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Purnia was a Peacekeeper in District 12.

Biography[]

Since most Peacekeepers were drafted by the Capitol from District 2,[1] it is likely that Purnia was from there originally.

Purnia was a regular customer of Greasy Sae's at the Hob. When Gale Hawthorne accidentally presented a poached turkey to Romulus Thread, intending to sell it to Cray, he was publicly whipped. One of Purnia's fellow Peacekeepers, Darius, grabbed Thread's arm in an attempt to stop the whipping after twenty lashes; however, Thread knocked him unconscious with the butt of the weapon and kept going. After Katniss Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy and Peeta Mellark stepped in to protect Gale, Purnia came forward too, albeit cautiously. She lied to Thread, claiming this was Gale's first offense, and convinced him to decrease the number of lashes. Once Thread relented and left, she was one of several Peacekeepers who helped carry Darius away, earning Katniss's thanks.[2]

Fate[]

Purnia was never seen or mentioned again, so her fate is left unknown. However, in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Gale recounted that Peacekeepers forced everyone in the town square watching the 75th Hunger Games back into their homes. Around 9pm, the district's citizens could hear trucks leaving, evacuating Peacekeepers before the bombing of District 12.[3] If this was the case in the novel as well, she may have survived the bombing, but it is unclear what happened to her during the Second Rebellion.

Etymology[]

Purnia would appear to be a shortened version of the name Calpurnia, belonging to the last wife of Julius Caesar. This wife had allegedly had a premonition of his death and tried to prevent it; Purnia helping to stop Gale's whipping could possibly be viewed as a loose parallel.

Trivia[]

  • Purnia, along with one of the Peacekeepers that visited Katniss's house,[4] and the Peacekeeper from District 11 who shoved Effie Trinket with her gun,[5] are the only women ever mentioned among the Peacekeepers' ranks in the trilogy.

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