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none can quite say what truly occurred, as all those who were there at the time are long gone, however it was passed among the victor's circles that in the year leading up to the 52nd h.unger games caroline had OVERSTEPPED HER STATION AS A VICTOR , attempting to assist with the supplement of food for workers in district 9 during famine times with food she and her family had been growing within the victor's village in secret. this, in violation of law for district 9, was brought to the attention of p.resident s.now. to punish caroline and her family for their crimes and as a show of force to prevent even the most headstrong of victors like herself from attempting such actions in the future, he orchestrated the reaping of their youngest, then 15 year old CASSIDY A.RTHUR LAVIGNE.

panem was understandably shocked by the reaping of a victor's child - but very quickly grew to the concept that this year would see the games' first and so-far only true legacy, a family member of a victor who was 'naturally' selected rather than entered by volunteer such as with career districts. a.rthur, who had even previously a tumultuous relationship with his mother, chose to put aside that which he could not control and leant into the storyline of THE LEGACY. a.rthur, for he made it very clear through his time prepping for the games that he HATED the first name his mother gave him and preferred the middle familial name, did his best to perpetuate a distant and seemingly (accurately) bitter divide between himself and his mother. he would not be a victor just because he was his mother's son, his legacy would be to show that he was better victor than his mother becuase of who he was.

a.rthur's fierce and sharp attitude earned him some respect but by majority consternation in the capitol, with many believing this farm boy incapable of achieving something akin to a victory like in caroline's time even with his lineage, what with the prevalence now of the career packs and the famine sweeping the nation. a.rthur, however, was unpurturbed, determined and intelligent. he thoroughly vetted his opponents during their training time and planned accordingly. in his pre-game interview a.rthur appeared cool, calm and collected, if a little cocky, and ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF HIS VICTORY.

when the time finally came for the games to begin, a.rthur was greeted at the cornucopia with a a variety of knives and a long scythe blade like those which they used to sweep through the stalks in 9 for harvest. a teenage boy coated in the blood of his fellow tributes cutting the other districts down amid the arid grasslands of a savannah, hunting them down systematically one by one with no shortage of sadistic traps much like what one would use for vermin in the storehouse - the capitol ate it up. a.rthur lavigne delivered on his promise to win. it should be noted that after the first bloodbath a.rthur deliberately stalked and targeted the career pack and their leaders from 2, who he took his time with following tensions during the pre-games. a.rthur emerged after 6 days bloody, grimy and with eleven kills to his name as the youngest victor to win the h.unger games thusfar, until 13 years later when f.innick odair ( only a year old at the time of a.rthur's victory ) would take that title from him.

FIRST TRUE LEGACY, FIRST FIFTEEN YEAR OLD VICTOR, FIRST NON-CAREER TRIBUTE TO GO DOUBLE DIGITS ON THEIR KILL COUNT. a.rthur lavigne was a tribute who is known for a lot of firsts. but truly his reputation as a boring and icy bastard was not cemented until the next year when the young EAMONN  'E.AMES' DOYLE from district 2, soon to be victor of his own games, called a.rthur a 'cold and unimaginative stick in the mud' in his pre-games interview, kickstarting a rivalry that would last decades (and only finally develop into something more during their time working side by side in the resistance, despite years of pining on both sides). joining the fight against the capitol is something a.rthur must be incredibly discreet about, as he has extended family to worry for and by majority he's kept in the capitol's favour and out of the need to be controlled through being a personality that people love to see alongside e.ames every year.