- "That's me. All talk, no action. Right, Lucy Gray? How'd you enjoy the Capitol, by the way?"
- —Mayfair's last words, taunting her rival, Lucy Gray Baird[src]
Mayfair Lipp was the daughter of Mayor Lipp, the mayor of District 12 at the time of the 10th Hunger Games, and the girlfriend of Billy Taupe Clade.[1]
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Biography[]
Before the reaping for the 10th annual Hunger Games, Billy Taupe Clade made a bet that he could have both Lucy Gray Baird and Mayfair Lipp. However, the girls found this out. Lucy Gray broke up with Billy Taupe, while Mayfair stayed with him but was furious that he had been dating Lucy Gray behind her back. She then convinced her father to reap Lucy Gray.[2]
When her name was announced, the camera zoomed in on Lucy Gray. She began to navigate through the girls, and when she neared Mayfair, Lucy Gray dropped a snake down her collar. Mayfair fell to the ground, horrified and shrieking, while others whispered to each other. Mayor Lipp flew down the steps to his daughter, and Mayfair tried to smarten herself up, but it was clear that she had wet herself. Mayfair was then led away by a Peacekeeper, and her father retaliated against Lucy Gray by slapping her across on the face.[1]
Mayfair was at the hanging tree for the execution of Arlo Chance, standing alongside her father and mother.[3]
After the lights went out following one of the Covey's performances in the Hob, Mayfair attempted to leave but was flanked by Peacekeepers. She was frustrated, but allowed herself to be escorted home by them, as otherwise her father would have to be called. Coriolanus Snow and Sejanus Plinth, students of the Academy, found themselves recruited for the job along with a few others, and as they neared her house, Mayfair slipped past them and entered herself.[4]
Mayfair later stumbled upon a secretive rebel meeting where Billy Taupe, Sejanus, and Spruce were plotting to travel up north to escape the Capitol's influence, which Snow had also stumbled upon. Billy Taupe ordered her to go home, but Spruce tried to get her to come with them, although she made it clear that she was going to leave and reveal what was happening to her father. At this, Spruce lifted his shotgun to shoot her, but Billy Taupe blocked him. Snow then shot and killed Mayfair instead, as he would also suffer the consequences if she reported what she'd heard.[5]
Physical description[]
Mayfair Lipp had red hair and often, a self-righteous smirk. Her garments were filthy with coal dust, which coated everything in District 12.[1]
While in the shed, Coriolanus Snow recognized Mayfair's voice from its nastiness and mocking tone.[5]
Relationships[]
Billy Taupe[]
According to Lucy Gray, Mayfair did not have any siblings or friends, and the coal miners hated her family for their money, power, and privilege (and likely Mayfair's own attitude did not help dissuade their hostility). She believed that this made Mayfair feel lonely, which allowed Billy Taupe to charm her easily.[2]
Family[]
- "... since he’d spoiled Mayfair rotten and let her run loose like a wildcat, the feeling was he had no one to blame but himself if she had been keeping time with a rebel."
- —The Peacekeeper response to Mayfair's death[src]
Mayor Lipp had a permissive attitude towards Mayfair. Yet, he was willing to do anything to give Mayfair what she wanted and make her happy, as shown when he reaped her rival, Lucy Gray Baird so she have Billy Taupe all to herself. After her murder, the opinion among Peacekeepers seemed to be that he had spoiled his daughter, so it was his fault as a parent that she had gotten in with a dangerous crowd.[5] Nothing is known of her relationship with her mother, save that she had one.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 27
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 22
- ↑ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 24
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 28