Coriolanus Snow

"Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other."

- President Snow to Katniss

President Coriolanus Snow was the leader of Panem for at least 25 years. He is the main antagonist of The Hunger Games trilogy.

Biography
Being the President of Panem and its contained districts, he naturally has the regular duties of taking care of the country. He also works on the next Hunger Games once each year's are over and the security around districts. He sometimes uses intimidation in pursuit of his agenda, such as when he threatened to kill Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, Peeta Mellark, and their families. It is said that he has a granddaughter. It is revealed by Finnick Odair that he poisoned his allies, as he believed that they would become future foes, but he had to drink the poison as well so that he wouldn't attract suspicion. Even though he took antidotes, the poison caused permanent sores on the inside of his mouth that never heal. This is the reason he always wears a genetically perfume-enhanced rose, to cover the scent of blood on his breath.

The Hunger Games
During the Hunger Games, He welcomes all the tributes during the parade in a balcony above the chariots and gives a speech about the Hunger Games. He watches the games and becomes furious with the rebellion. He breaks the crown in half and crowns Katniss and Peeta the victors. He gives Katniss a long dark look while he places the crown on her head. He observes her during the party at his mansion. Later he plans to fix all that has been unbalance due to Katniss and Peeta's rebellion.

Catching Fire
He visits Katniss in her victor village home and threatens to make her life terrible and toture her by killing all she loves unless she proves to all of Panem that what she did was driven by love not by rebellion, so this could stop the uprising in the districts. He observes Katniss from a distants and makes sure she stay in line. During the victory tour last party, Peeta propose to her and she asked if he liked it to which Snow said no. Snow becomes more and more angry by the uprisings and decides to end it now. During the ceremony aired all over Panem, he tells them about the quarter quells and how they are all different than the others. This year he decided to make it a Hunger Games of the victors fighting in it. He did this to get to Katniss and knows she will have to fight becuase she is the only living female victor for District 12 and that she won't survive this time. He does everything for the Capitol audience to enjoy Katniss last moments of life. He is infuriated when Cinna turns Katniss wedding dress into a Mockingjay dress and orders for him to be killed. He watches the third quarter quell and is shocked when they escape the arena. He manages to capture four victors and demands for the other victors to be killed along with the prep teams. Snow declares war with the rebel forces.

Death
After the overthrow of the Capitol, Snow is tried, convicted and sentenced to death. As the Mockingjay, Katniss is given the opportunity to execute Snow. However, she assassinates President Coin instead. In the chaos that follows, Katniss witnesses Snow laughing and coughing up blood as a crush of people surround them. When everything calmed down, Snow is found dead, either from choking on his own blood or being crushed by the crowd. No one cared which way he died; it didn't matter as long as he was dead. His death was very anticlimactic in the way that he laughed at the sheer irony of the situation.

Personality
A cruel hard man, Snow is firm and strict, and not afraid to torture or kill people who displease him. He wants no one to stand in his way of ruling. He is also cunning as evidenced by his manipulation of Katniss during Catching Fire. In Mockingjay, he even admitted that he was not above killing children to Katniss. Despite all this, he does say that he is not wasteful. He'll only kill people for specific reasons, though these reasons are not necessarily just.

Physical description
The President is a small, thin man, with paper-white hair and thick lips that seem pulled across his face. His lips were thought to be changed, to make them more appealing. Katniss once stated that his lips smelled of blood and roses and his eyes were that of a snake's. Overall, his appearance is quite snake-like. His trademark sign is a single white rose, which he always wears, and that Katniss finds in her house at the beginning of the third book.

Residence
Snow resides in a huge mansion in the City Circle of the Capitol, in which he sometimes holds parties. It's big enough to get lost in, and to hide if you don't want to be found.

Family
Snow is known to have a granddaughter who is the right age to participate in the proposed final Hunger Games.