In the prequelle novel by Suzanne Collins, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”, which was adapted in a successful film in 2023 of the same name, We learn the first life of the future president of Panem Coriolanus Snow And the woman he fell in love. The name of this woman? Lucy Gray Baird.

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Coriolanus, played by Tom Blyth on the screen, begins his story in “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” as Denizen of the Capitol whose family previously fell in favor after the death of his father – he is therefore desperate to prove himself during the 10th games of hunger, during which he serves as a mentor alongside the academy. When he gave the mission of Mentorr a disjointed tribute from the District 12, he meets Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler in the film), he immediately struck his powerful forces as a interpreter and finds a way to draw attention to his tribute to a “lesser” district (poor signifier) ​​by transforming it essentially into a dancing monkey. Armed with a powerful voice and a guitar, Lucy Gray ends up obtaining a handful of sponsors before she enters the arena with the other tributes, but perhaps more important, she and Coriolanus form an intense link.

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The manipulation of Coriolanus of Lucy Gray’s talents ends up relaunching the interest of the signing for the games, which did not bring a ton of viewers. When there is an explosion at the arena the day before the games during a tour attended Coriolanus and Lucy Gray, there are even more Attention attracted by games. They start the next day-when it happens?

Before going to the arena, Coriolanus, concerned about the safety of Lucy Gray and perfectly aware of what awaits him in the arena, cheats. Not only does he obtain toxic snake mutations accustomed to his smell (using a handkerchief) so that they do not attack it in the arena – Lucy Gray also has an affinity for snakes and is apparently able to charm them – but Coriolanus also slides Lucy a compact full of rat poison to use against his tribe companions. The two are also correctly able to understand that the bombardment of the arena has opened access to tunnels in the space that Lucy Gray can easily use to its advantage.

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Lucy Gray finally poisons two tributes with the compact – one from the district 8 and one from the district 11 – and when the game players release these toxic snakes in the arena, Lucy Gray uses them to her advantage, just as Coriolanus hoped. Here’s how it goes in the book, from its point of view:

“None of the snakes was inclined to attack her, however. Ankles while she was gently lowered on a piece of marble.

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Snakes cannot and do not attack Lucy Gray … So ultimately, she simply overcomes her competitors and wins the matches. Unfortunately, this is not the end of the story of Lucy Gray.

In the aftermath of Coriolanus’s program, the Dean Casca Highbottom Academy, played in Peter Dinklage’s film, cleverly understands what the young mentor did for his tribute, and Coriolanus is forced to leave the Capitol and join the peacekeepers (which is essentially the raw police forces of Panem) under a strong disappointment. He is however assigned to District 12, which allows Coriolanus to find Lucy Gray, and both have concluded a relationship now that she survived the games.

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Still another problem arises when Coriolanus’ classmate and friend Sejanus Plinth (Josh Andrés Rivera) begins to end with rebels in the District 12, and even if Lucy Gray supports his business, Coriolanus sees an opportunity to get ahead and find a jabberjay – a transferred bird that works essentially as a recording device – to plan Sejanus For the record for Capitol forces. All this degenerates to a point where a rebel named Spruce (George Somner) and Coriolanus kill the ex-girlfriend of Lucy Gray, Billy Taupe (Dakota Shapiro), and his new girlfriend, the mayor’s daughter and Nemesis of Lucy Gray, Mayfair Lipp (Isobel Jesper Jones). Spruce hides the weapon but was killed later for his crime.

Coriolanus and Lucy Gray Escape District 12, intends to run for that … But when he slips and said that he murdered three people instead of two, Lucy realizes that Coriolanus reported on the betrayal of Sejanus and had him killed, and SO Both find the gun. Coriolanus lights Lucy Gray, who runs away, leaving poisonous snakes like a trap … And sing “the hanging tree” to attract his attention. Here’s how it goes in the book:

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“He took a step in his direction just when Mockingjay picked up his song. Then a second. Then a third. The woods came to life with their melody while dozens joined themselves. He became frustrated. Furious, he turned in this way and that and finally castigated the woods in loop, moving and around until his balls are spent.”

Lucy Gray is never seen or heard after thatAnd Coriolanus continues to become the deeply evil president Coriolanus Snow, a man known for poisoning his enemies.

In the suite of “Sunrise on the Reaping” in 2025 – The history of autonomous origin of Haymitch Abernathy which is already transformed into a film to be released at the end of 2026 – We TO DO Listen to a little about a girl who is obviously Lucy Gray Baird, despite the fact that Haymitch does not really know who she is. When he chose to represent District 12 in the second quarter – The 50th games, which “celebrate” the opportunity by doubling the number of tributes from 24 to 48 – notes of Haymitch, in his head, that he is not sure of whom him and his colleagues tribute. As a rule, the former winners serve as mentors, but as Haymitch says, all this is complicated:

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“In 50 years, we had only one winner, and it was a long time ago. A girl that nobody seems to know.” Girl. “

After Haymitch won his games – and his family and her girlfriend Lenore Dove are all murdered for his insolence in the arena – he is stuck in his mansion in the village of Victor who is also empty of the district when he wakes up at noise from a television to see “a girl in a rainbow of flywheels [singing] A familiar melody with unknown words. “At that time, Haymitch realizes that she must be the winner. “Why would a Covey girl be in the Capitol?” Haymitch wonders for himself.

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“Could this girl be the one and only Victor of Victor in the District 12? Suddenly, I’m sure she is. Not surprising that Lenore Dove never wants to talk about her. She knows the story, but it’s too secret, or perhaps too painful, to share even with me. I think of songs of color Lenore Dove, did he add to the girl’s dress?

Years after the disappearance of Lucy Gray Baird, Haymitch does not know what happened to him with certainty … It therefore seems that we will never have complete confirmation of his fate. “The ballad of singing birds and snakes” is available to broadcast on Starz.