Escort

An escort was a citizen of the Capitol who selected and accompanied the tributes and mentors from their assigned district leading up to the annual Hunger Games.

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What is the role of an escort in the Hunger Games?

In the Hunger Games, an escort is a citizen from the Capitol who is responsible for selecting and accompanying the tributes and mentors from their designated district. The escort draws the names of one boy and one girl from the reaping balls to participate in the Hunger Games. Following the selection, the escort accompanies the tributes to the Capitol and assists in arranging sponsor gifts during the games.

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How are the tributes selected by the escorts for the Hunger Games?

In the Hunger Games, escorts, citizens of the Capitol, select and accompany tributes and mentors from their respective districts. The selection involves drawing one boy and one girl's names from reaping balls. Although the order of selection is uncertain, in several instances, female tributes were chosen first. The escort announces the selected tribute's name, who is then introduced to the district.

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What is the relationship between escorts and mentors in the Hunger Games?

Escorts in the Hunger Games are responsible for selecting and accompanying tributes and mentors from their districts to the games. They also coordinate sponsor gifts. Mentors, who are previous victors, train the tributes, manage their sponsors, and oversee the presentation of gifts. The interaction between mentors and escorts is a cooperative one, as they both aim to support the tributes.

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How do escorts view the Hunger Games compared to the districts?

Escorts in the Hunger Games, often women, hail from the Capitol. They select tributes and mentors for the annual event, viewing it as a celebration, unaware of the districts' suffering. The role was introduced post the 10th Hunger Games to avoid district citizens' interference. Escorts ensure tributes and mentors follow the schedule leading up to the event.

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What responsibilities do escorts have after the reaping in the Hunger Games?

Escorts in the Hunger Games select one boy and one girl from their assigned district by drawing names from reaping balls. Post-reaping, they ensure tributes and mentors follow the schedule up to the Games, including travel to the Capitol and arena transport.

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Tasks

Reapings

Main article: The Reaping

Every year, a district's escort selected one boy and one girl to participate in the Hunger Games by pulling their names from the reaping balls. Due to their Capitol upbringing, they saw these occasions as celebrations and were typically oblivious to the districts' suffering.

The Hunger Games

After the reaping, escorts were responsible for making sure that tributes and mentors kept to the schedule throughout the week leading up to the Hunger Games. This began on the train to the Capitol and ran up to the tributes' transport to the arena. In the Training Center, they took their tributes down to the gymnasium, and the day before the tributes' interviews, the escort had four hours of time allotted to help each tribute present themselves onstage. They were also known to talk to sponsors, but only mentors could seal sponsor deals.

If one of the escort's tributes survived the Games and became a victor, they would greet the victor in the hospital upon their recovery. Later that evening, the victor's support team would rise up from beneath the stage for the closing ceremonies. The escort would be the second one introduced, following the prep team.

Victory Tour

Main article: Victory Tour

The escort's job also included escorting any new victors from their district on that year's Victory Tour. After this, the escort could be promoted to a higher-ranking district for the next year's Games, or they could choose to stay with the district that they were with previously.

History

At the time of the 10th Hunger Games, the position of an escort had not yet been created. Instead, tributes were chosen by their district's mayor, when their names were pulled out of sacks.

From the 25th Hunger Games to the 50th Hunger Games, District 12 had a female escort named Drusilla Sickle. The 50th Games was the second Quarter Quell, so the twist was that twice the number of tributes would be reaped that year: two male and two female from each district. As a result, escorts each called out four names.

Effie Trinket

Drusilla was succeeded as escort by Effie Trinket, who worked as District 12's escort starting during 50th Hunger Games Victory Tour due to Drusilla breaking her hip falling down an escalator. Effie was the escort for the 51st Hunger Games up to the 74th Hunger Games, Victory Tour, and 75th Hunger Games.

Known Escorts

Hunger Games	Escort	District 12
25-50	Drusilla Sickle	District 12
fl. 50	Juvenia	District 1
51-75	Effie Trinket	District 12

Trivia

• Each district had their own escort. However, only District 12's escorts— Effie Trinket and her predecessor, Drusilla Sickle, as well as District 1's Juvenia — were named within the series.
  • All of these escorts were female. This has led some to speculate that it was an exclusively female profession.
• Some speculate that the escort position was introduced after the 10th Hunger Games' reaping in order to prevent interference from district citizens with personal investment.
  • Mayfair Lipp, the daughter of District 12's then-Mayor Lipp, had her father purposefully call Lucy Gray Baird as tribute due to a personal feud.
  • Sejanus Plinth, a former native of District 2, suspected that his father had requested for him to mentor the District 2 male. He said that his father "bought [his] mentorship" to show Sejanus that he couldn't return to district life. It is unknown, but commonly speculated, that "buying" Sejanus's mentorship also entailed a bribe to District 2's mayor, ensuring Sejanus's old classmate Marcus would be reaped.