Johanna Mason

"They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love."

- Johanna Mason

Johanna Mason was the female tribute from District 7 in an earlier and unspecified Hunger Games, and again in the third Quarter Quell. It is said that she was the victor of the Hunger Games a few years earlier. She was one of the younger tributes in this Quarter Quell. She is the last living female victor of District 7, whose principal industry is lumber.

Biography
In her first Hunger Games, Johanna won by feigning weakness and fatigue, and being altogether a weakling. In actuality, she was strong, sly, and wasn't about to be taken out easily. She surprised all her fellow tributes and won her Games.

The Third Quarter Quell
Johanna proved herself pert when she stripped down in front of Katniss Everdeen and the other tributes of the Quarter Quell. This action was made to tease Katniss, on account that Katniss was very pure and the most innocent of anyone else there.

During the opening ceremonies Johanna was wearing a tree costume, as she complains the tributes from District 7 have been wearing for 40 years courtesy of their stylist. However, after the chariot ride she completely strips down other than green slippers and talks to Peeta Mellark about his paintings on the elevator. Katniss Everdeen is taken aback by this and is angry with Peeta afterwards. Earlier Johanna had commented on Katniss' dresses and how awesome a stylist Cinna is. Katniss however, not one for girly talk lies as best she can, and mistrusts Johanna immediately after a comment about wanting to reach through the screen and rip a dress off Katniss' back. During Johanna's interview with Caesar Flickerman she asks if something could be done about the situation, since surely the Gamemakers never anticipated such love forming between the victors and the Capitol. Johanna, along with every other victor, hold hands together after the interviews as a sign of rebellion. After the arena was destroyed from the inside by Beetee, Finnick, Katniss, Peeta and Johanna herself, she was taken into custody by the Capitol along with Peeta and Enobaria (District 2). She has been described to be very proficent with throwing axes, probably because she was from District 7 which is lumber, embedding one a few inches deep in the Cornucopia.

Alliances
During the 75th Games, Johanna had Wiress and Beetee, the District 3 tributes as an alliance. (most likely looking for Katniss) Her district partner, Blight ran into a force field and was killed. Beetee got a knife to the back at the Cornucopia and Wiress had gone insane. While the storm began on the first night they thought it would give them water but instead gave hot blood, but they escaped it. They began to travel and ran into Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick and the six of them made an alliance. Katniss, however, was positive that the real alliance lay between Johanna and Finnick, since the two of them were old friends. Johanna is annoyed when Katniss tells her to lay off Wiress after she pushed her down, she slaps Katniss and begins to insult her before being taken down to the water by Finnick to calm her down. The group goes to the Cornucopia to make sure their theory of the Clock Arena is true. They are ambushed by the Careers and after Wiress is killed, Johanna buries her axe in Cashmere's chest and kills her. Johanna helps Peeta make a new map of the arena to locate where they are and they hear the Jabberjay attack and see Katniss and Finnick run away. Johanna is impatient and tells Katniss it wasn't Prim screaming it was just a trick and if it were the whole country would rebel since everyone loves Prim. She tries to get water but Katniss stops her from going in, due to the Jabberjay. Johanna replies they can't hurt her since she doesn't have anyone left to love. Johanna watches the face of the tributes that died the second day and then recieves twenty four loafs of bread from District 3 and they each eat three.

When Katniss takes Peeta to the beach to teach him how to swim but secretly tells him to leave the alliance with her, Johanna watches them but shortly loses intrest and takes a nap. Johanna and the group then prepare for Beetee's plan to kill the remaining Career tributes. Johanna must set up the coil in order for the plan to work. Johanna and Katniss go to set it up but when Katniss is off guard Johanna strikes Katniss in her temple with the metal coil and stabbes her arm in order to get the tracking device down which made it appear like Katniss had been killed and then goes back to Finnick to continue the mission.

At the end of the Games, prior to the escape and capture of several of the tributes from the arena, Katniss thought that Johanna attempted to kill her when she stabbed her left arm, in actuality, she was removing the tracking chip placed by the Gamemakers. Johanna also led Brutus and Enobaria of District 2 away from Katniss, so she could find a way through the force field surrounding the arena.

Victims
Johanna pretended to be weak in her original games but later when there was a small amount of tributes, she killed some of the remaining tributes. She killed Cashmere by burying one of her axes into her chest. She 'attacked katniss' but never meant to kill her.

The Rebellion
Johanna was picked up by The Capitol and the end of the 75th Hunger Games, and was held captive and tortured. She was soaked in water and then tortured with electroshocks while imprisoned. Eventually, along with Annie Cresta and Peeta Mellark, she was saved on a mission to The Capitol by the rebels, and was taken back to District 13. In 13, Johanna is trained as a soldier so she can fight in the Rebellion. But when she is tested, they flood the streets and due to her fear of water (caused by her torture) she goes into shock and is deemed unfit to fight.

Family
Johanna states in Catching Fire that she has no one left that she loves anymore, but yet she says it with such a bitterness that it is inferred there is much more to the story. In Mockingjay, it is implied that President Snow killed them because she refused to cooperate with his plans.

Finnick Odair
Johanna and Finnick were friends prior to the 75th Hunger Games, most likely having formed a bond during previous Hunger Games where they were mentors. They were allied during the 75th Hunger Games, along with Wiress, Beetee, Katniss, Peeta, and Mags. Katniss believed that Johanna was only in the alliance for Finnick, when in reality, she was only protecting the Mockingjay so as not to end the rebellion early.

Katniss Everdeen
When they first met, during the 75th Hunger Games in Catching Fire, both Johanna and Katniss had a strong dislike for each other. However, once inside the arena the two were thrown together into an alliance set up by Haymitch, and the rebels of District 13. Even though the two were now allies, they still didn't trust each other. During the escape from the arena at the end of these Hunger Games, Johanna 'attacked' Katniss for the purpose of removing a tracking device from her arm, then lead Brutus and Enobaria, the District 2 tributes, away from Katniss. As a result of this, Katniss began to hate Johanna, until she realized what Johanna had done.

After being rescued from Capitol clutches in Mockingjay, Johanna and Katniss start to become friends. First, Johanna, knowing that Katniss is indebted to her, begins to siphon off Katniss's morphling supply. As a result of the time spent together in the hospital, the two grow closer, and eventually become friends. Once they are released from the hospital, Johanna and Katniss willingly move into a compartment in District 13 together, proving their friendship.

Personality
Johanna is very sly and perceptive. She understands the greater good of the districts and is willing to give up her life for freedom. She can be pert and difficult at times and is an expert at deceit. Impatient and cruel at times, she can be rather vicious toward others both verbally and physically - such as when she slaps Katniss and insults her many times. However, once she becomes friendlier toward Katniss, she proves not to be such a bad person.

Physical description
Johanna is described as having wide-set brown eyes and short brown hair. In Mockingjay she returns from the Capitol with a shaved head after being tortured by them but eventually grows pieces of her hair back.

Trivia

 * Katniss and Johanna were the only living females victors in their district, for the 75th Hunger Games.