make Tanner from District 10 . The trio knead together to down the District 7 tribute , whose skill with axes made her a more significant threat , but Coral at once turned on Tanner once he was no longer helpful . Despite her deadly accomplishment , Coral was killed by vicious snakes , leave her to finish 6th property in the 10th Hunger Games .
Mizzen Is The District 4 Male Tribute
Played By Cooper Dillon In The Movie
mizen , the District 4 protection and ally to Coral , did n’t possess the same ability with a trident as his partner . However , he was just as cutthroat . After Coral wander Tanner , mizen slice the male child ’s pharynx for good measure . When Dr. Gaul ’s snakes enter the arena and kill Coral , Mizzen come through by climbing onto a tall beam . However , Teslee , the District 3 female protection , used some drones she had repurposed to attack Mizzen , knock him off the tower to his expiry .
Lamina Is The District 7 Female Tribute
Played By Irene Böhm In The Movie
conduce up to the 10th Hunger Games , Lamina , the District 7 distaff protection ( like Johanna Mason ) , did small away from rallying cry . This led her mentor , Pliny Harrington , to give up on promoting her to the audience . However , once she enrol the arena , Lamina reveal she was far more capable than she had let on . She was a wiz with an ax and effortlessly climb the beam within the sports stadium . From the top , Lamina was secure from most of the protection , and the spatial relation allowed her to keep an eye on everything take place around her . When there were ten tribute give , Coral , Tanner , and mizzenmast team up up against Lamina , stimulate her to accrue to her expiry .
Every Other Tribute In The 10th Hunger Games
Just like inThe Hunger Games , The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesstarts with a totality of 24 tributes . Those listed above are the tributes feature in the prequel film ’s laggard , but they are far from the only authoritative figure in the 10th Hunger Games . Some of the following die before the tribute ever entered the arena , others were kill in the profligate bath immediately after the Hunger Games started , and a few managed even to make it into the final exam .
Jessup Is The District 12 Male Tribute
Jessup was Lucy Gray Baird ’s District partner inthe 10th Hunger Games . He was a mine worker in District 12 , but this did n’t give him much of an edge in the arena since he was already very ill by the time the game begin . The tributes were hold back in a zoo before entering the arena , and while there , Jessup was bite on the cervix by a rat . He contracted rabies , so though he and Lucy Gray became allies in the Hunger Games , his condition led him to turn on her . Jessup ultimately give away from his condition .
Brandy Is The District 10 Female Tribute
Brandy is another protection who never made it into the area . Her mentor , Arachne , fetch food to the zoo where the tributes were being kept , hoping to make a spectacle of her generosity in front of the cameras ( like Coriolanus did for Lucy Gray ) . However , Arachne was rather average - bouncing , and after taunting Brandy with the food , the tribute used a cheese tongue to mangle her wise man . forthwith after , Brandy was shot down by Peacekeepers .
Tanner Is The District 10 Male Tribute
sixpence is the District 10 tribute that the two District 4 tributes , Coral and Mizzen , team up with to bump off Lamina . He grew up work in butchery and , therefore , had a unspoiled reason of how to kill an animal or person easily . Unfortunately , after kill Lamina , Tanner was murdered by his supposed allies .
Sheaf Is The District 9 Female Tribute
Not much is ever revealed about Sheaf , aside from the fact that she was from District 9 . Before the 10th Hunger Games begin , the tributes and their mentors were taken on a tour of the arena , but the detonation of a insurgent bomb think of the event ended in disaster . Sheaf was among those who were heavily wound , and a few mean solar day later , before the starting signal of the Games , she pass off away from her injuries .
Panlo Is The District 9 Male Tribute
Like his District partner , Panlo was injure during the rebel flak on the Hunger Games arena inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes . He survived a little longer than Sheaf but still go away due to his wounds before the prescribed start of the games .
Wovey Is The District 8 Female Tribute
Wovey is another tribute with only a modest part to toy in the 10th Hunger Games . She stay out of vision for most of the issue , even to the audience . When she finally did emerge , she looked near to starve to demise . Wovey found a feeding bottle of water and drank from it , not knowing that Lucy Gray had spike it with rat poison . The fille died almost right away after .
Coriolanus Snow is n’t yet the Hunger Games dictator at the commencement of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , but his clock time with Lucy Gray changes this .
Bobbin Is The District 8 Male Tribute
Though Bobbin did n’t populate long in the area , his death was among the more crucial of the tenth Hunger Games . One of Snow ’s fellow mentors , Sejanus Plinth , snuck into the arena to do a funeral ceremony for his tribute , Marcus , and Coriolanus was sent in to retrieve him . Out of sight of the audience , the unseasoned Snow managed to get hold Sejanus and get him out of the arena , but not before Bobbin found and attacked them . Desperate to exist , Snow thump the son to death with a board of woodwind instrument . It was the future dictator ’s first ( but sure enough not last ) prison term committing slaying .
Treech Is The District 7 Male Tribute
Treech finagle to pull through until the last solar day of the tenth Hunger Games in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes . He and Lucy Gray wind up up in a one - on - one fight , and though he had an ax , she manage to get the better of him by sneak a snake muttation into his shirt . The poison from the animal do him to break only a few bit later .
Ginnee Is The District 6 Female Tribute
The female District 6 testimonial , Ginnee , was well enough liked by the Capitol citizen since she had her pardner , Otto , impress them with a festive dance from their home . Unfortuantely , Ginnee never made it into the arena since she , her District collaborator , and both their mentors were killed instantly when the arena was fail before the start of the 10th Hunger Games .
Otto Is The District 6 Male Tribute
Sol Is The District 5 Female Tribute
Sol only hold out one day in the Hunger Games area , but this was more than some of her fellow tributes inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , at least . Sol was hunt down by Coral , Mizzen , and Tanner and stabbed through the neck with Coral ’s trident .
Hy Is The District 5 Male Tribute
Hy is yet another tribute who died due to the fearsome conditions the District tributes were left in before the commencement of the Hunger Games . The District 5 boy had bronchial asthma but no mode to care for it . The nighttime before the Games began inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , Hy suffered an asthma attack and was recover beat the following daytime .
Teslee Is The District 3 Female Tribute
territory 3 is be intimate inThe Hunger Gamesfor its engineering manufacturing , and this came in handy for Teslee during the 10th Hunger Games . She and her District cooperator managed to steal and rewire a couplet of the drones used to render good to the tribute . Teslee was then able-bodied to control the machines , which is how she managed to jostle Mizzen off the light beam he had been using to stay out of reach . Unfortunately , this took so much focus that the District 3 young lady did n’t find Treech sneaking up behind her with an ax .
Circ Is The District 3 Male Tribute
Like his District married person , Circ had the skills to rewire the arena ’s drones inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes . However , he never got a chance to use them since he fell victim to Dr. Gaul ’s poisonous snake muttations .
Sabyn Is The District 2 Female Tribute
When the Johnny bomb the arena before the tenth Hunger Games had begun , a significant hole was blow in the amphitheater - like social structure . Though she survived the attack , District 2 ’s Sabyn attempted to take advantage of the bedlam to escape . Unfortuantely , this did n’t go overlooked , and Peacekeepers spud her down .
Marcus Is The District 2 Male Tribute
Perhaps the most authoritative of theDistrict tributes in theBallad of Songbirds and Snakesbook , Marcus was assigned Sejanus Plinthe as a mentor . Though Sejanus dwell in the Capitol , he and his family had been citizens of District 2 during the war , but they were permitted to link Panem ’s elite thanks to Mr. Plinthe ’s extensive munitions share . This led District 2 to scorn the Plinthes , and this include Marcus . The tribute refused the service of his wise man even though they had been friendly with one another as child .
When the arena was bombed before the start of the Games , Marcus was the only one who was successful in elude . However , he was secretly catch up with by the Capitol ’s forces and string up live in the orbit before the Hunger Games officially started . Once the fighting finally began , Lamina took pity on Marcus and killed him to end his suffering . However , skip to perform a District 2 funeral ritual over Marcus ' trunk , Sejanus snuck into the arena , have Snow to have to follow him .
Velvereen Is The District 1 Female Tribute
Velvereen is another tribute inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeswho never had much prospect to distinguish herself . Like her District 2 counterparts , she attempted to escape the arena after the District rebels bombed it . However , Velvereen was shot down by Peacekeepers .
Facet Is The District 1 Male Tribute
Like the District 1 tributes fromThe Hunger Games , Facet seem to be quite a powerful force . It was he that Coriolanus Snow had hoped to be attribute , but it was at last a dear thing that he was n’t . Like Velvereen , Facet attempted to escape during the pandemonium of the arena bombardment and was killed by Peacekeepers . Therefore , the boy never made it into the Hunger Games .
Lucy Gray Baird Wins The 10th Hunger Games
Additionally , Snow had given Lucy Gray a makeup compact car that had once belonged to his mother as her Hunger Games token , but rather than pressed gunpowder , the matter was full of rat poisonous substance . Between the snakes that refused to sting her and the stinkpot toxicant she keep safely on her person , Lucy Gray was a force to be work out with in the arena . Thanks entirely to Snow ’s cheat , she wound up the superior inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , something the future president of Panem would bear dearly for .
