Haymitch Abernathy

Haymitch Abernathy is the only living Hunger Games victor from District 12 at the beginning of The Hunger Games trilogy, and works as a mentor to subsequent tributes from the district.

Biography
Haymitch Abernathy was the only living [tribute]] from District 12 as of the seventy-third Hunger Games. A survivor from the 50th Hunger Games, Haymitch participated in the second Quarter Quell at the age of sixteen. After winning the games, Haymitch became an alcoholic.

Ever since his grand victory, Haymitch must mentor other District 12 tributes and, typically, watch them die. He mentors Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark twenty-four years later, during the 74th Hunger Games, and again during the 75th Games. At first he does not take them seriously, until one night at dinner they "attack" him, angered by his don't-care attitude. Thinking that he got some fighters at long last, he orders them to do everything he and their stylists, Cinna and Portia, say. He never makes the mistake of being nice to them.

During the 75th Hunger Games, he has the same hard personality, but is closer to Katniss and Peeta, and generally cares for them. In Catching Fire, he is revealed to be a leader of the rebellion.

Work
Haymitch doesn't work, besides mentoring tributes yearly. He wastes the money he won on alcohol.

Personality
Haymitch is drunk and surly the majority of the time. Harsh and usually not understanding, District 12's hero is crude and unfriendly.