Commander Paylor

"She looks young to be a commander. Early thirties. But there is an authoritative tone to her voice that makes you feel [that] her appointment wasn't arbitrary."

- Katniss Everdeen about Commander Paylor Commander Paylor was the leader among the rebels in District 8, and later becomes the president of Panem.

Biography
Katniss first meets Paylor when she goes to District 8's hospital in order to film a propo for the Airtime Assault on the Capitol. Paylor takes Katniss along with Gale, Boggs, and the TV crew into the hospital. Paylor watches Katniss closely, to see what she is made of and if they have been right to count on her. After Katniss leaves the hospital, hovercrafts sent from the Capitol, fly in and begin to bomb the hospital. In an effort to fight against the bombers, Katniss and Gale climb to the roof of a warehouse that has machine gun nests. This is where she runs into Commander Paylor again. Together, they all work to destroy the other waves of hoverplanes that fly overhead.

Commander Paylor later returns in the story when Katniss is living in President Snow's mansion, awaiting his execution. Katniss follows the strong scent of Snow's roses until she finds a room that is being guarded by two soldiers who at first do not permit her entrance to the room because they are following President Coin's orders. However, when Paylor appears, she instructs the soldiers to let Katniss go in and they obey her authority. Katniss enters to find President Snow and the two of them have a brief conversation. Snow informs Katniss that it was not him who bombed the children and ultimately killed Prim, but that instead it was President Coin who was behind it. When Katniss emerges, Paylor asks her, "Did you find what you were looking for?" This seems to imply that Paylor was somehow aware of Coin's betrayal and wanted Katniss to find out.

After Katniss assassinates President Coin, an emergency election was thrown together and Paylor was voted in as president. Under her rule, the Hunger Games were abolished, the arenas were destroyed, and memorials were built. It can be assumed that Paylor successfully set up the republic that Plutarch Heavensbee announced that they would form after the Capitol's defeat. Plutarch became her Secretary of Communications.

Physical description
Paylor is in her early thirties but she was mentioned to look too young for her occupation. She has dark brown eyes and even darker hair.

Film portrayal
Patina Miller will be portraying Commander Paylor in the upcoming movies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.

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