Annie Cresta

"Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No" A long time passes before he adds "She crept up on me"

- Finnick answering a question about Annie

Annie Cresta is a victor from District 4. Annie won the 70th Hunger Games. She is the wife of the late Finnick Odair and the mother of his child.

Biography
During the 70th Hunger Games, Annie witnessed her fellow district partner being beheaded, which drove her to insanity. She has certain problems which includes her closing her eyes and covering her ears, laughing when it was unnecessary, and staring into the distance at strange times. After she saw her district partner die, Annie broke off from the Career Tributes and hid for the rest of the 70th Hunger Games, until an earthquake broke a dam and flooded the entire arena. Having grown up in District 4, Annie survived by being the best swimmer. Since then, she has been perceived as being mentally unstable. It seems that the only person who could calm her was Finnick Odair. Annie was the only true love of Finnick, who was the victor of the 65th Hunger Games.

Catching Fire
In Catching Fire, Annie was reaped a second time to participate in the 75th Hunger Games, but Mags, an older tribute, who helped Finnick mentor Annie during her Hunger Games, volunteered to enter the Games in her place.

Mockingjay
In Mockingjay, Annie was arrested by the Capitol and was supposedly tortured. Finnick explains to Katniss Everdeen that they didn't take her as hostage because she had information about the rebels; the Capitol perceived Finnick would never endanger Annie by telling her anything, and took her simply as a weapon to use against him. A group of rebels broke into the Capitol and got her out, taking her safely into District 13. Upon her arrival, Annie was reunited with Finnick and the two embrace. In District 13, she and Finnick become publicly married in the traditional District 4 style. Their wedding cake was decorated with waves and dolphins by Peeta Mellark. Annie wore the dress Katniss had worn in District 5 on her Victory Tour. Katniss notices that, since their marriage, Finnick does not let go of Annie's hand and that Annie seems "lost in some daze of happiness." Annie and Finnick meets Katniss, Gale, Johanna, Beetee, Delly and later a rehabilitating Peeta at lunch. When Johanna tells Peeta that they are familiar with each other's screams, she covers her ears. Katniss figures that Annie is not all that bad, just maybe a little unstable. Peeta jokingly tells Finnick to take care of Annie or he will take her away from him. On a mission to infiltrate President Snow's mansion, Finnick is decapitated by several lizard mutts. Katniss describes how she watches his life flash by as if she were Finnick (which includes seeing Annie in her wedding dress.) Katniss tries to kill the mutts, but she was too late to save Finnick.

Before President Snow's planned execution, President Coin gathers the seven surviving victors. She asks if they would like one final Hunger Games using children of the most powerful people in the Capitol in retribution for oppressing the Districts. Annie, along with Peeta and Beetee, vote no, Annie additionally commenting that Finnick would have voted with her against the final Hunger Games. However, Enobaria, Katniss, Haymitch and Johanna vote yes, outnumbering Annie, Peeta and Beetee. At President Snow's execution, Annie watches Katniss kill President Coin when she was supposed to kill President Snow.

Annie returns to her home in District 4, where she gives birth to Finnick's son.

Family
Annie was married and widowed by Finnick Odair the former victor of the 65th Hunger Games. They had one son. She has no other known family.

Finnick Odair
The two have a deep love for each other. Finnick mentored Annie, and most likely did everything to keep her alive. During the interview with Caesar Flickerman, Finnick recited a poem for his one true love that was Annie, but everyone in the Capitol thought the poem was aimed towards them. During the Third Quarter Quell, Finnick heard Annie's screams during the jabberjay attack because she was who he cared about above all others. He was worried that they had hurt Annie. In Mockingjay, Finnick constantly worried about Annie and could not concentrate on anything else but her. He was out of his mind because Annie had been captured by the Capitol so they could torture her for information about the rebels. To set his mind straight, he tied different knots with a foot of rope and brought it everywhere with him, hoping to regain sanity and distract himself from worrying about her. He broke down when he couldn't handle it anymore and soon after, the rebels rescued those captured by the Capitol including Annie. Finnick and Annie reunited in District 13. Later, the two get married and had a son. Finnick died before Annie gave birth to their son.

Son
Finnick and Annie's son is unnamed in the books. Annie gave birth shortly after Finnick died. In Mockingjay, Annie sends Katniss a photo of him to be put into her book.

Physical description
Annie is described as a lovely young woman with dark flowing hair and sea green eyes. Katniss describes her as 'lovely if somewhat bedraggled' in Mockingjay. She is thought to be around 20 years old, as mentioned when Mags volunteered to take her place for the Third Quarter Quell.

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