Sampson Farron
Sampson Farron was the District 7 Female tribute of the 63rd Annual Hunger Games.
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| D7F of the 63rd Hunger Games | |
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| District | 7 |
| Age | 17 |
| Bloodbath Weapon | Whip |
| Training Score | 10 |
| Token | Carved wooden pawn |
| Alliance | Sampson and Ivy |
| Killer | Faye Sinclair (but does anyone really know?) |
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played by Sampson | |
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Life
Early Life
Sampson's father was left to look after the girl and her sister, Hailey, when Sampson's mother passed away in the year of the 53rd Hunger Games, when Sampson was 10. They were severely struck by the typical poverty of a Lower District, and it took all their combined efforts to survive. Sampson cared for Hailey with particular love and attention and this compelled her to get a job chopping wood when she was only fifteen. Two years after, Sampson was offered a higher payed job in the dangerous lumber mills, but she accepted - knowing it would mean more money for her family. However, in that same year, Hailey also started work in the mill, and Sampson knew this was too dangerous for the nine year old. Sampson began to resent her father, who supported the idea of Hailey working wholeheartedly, and this resentment was proved just when Hailey was involved with an inevitable accident at the mill. First catching her arm in a blade, and then dying from blood loss and insufficient medical care, Hailey's death tore Sampson apart. The negativity towards her father turned to hate, and Sampson felt no remorse towards him when he moved out of their house to take care of his dying mother. Sampson stopped her job at the mill, starting her own carpentering business instead. She supported herself without her father, much more relaxed than she had ever been in his company, and than she had been since Hailey's death.
63rd Hunger Games
The Reaping
Sampson was Reaped alongside Owen Rook in District Seven's 63rd Reaping. Sampson made her way robotically to the stage, ignoring the eyes staring at her. She didn't acknowledge Owen coming up onto the stage and kept looking down, expecting her father to call out but not hearing anything.
Training Centre
Upon arriving in the Capitol, Sampson was noticed by District Nine's Ivy Soren, who approached her while she was carving at the firemaking station. Sampson accepted Ivy's invitation to form a two-person alliance. To impress the Gamemakers in her Private Training Session the girl played a game of fate, promising that if a carved coin came down tails she would test her deadly snare on an Avox server, rather than a training dummy. Luckily for the Avox, Sampson had fixed fate by carving two heads onto the coin, but the Gamemakers didn't know this, of course. Sampson's private training session amazed the Gamemakers enough to award her with a 10 out of 12, placing her far above the average score of 6.9, and making her a clear threat to the other tributes. In her interview, Sampson was modest about this, simply implying that she had done something that "they must have seen worth such a high score." After the interview, Sampson and Owen talked as they sleeplessly anticipated the Bloodbath in the Dining Room. Neither gave away much about themselves or their strategies, but Sampson mused that she was relieved that they got a chance to talk before one or both of them was dead.
Bloodbath & Death
No sooner had Sampson run into the midst of the fighting tributes at the cornucopia than the first tribute was dead. She continued running towards the weapons cache, unmolested by the other tributes, and lashed out at Ashby Twillken before grabbing a whip from the ground. A second tribute fell, but Sampson had attracted the attention of some of the others, who turned on her. Sampson picked up a bag, nightvision goggles and an empty water jug, but was bleeding heavily from several deep cuts on her stomach and limbs. In the end, it was Faye Sinclair who dealt the fatal blow, and Sampson kept fighting up until her last breath.
