Damion Winters
Damion Winters is a tribute in the 62nd Hunger Games.
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| D10M of the 62nd Hunger Games | |
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| District | Ten |
| Age | 15 |
| Weapon | Switchblade |
| Training Score | 8 |
| Token | None |
| Alliance | Morbid Sitcom |
| Victims | Phyllis Roman |
| Place | 10th |
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played by SininChaos | |
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Early Life
When Damion was seven years old, his sister of seventeen was Reaped for the Games. Before this point, Damion had been hopeful and oblivious to the pains of life, however afterwards he could never be as positive or peaceful as he was. Damion rejected any mental development and instead worked on improving himself physically, so if he was ever Reaped he wouldn't perish like his sister did. Although he did enjoy taking care of livestock on the District's farms, Damion preferred the killing part of the farm process. The thrill of the kill, for him, drove his desire to be a tribute himself.
Before the Games
Damion attends the Produce Fair Damion meets Urgorn
Damion tried to avoid interaction with other people as much as possible before he was Reaped. During the District 10 Produce Fair, Damioon kept to himself and simply watched the proceedings, ignoring the fact that the other kids he knew from school were making a point of avoiding him. However, when Damion met Urgorn Moedig during a heavy thunderstorm, what started as a hostile interaction between the two began to bear some positivity. The two exchanged names, and Urgorn even recommended Damion where best to hunt - although Damion had threatened him with his hatchet to get that information.
62nd Hunger Games
Reaping and Training
Damion and his District partner, Lydie Mansonna, were reaped without any disruption from volunteers. For Damion, his own name being called in the Reaping was what he had been waiting for since he was twelve years old, and he couldn't believe the day had finally come.
On the train to the Capitol, the District Ten mentor Mace Emberstatt met with Damion and Lydie to introduce himself and share some advice. Damion disgusted Lydie with his almost maniacal and savage cutting of the food in front of him, but it made her understand how vicious Damion might be in the arena.
Damion proposed the idea of an alliance to his would-be allies, Riker Mills, Phyllis Roman and Lydie Mansonna, in the Training Centre after seeing how quickly other alliances were forming. Lydie then suggested that, in order to get sponsors, the four ought to pretend to be in two couples - Lydie with Damion (having forgotten how unnerved she was by how he behaved during their dinner with Mace) and Phyllis with Riker. Damion agreed, but being only fifteen suggested that he and Lydie should play a "sweet" relationship, while Riker and Phyllis added a more adult twist. Damion and Lydie held hands with each other in public for the remainder of their time in the Training Centre. Their alliance was named Morbid Sitcom.
Damion's Private Training Session
Damion used a mixture of stealth and brute force to impress the Gamemakers in his Private Training Session. He first camouflaged himself to his surroundings, before charging at a dummy and cleanly beheading it with his axe. For his efforts, the Gamemakers awarded him an 8.
Damion knew that, in order to impress the Capitolites to gain sponsors, he would have to feign being a more charming person than he actually was in his interview with Caesar.
Bloodbath
Riker was nervous to enter the Games, but not because of the fact that he would very likely die all too soon. Instead, he was afraid to feign a relationship with Phyllis as part of Morbit Sitcom's agreed strategy. Thinking about his life before the Reaping, Riker found himself regretting the crimes he had committed, and thought that he deserved to die in the Games. After ascending on his podium, Riker waited there even after the gong rang out to find his allies with his eyes. Riker's alliance avoided being attacked in the fray for the first few moments, and Riker even managed to lash out at Aria Wolfe, knocking her hand just as she was lunging for another attack. Damion joined him and also targeted Aria, waiting for the other two members of their alliance to meet up with them, too. However, Riker suddenly felt a throwing knife slice his back, thrown by Alaska Putley, quickly followed by an arrow launched by Dragan Baron landing deep in his chest, and a lunging attack from Vitani Loewen, too. Riker turned on Alaska, even though Dragan and Vitani were still raining blows down on him, but after just one more attack Riker could see his situation was futile. He turned and fled, followed soon after by Damion.
Day 1
Fleeing the Bloodbath with Damion, and having found his two female allies too, Riker stumbled upon Aria, who was tending to her brother and fellow tribute, Bran. The four immediately attacked Aria with their weapons, however she was quickly defended by Ellea Banks, who deeply wounded Lydie's arm. Before the alliance could flee or retaliate again, the fight was joined by Ailis Copper, Kiera Dempsey, Wednesdae Drummond, and Demeter Merwin-Glory, all of whom also attacked Lydie, killing her. Finally, the remaining members of Morbid Sitcom came back to their senses and fled, leaving the other tributes to fight between themselves.
Day 2
Waking up on Day 2, one ally down, Riker thought about his fake romance with Phyllis. His thoughts, however, were cut short by the appearance of a large, three-headed Cerberus-esque muttation. One of the "dog"'s heads lunged for Riker, deeply scraping the back of his head. After several attacks both ways, Riker finally landed a blow on the muttation which seemed at first to have killed it. Then, with a superhuman strength that matched its demonic status, the dog raised its heads once again for another attack. Nether of the other two tributes were able to kill it with their next attacks, so when Riker lunged for it a second time, he dealt it its final blow. Riker thought his heroic actions - twice - might have made Phyllis develop some real attraction for him, however he couldn't tell for sure. The three tributes fled the killing ground, amazingly managing to survive another day.
Day 3
Late in the morning of Day 3 of the Games, Riker, who wished he was already dead by this point, and his allies ran into Naveen Casovnik. Naveen, who seemed to have been driven insane already, after only two full days in the Arena, unnerved Riker by stroking his face like she already knew him, and calling him the name of her fallen ally, Theseus Rhodium, but he still saw the value in having a fourth ally again and, lead by Damion, accepted her into Morbid Sitcom.
Day 3 brought another set of muttations to Riker's alliance, namely three Stymphalian birds. As soon as one attacked Phyllis, Riker lunged in to defend her, aware that Naveen and Damion were doing the same. His first attack missed as the birds swooped above them, and his allies took this as a sign that they wouldn't be winning this battle any time soon, elected to turn and flee. Before they got away, the birds landed two more heavy blows on Phyllis, deep cuts on her back and leg, however they all managed to flee successfully.
Day 4
During the night between days 3 and 4, Riker and his alliance were plagued with horrifying nightmares, which still stayed with them when they woke. Every member of the alliance blindly tried to fight off the spectres from their nightmares, not knowing that while they fought the monsters, they too were fighting each other. Riker even turned on himself, seeing horrific visions all around him. Despite this, most of the attacks landed on Phyllis who, unnoticed by an insane Riker, was struck down and killed. When the fog cleared, and Riker realised what they had all done, he cradled Phyllis' dead form, stroking her hair, crying, and promising her that he would eventually join her in death.
Day 5 and Death
Riker and Damion, having been left by Naveen the previous night, returned to the River Styx, where they encountered "power alliance" The Argonauts, freshly missing member Kiera Dempsey, who had fallen victim to the same Morpheus nightmares that Riker's own alliance had on the pervious day. The two alliances quickly engaged in battle, with the Argonauts being the first to strike, targeting Riker. Riker, Damion and Naveen in turn decided to attack Aria, hoping that their joint efforts might fell one tribute as they wouldn't be able to manage all three. It seemed they had underestimated Aria's strength, as she lunged back at Riker, severing his leg at the hip and toppling him. Riker knew that at that point the end had come, and his feeble next attack missed entirely. It took only a few more of The Argonauts' swings and blows to end Riker's life, with Peridot Myler dealing the final hit.
