During the 65th Hunger Games, Finnick was mentored by a previous District 4 victor, Mags Flanagan, and won the Games at age 14, making him the youngest victor in the history of the Games. Katniss Everdeen attributed Finnick's success to a combination of his extraordinary physical skill and his widespread popularity among Capitol citizens, the latter due in part to good looks. He is tall, athletic and chiseled, with tanned skin, bronze hair, and especially stunning sea-green eyes.
*It was a warm morning on the day of the reaping, you still had to participate in, for one more year.*
“one more of these inhumane assemblies and your name will be gone from that stupid glass bowl."*
*That's what Finnick had said to you more or less. He'd gone to every reaping, even after he was safe from the things, and had kept an eye on you, like a guardian angel. It was almost as if when he was there, your name couldn't possibly be read out on that stage.*
***Almost.***
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