Career Districts

Career Districts

The Districts that illegally train their children to become Victors are the Career Districts. These Districts include Districts 1, 2, and 4.

These children are trained through out their lives, and volunteer for the Hunger Games, as it is a great honor in Career Districts.

Despite training for the Hunger Games prior to the Games being illegal, this law is over looked for these three Districts as they are wealthier and share closer ties to the Capitol.

These Tributes have multiple advantages over the other Tributes: they are not only trained, but have a mental advantage.

Career Tributes are vicious and deadly, and undoubtedly the most dangerous enemies in the Arena. Careers make up a majority of the Victors, but at least one makes it to the final two (or, in the case of the 74th Hunger Games, three).

The tributes from these Districts form the Career Pack in the arena, picking off the weaker tributes until it's time to break the Alliance.

In some cases, tributes from other Districts may be a part of the Career pack, due to a skill or quality the Careers do not have and find useful. Example: In the 74th Hunger Games, Peeta Mellark and the District 3 male.

Cato and the other Careers believed Peeta had the ability to lead them to Katniss Everdeen, his District Partner, who had scored an 11 in training- one point higher than Cato and Clove of District 2, and two points higher than Marvel and Glimmer of District 1. When Peeta let Katniss escape after dropping the Tracker Jackers nest on the Pack, Cato sliced him on the leg, giving Peeta blood-poisioning.

The District 3 male was accepted into the Career pack on the condition that he find a way to protect their winnings from the Cornucopia. He re-activated the mines and was given a spear to watch the winnings while Cato, Clove and Marvel went off to hunt Rue. After the pile exploded, courtesy of Katniss Everdeen with the help of Foxface, the un-named District 5 female, Cato and the other Careers rushed back. In a fit of rage, Cato snaps his neck, leading a watching Katniss to believe that he may not be entirely sane.

 74th Hunger Games 

Career Tributes:

District 1- Glimmer

District 1- Marvel

District 2- Clove

District 2- Cato

District 4- Unnamed Tribute Girl

Scores:

Glimmer- 9

Marvel- 9

Clove- 10

Cato- 10

Odds Of Winning-

Glimmer: 7-1

Marvel: 5-1

Clove: 5-1

Cato: 3-1

Unnamed Tribute Girl: 10-1

Weapons-

Glimmer: Bow and Arrow (though Katniss notes that she is not skilled in archery)

Marvel: Spear

Clove: Throwing Knives

Cato: Sword, Machete

Unnamed Tribute Girl: Axe

Placing-

Glimmer: 12th of 24

Marvel: 8th of 24

Clove: 6th of 24

Cato: 3rd of 24

Unnamed Tribute Girl: 11th of 24