Kiera Dempsey
Kiera Dempsey is a tribute in the 62nd Hunger Games.
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| D1F of the 62nd Hunger Games | |
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| District | One |
| Age | 17 |
| Weapon | Quarterstaff |
| Training Score | 6 |
| Token | None |
| Alliance | The Argonauts |
| Victims | Theseus Rhodium, Lydie Mansonna, Almar Nichols |
| Place | 12th |
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Early Life
The Dempsey family name was notorious by the time Kiera was a teenager, thanks to her cousin Kaelen, an infamous serial killer. Kiera herself belonged to a large branch of the Dempsey family, with four sisters. The family was the victim of poverty and gang warfare in District One, although both of Kiera's parents were pacifists. As a result, Kiera trained with her uncle - Kaelen's father - in order to up her chances of survival in the Games.
62nd Hunger Games
Reaping and Training
Kiera volunteered after Ella Dahl-Moreno didn't respond to her name being called. Due to the difference in their social and financial standings, even though their families were of roughly the same size, there was already a conflict between the Morenos and the Dempseys, and when Kiera volunteered for Ella's spot, Gang Wars broke out between the families. Kiera was calm and determined as she volunteered, and stood alongside Peridot Myler who had been Reaped outright.
Kiera was visited by many members of her family after she volunteered, each with a mixed range of emotions, and was also visited by The Detective, a Peacekeeper who Kiera had previously had contact with.
Kiera met her mentor Topaz Ross in the Training Centre, and the two got on well. Topaz genuinely hoped that Kiera would win, although warned her not to behave as Topaz had done, as she wouldn't be able to come back from it. Kiera disagreed, amiably telling Topaz that there was light in her yet.
Kiera allied with Atlas Cornell and Peridot, as well as lower-district tribute Wednesdae Drummond. Kiera and Peridot had already decided to stick together when they saw Wes training and concluded he would make a strong ally. Atlas then approached the three and invited himself to join their alliance. They called themselves The Argonauts.
Kiera's Private Training Session
In Kiera's Private Training Session, she impressed the Gamemakers with her knowledge of different plants, although because she did not show any skills with a weapon - something expected of a Career - she was only awarded a 6.
In her interview, Kiera showed her confidence, as well as her dominance over the other tributes and Caesar himself. She played the hero, explaining how she volunteered in Ella's place to save her friend, rather to come home a Victor. Finally she left a message for her family - including Kaelen - and told the other tributes to watch out for her.
Bloodbath
Kiera and her allies found each other immediately when they entered the Bloodbath, and by that time other tributes had already turned and fled, or were fighting heartily, although no one had been struck down dead yet. Another group of tributes led by Dragan Baron began to attack Atlas, hoping that their joint strength might kill him and leave one less Career to worry about, Kiera retaliated, lashing out at Almar Nichols along with her allies. For a time it seemed like the Argonauts might defeat the rival alliance, however Atlas fell first, killed ultimately by Vitani Loewen. The remaining Argonauts turned their weapons on Vitani in revenge, however they could not kill her before she fled. The Argonauts resumed their original formation and lunged at Almar once again, until he also fled. Straight after, Wednesdae managed to kill Almar's ally Dragan, stabbing him in the eye, which Kiera found admirable. All at once, the place where the Argonauts stood was flooded with other tributes from various alliances. Kiera chose to attack Mason Krearns of the new bunch, and her allies followed her lead. Once she was sure Mason was injured, she turned to Theseus Rhodium and then Naveen Casovnik, hoping for a precision hit like Wednesdae had dealt Dragan. Her wish was granted when she retaliated to Theseus' defensive move as he threw her to the ground, however instead of acting with precision she implemented brute force, and split Theseus' skull. By this point the number of tributes around the Cornucopia were dwindling. Peridot decreased the number further by matching his allies' instant-kills, splitting the skull of Mason Krearns in a similar fashion to Kiera. Finally, the remaining tributes understood the unstoppable strength of the three Argonauts and abandoned their hopes of obtaining the Wealth, which the Argonauts dealt out between themselves.
