Woodbine Chance

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"He was always walking a line of trouble, but people liked him. Especially the girls. Too young to be considered a real danger yet, but certainly a rascal."

—Haymitch Abernathy on Woodbine

Woodbine Chance
Biographical Information
Age	12-18
Home	District 12
Relatives	Unnamed family
Fate	Deceased
Physical Information
Gender	Male
Appearances
Book Appearances	Sunrise on the Reaping

Woodbine Chance was reaped to be one of the two male tributes from District 12 to participate in the 50th Hunger Games.

Biography

Woodbine Chance and other boys in his family were considered wild by other residents of District 12. Hattie Meeney refused to sell them her white liquor for fear they'd get into trouble with the Peacekeepers, so they bought it from Bascom Pie instead.

Woodbine was the fourth child to be reaped for the 50th Hunger Games, a Quarter Quell that called for four instead of two children to be reaped. He was to be the last tribute after Louella McCoy, Maysilee Donner and Wyatt Callow. After hearing his name called, Chance decided to run with the encouragement of his family. He ran towards a nearby alleyway where he was shot in the head from the rooftop of the Justice Building. His death caused disarray as onlookers either tried to flee or help Woodbine. As the Peacekeepers tried to restore order, Woodbine's mother tried to prevent them from taking his body away. His death also signaled the need for another male tribute to be reaped, and escort Drusilla Sickle chose Haymitch Abernathy.

Personality and traits

Haymitch described Woodbine as the youngest and the handsomest of the Chance boys, "running like greased lightning."

Trivia

• He shared the initials "W.C." with the other male tribute for District 12, Wyatt Callow.
• As suggested by his surname, Woodbine Chance may be related to Arlo Chance, possibly a distant cousin.