Cato

"I wonder now if Cato might not be entirely sane."

- Katniss Everdeen

Cato was the male tribute from District 2 in the 74th Hunger Games.

Biography
The hulking, huge male tribute from District 2 was not one you wanted to mess with. Nasty, mean, and unrelenting, Cato used brute strength for almost everything and fought hard to win the Games.

Death
"The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where his mouth is. And I think the word he is trying to say is please. Pity, not vengeance, sends my arrow flying into his skull."

- Katniss

After days of surviving in the Hunger Games by killing and destroying, it was finally Cato's turn to perish. On the last day of the Games, Wolf-like muttations appeared out of nowhere chasing Cato out of the woods. Katniss and Peeta thought he was on his way to kill them, so Katniss shot an arrow at his chest, but it bounced off since he was wearing body armor. He rocketed past Peeta and Katniss and made his way to the Cornucopia, to which Katniss and Peeta followed being chased by a pack of muttations. While Katniss was busy fighting off the muttations, Cato put Peeta in a fierce head-lock, cutting off his ability to breath. Katniss turns around, ready to shoot Cato with her bow and arrow when Cato points out that if she shoots him, he will fall to the muttations with Peeta locked in his arms. Almost out of options, Peeta shakily draws an X on Cato's hand with his finger and Katniss realizes what this means almost immediately. She shoots her arrow at Cato's hand, forcing him to release the almost unconscious Peeta and falling to the mutts. But after what is perceived to be hours, the cannon that signifies a tribute's death (in this case Cato's) has not sounded off. They can hear his moans and groans of Cato's suffering, and Katniss decides to end it then and there. While Peeta holds her by her feet, she swings into the mouth of the Cornucopia and finds a bloody, raw, half dead Cato in the back. She shoots an arrow through his skull and his cannon sounds off. Cato placed 3rd out of 24 tributes.

Description
Strong and muscular, the monstrous boy from District 2 has no restraint when it comes to killing, and was thought to be the most dangerous tribute in the game. He could easily choke anyone within seconds of getting his hands on their throats, and he proved this raw, physical power by grabbing another tribute and snapping his neck almost instantly. He was the most feared man in the games, but was considered the second strongest of the tributes (Thresh being first). This reputation was solidified after killing his friend/fellow career tribute as well as the imposingly huge Thresh.

Also, since Katniss describes Clove as having dark hair, one would assume that, being from Clove's district, Cato would also have dark hair.

Personality
Defiant and almost stupidly brave, Cato never gave in. After Katniss blew up the supplies he unleashed another side of him, a side that convinced Katniss he was not completely sane. Determined to win, he did everything he could to achieve his goal. He didn't care who he killed in the process, whose lives were spent, as long as he came out alive--which is the point of the Games. Cato is a Career who loved killing people, innocent or guilty.

Although he was a deadly enemy, he seemed to be at least partially loyal to his friends. When his partner from District 2, Clove, was in the hands of the dangerous District 11 tribute, Thresh, Cato rushed to her aid as soon as he could. He wasn't able to save her, however, and was genuinely upset when she died.

Victims

 * District 3 male
 * Thresh
 * Others at the Cornucopia