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Kathleen was one of the few living Hunger Games Victors from District 5. She won the 69th Hunger Games when she was fifteen. She was a Mentor for all subsequent years up until the Third Quarter Quell. At the end of the Quell she was among the victors captured by the Capitol, though she was subsequently rescued. By the end of the trilogy she is one of two remaining victors from District 5.

Biography
Kathleen was born in District 5, which provides energy to the Capitol and Panam and a tribute in the 69th Hunger Games, which she won at the age of 15. During the 74th Hunger Games she was a mentor for District 4 as recealed in Mockingjay when she and Finnick help Peeta with his lost memories. During the Quarter Quell, she joined an alliance with Katniss, Peeta, Wiress, Beetee, Johanna, Finnick, and Mags. Similarly to other popular tributes, Kathleen was pressured by President Snow into prostitution, which she refused. As a result, her family was killed, though Vivian was left alive because Snow didn't know about their connection.

69th Hunger Games
From a young age Kathleen was best friends with Vivian, who was the same age as she. Their friendship grew steadily, but before it could fully blossom, the Hunger Games rolled around. Kathleen was reaped for the 69th Hunger Games, and she bid Vivian goodbye with the expectation that she would never see her again.

Kathleen was one of the younger tributes, and while her district was wealthy, it wasn’t a Career District. She portrayed herself in interviews as stoic and determined. At the time of her Games she didn’t have a female mentor, since the only surviving victors were both male. She formed a close bond with her mentor, who helped her prepare for the Games.

During the Games, Kathleen’s strategy involved avoiding the careers and outlasting the others who were being bitten by poisonous animals in the desert arena. She killed when she had to, and when she did it was vicious. Her weapon of choice was a knife, which she was able to throw with deadly accuracy. In all, she killed two people before the finale.

In the end Kathleen managed to win by creating an explosive trap that she lured the remaining tributes into and blowing them up. She powered her device with the sun, using her working knowledge of how to harness energy. She was crowned at the age of fifteen.

72nd Hunger Games
Kathleen returned to her home district where she resumed her friendship with Vivian, which eventually evolved into a carefully hidden relationship. Vivian was then reaped for the 72nd Hunger Games at age eighteen. Kathleen mentored her, though it was one of the hardest tasks she’d ever done. She was relentless in her advice and getting sponsors for her tribute. She never missed an opportunity to flatter and cajole the Capitol citizens in the hopes of getting their support. She’d been a mentor in two other Games before, but this was the hardest she’d worked.

In the end, it paid off, and Vivian was crowned victor. After that, the two became official neighbors in District 5’s Victors’ Village, and unofficially they continued their relationship, now feeling safer about it having survived the Games. In the intervening two years, Kathleen continued acting as the female mentor for District 5, wanting to protect Vivian from the Games as much as possible.

At some point she and Vivian joined the resistance movement.

Hunger Games
Though she does not officially appear, it can be assumed that Kathleen was a mentor to Foxface.

Catching Fire
During the Reaping for the 75th Hunger Games, Vivian’s name was initially pulled. However, Kathleen was quick to volunteer in her place. She became part of the pact to keep Katniss alive in the arena, though her district partner was not a part of the plan.

Kathleen participated in the Tribute parade along with her district partner. After the parade, Katniss  and Peeta saw her talking with Vivian who had returned to the Capitol as a mentor. They deduced what was between Kathleen and Vivian, though they kept this to themselves. During the training sessions she dispayed her skills with a knife, helping Katniss with her throwing.

Later, during the Interviews, Kathleen cries on camera, saying that it's a shame so many of them will die since it means future tributes will have fewer mentors and the Capitol citizens themselves will be losing dear friends. She is one of the first to link hands with the other tributes as a show of solidarity.

During the Games, Kathleen was third to the Cornucopia, shortly after Finnick killed her district partner. She showed now real signs of grief, saying simply that it was a shame he'd been so stubborn. Once Mags and Peeta were brought with them, she joined the others in entering the arena's jungle.

She is part of Beetee's plan to elctrocute the arena and kill the remaining victors. She stays behind with Beetee while Johanna and Katniss go off so that she can help with the energy issues. When Katniss destroyed the arena with her bow and Beetee's wife, Finnick, Beetee, and Katniss were rescued by District 13. Johanna, Peeta, Kathleen, and Enobaria were captured by the Capitol.

Mockingjay
Kathleen does not appear for most of Mockingjay, being imprisoned in the Capitol. However, Vivian was among those smuggled out by 13, and she spends much of her time worrying about Kathleen's safety. Eventually, Kathleen is rescued along with Peeta, Johanna, and Annie Cresta. Like Johanna, she was tortured for information. She recieves medical care for her physical injuries, and unlike Johanna seems to cope better with the mental ones.

Kathleen later joins with the other victors at a lunch table, and when Johanna remarks on her and Peeta's adjoining cells, Kathleen is clearly discomforted. She along with Katniss and Johanna is trained as a soldier for District 13. She is deemed fit to go into combat, and joins with Katniss' infiltration squad.

Before President Snow's execution, President Coin gathers the remaining victors and asks if they want a final Hunger Games consisting of Capitol children. Peeta, Beetee, Annie, and Vivian vote no, but Enobaria, Haymitch, Katniss, Johanna, and Kathleen vote yes. She is present for President's Snow execution.

After the rebellion, Kathleen returns to District 5 with Vivian.