Glimmer

Glimmer was the female tribute from District 1 in the 74th Annual Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games
Glimmer is the female tribute from District 1, although it is unknown if she volunteered or was reaped in the games. Glimmer took part of the tribute parade along with her district partner, Marvel and was dressed in lavish clothes representing her district's export which is luxury goods. In the film Glimmer saw Peeta's weakness and viewed him as an easy target until he demonstrated his physical strength, leaving Glimmer and the other Careers surprised.

Glimmer's interview with Caesar went very well, as she did a great job and looked the part wearing a provocative see-through gold dress. Katniss said that she was sexy and lush, and that her mentor didn't have any trouble coming up with an angle for her. Katniss guessed that she would probably get many sponsors.

Glimmer's tribute token was the only one of the 74th Hunger Games to be confiscated. The gemstone of the ring she brought, when twisted, revealed a poisoned spike. She didn't get arrested because nobody could prove she had knowledge of the ring being a weapon.

Glimmer was not to be underestimated. Being one of the Career Tributes, she had a good chance of survival and was ready to fight, and she was likely one of the older tributes though her exact age is unknown. In the film portrayal, during her private session with the Gamemakers, Glimmer received a score of 10. At the Cornucopia, she snagged a beautiful silver bow and a quiver of arrows that Katniss wanted and helped pick off the remaining fighters not part of the Careers' Alliance. At the bloodbath, Glimmer was able to kill the female tribute from District 10. The Careers discovered Peeta and allowed him in the pack so they could get to Katniss. During the first night, the Careers stumbled upon District 8 girl who was severely injured and killed by Cato, assisted by Peeta and herself. After the fire havoc, Glimmer and the other Career members were not as fast as before. Later, Glimmer along with the Career pack, found Katniss and chased her up a tree. When Cato decided to go up the tree Katniss was trapped in, Glimmer offered him her bow and arrows, but he refused as he could do better with his sword. When Cato fell out of the tree, Glimmer decided to try, but she quickly realized that the branches wouldn't support her, either. It was obvious that she wasn't familiar with the bow and arrows, as she didn't hold the arrows straight and had a hard time nocking the arrow to the bowstring, however, in the film, she seems to have much more experience with them. When she misses, Katniss teases her by grabbing the arrow and swinging it around to embarrass her for her lack of knowledge. Furious, Glimmer agrees with Peeta that the pack wait for Katniss to come down on her own, as she won't be able to get away without them knowing. Rue then points out a nest of tracker jackers to Katniss, who hacks off the branch that held it and sends the nest falling onto the Careers' camp. Glimmer receives multiple stings which eventually cause her death.

Death
Glimmer was killed by tracker jackers that Katniss, who was originally informed of the nest by Rue, sent down on the Career Tributes by cutting off the branch that held it. Glimmer, the girl from District 4 (in book), Clove, Marvel, Cato, and Peeta were camping at the bottom of the tree where Katniss was hiding. Rue pointed out a tracker jacker nest to Katniss that was sedated from the smoke of a recently started fire; she then proceeded to saw the nest off of the branch, which fell onto the group. Shocked at the sudden attack, everyone but Glimmer and the girl from District 4 escaped to the lake. While the District 4 girl ran out of sight, Glimmer screamed hysterically for help, but no one came back for her. Cato tries to pull her out but fails. Because of her many stings, Glimmer soon collapsed, and began twitching and moaning from the tracker jacker hallucinations. Unfortunately for Glimmer, her death was not quick, and for several minutes after collapsing, her heart kept beating, and she fell into a coma. When Katniss returns for the bow and arrows, she notes that she could not recognize the once beautiful girl, as the venom had bloated her body grotesquely, and her plum sized stings were oozing green pus and bursting. It is also said that when she touched one of the pimple-like wounds on Glimmer's shoulder, it disintegrated in her hand. However, there is a chance that this did not happen as Katniss had received three stings herself and could be hallucinating as well. Katniss shielded Glimmer's body from being taken away by the hovercraft and desperately tried to take the bow and arrows from her, breaking many of her mutated fingers with a stone to do so, and after finally getting her hand on Glimmer's shoulder blade, she pulls Glimmer onto her back to retrieve the quiver of arrows, which she will need to load the bow. In the film, there was no green pus, so this may mean that what Katniss saw in the book was a hallucination. She placed 12th out of the 24 tributes. Making it to half of the competition.

Mutt
Glimmer appeared once again towards the end of the Hunger Games to kill the remaining tributes as a mutt. She along with Marvel, Clove, Foxface, Rue, Thresh, and the other 15 unnamed Tributes all appeared as muttations from the Capitol, which were a combination of the fallen Tribute's DNA and a wolf. She was the first mutt Katniss recognized as each had an attribute of the fallen Tribute which their muttations were based on. Glimmer's wolf form was lean with silky blonde fur, shining emerald eyes which were unmistakably human-like, and the number "1" on its jeweled collar. The mutt's eyes tipped Katniss off that the muttations were the fallen tributes. Katniss killed Glimmer's mutt with an arrow through its throat when it tried to climb the Cornucopia.

Catching Fire
In Catching Fire, Katniss and Peeta go to District 1 for their victory tour and see Glimmer's family. Peeta takes up painting as his victor hobby, and one of the paintings is of Glimmer's mutt attacking.

Throughout the story Katniss has nightmares, sometimes involving Glimmer's bloated body after the tracker jacker attack and her mutt form.

Description
Katniss described Glimmer to be tall, with flowing blonde hair and emerald eyes. She was described as beautiful or downright sexy. Katniss described her interview dress as gold and provocative. Katniss thought that even though Glimmer was smart, she was incompetent with a bow and arrow. However, it is very likely that Glimmer excelled in another weapon, and simply chose to use the bow and arrows at that moment because of Katniss being high up in a tree (as weapons such as swords would not help much in that matter). She is described as being 5'7" tall.

Glimmer showed little consideration in choosing her weapon at the Cornucopia. However, it is not known if the bow would have been her first choice as a weapon, or if she had taken any other weapon from the Cornucopia. As she was keeping guard of Katniss the night of her death, she fell victim to fatigue and passed out beside the base of the tree Katniss was trapped in. She did not have the same common sense to flee to the lake with the other Career tributes. This could either be because she panicked, or because she was closest to the fallen nest which caused the Tracker Jackers to focus most of their attention on her. As a Career it can be assumed she was a good fighter with something, possibly a weapon she was unable to acquire during the bloodbath. She was smart enough to know that if she tried to climb the tree after Cato's failed attempt, the branches would break and she would end up injuring herself. Knowing Katniss would not be able to escape without them noticing, she suggested they set up camp at the base of the tree.

Victims
It is unknown exactly how many people Glimmer killed, but being a Career, it is very likely she participated in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia. In the novel, Katniss never sees her kill anyone.

In the film, it was shown that Glimmer killed the female tribute from District 10 in the initial bloodbath. Later in the film, she kills the female tribute from District 8 using Cato's sword.

Cato
Glimmer has no known relationship in the book of The Hunger Games, other than being in the same Career Pack with Cato. In the film adaptation, they are often seen talking. After killing tributes, they run around in the woods mocking and mimicking the voice of the tributes. Before Glimmer is killed by the venomous tracker jackers, she is shown sleeping on Cato's arm. When the tracker jackers nest fall upon them Cato abandons her when the swarm becomes more enraged. This suggests that even though Cato might have had a friendly interest in Glimmer, he eventually values self-preservation over her.

Trivia

 * Glimmer's name means to "shimmer or flicker."
 * Glimmer, Rue, Clove, Foxface, and Thresh were the only five mutts to be specifically mentioned. All other mutts died unnamed.
 * In the film, Glimmer and Cato appear to have a romantic interest in each other. This is not portrayed in the book.
 * Glimmer was mentioned to be killed twice by Katniss, once human, and once as a mutt.
 * All the tributes she killed were female.
 * In the film, she was given a 7-1 odds.
 * Glimmer along with Clove and Cato are the only known tributes to have a special hatred for Katniss. It is unclear if Marvel felt the same way even though he tried to kill her.
 * Glimmer has two different hairstyles in the movie, during the tribute parade and her interview she wore her hair down and curly. In the training center, her hair was tied into two braids, and in the arena she wore it the same way.
 * Glimmer has emerald green eyes in the book, but light blue eyes in the movie.
 * In the movie she earns a 9 in training, suggesting that Glimmer is very strong.
 * Katniss killed both tributes from district 1, Glimmer and Marvel.
 * In the book, Glimmer and Marvel are described as being spray painted silver, but in the movie, the District 1 Tributes are wearing pink costumes

Film portrayal
Leven Rambin played Glimmer in the film adaption of The Hunger Games.