Liotta Mckensie

• Alcoholic Parent: Her mother.
• Break the Cutie
• Killed Off for Real
• Morality Pet: For Vince. Until he killed her.
• Older Than They Look: Liotta only looks about eight, despite being of reaping age.
• Rapunzel Hair
• Winged Humanoid
• Wings Do Nothing: They serve no purpose except for decoration. And tangling her in vines.

Jason Blackheath

• Go Out with a Smile
• Killed Off for Real
• Missing Mom
• Mercy Killed
• Winged Humanoid: Briefly, until he ripped them out of his back with his bare hands
• Wings Do Nothing: Except cause pain, prompting Jason to tear them out.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Natalia Marinos

• Action Girl: Mixed with elements of Dark Action Girl.
• Battle Couple: With Brandit.
• Curtains Match the Window: Subverted, only the underside matches.
• Disappeared Dad: He's alive, but after he came out of the closet and divorced his wife Natalia hasn't been able to forgive him, so he's never really around.
• Ice Queen: Of the Deadpan Snarker or the Alpha Bitch variety.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: The underside of her hair is dyed blue. The rest is brown.

Marshall Matthews

• Abusive Parents: Well, one abusive parent.
• Alliterative Name
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a nice long one running down the side of his face.
• Kaleidoscope Eyes: Marshall changes his eye colors based on what he's wearing, but naturally they're blue.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Seems to be very intent on being the one who kills Natalia.
• Would Hit a Girl: Marshall makes it clear he will have no problem taking care of Natalia. In the bloodbath, he wastes no time in driving a fist into her cheek before taking off.

Francesca von Bardot

• A-Cup Angst: In her introductory chapter Francesca sadly comments on this being due to her addiction to ipecac drinks.
• Because You Were Nice To My Friend: The reason why she opts to save Koriana.
• Fangirl: For the past District 2 victor Mars Donovan.
• Genki Girl
• Hard Drinking Party Girl
• Has Two Mommies
• The Hedonist: Francesca's only focus in life is being happy and having fun, even in the days between her reaping and the beginning of the Games.
• Overly-Long Name: Francesca Emmeline von Bardot.
• Plucky Girl
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple.

Holland Wickbird

• Adorkable
• Break the Cutie
• Camp Straight: Holland insists he isn't gay, although admits he exhibits some traits that might suggest he is.
  • In his introduction he says he's "50-50".
• Can't Hold His Liquor
• Extreme Doormat: Holland doesn't have much of a backbone.
• Non-Action Guy
• Purple Eyes
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Minerva Nanaia

• Break the Cutie: Vinel gets there just a little too late...
• Killed Off for Real
• The Ophelia: Loses her mind. Wanders around giggling, thinking Vinel is Vidar.
• So Happy Together: Minerva and Vidar had been planning their wedding. Then Minerva got reaped...

Vinel Greggorus

• Disappeared Dad
• Has Two Mommies: While he loves them, he wishes he knew his father.
• Kidanova
• Killed Off for Real

Ari Saint-Claire

• Bodyguard Crush
• Broken Bird
• Horrible Judge of Character: She inexplicably trusts Vince despite there being evidence that for him to last six days into the games on his own he couldn't be that innocent.
• I Just Want to Be Normal: Ari really would rather not be a pop star, thank you very much.
• Missing Mom

Laco Sykora

• Always Save the Girl: Laco wants to make sure Ari wins. End of story.
• Berserk Button: Do not insult or endanger Ari Saint-Claire.
• Stalker with a Crush: Depending on how you look at Laco's interest in Ari, it comes off as this sometimes, especially in the beginning.

Faye-Anna Cholores

• Bookworm: Her reaping chapter is even titled "Intelligent Reader" to hammer this trope home.
• Break the Cutie
• Extreme Doormat
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
• Morality Pet: To Ferroh.
• Two First Names

Brandit Gailer

• The Atoner: An odd version, Brandit volunteered to atone for the fact he didn't appreciate his life.
• Battle Couple
• Declaration of Protection: No matter what seems to happen, he stays loyal to Natalia.
• The Dragon: To Natalia's Big Bad.
• Mercy Kill: Delivers one to Jason.
• Nice Guy

Galaxy Jones

• Break the Cutie
• Driven to Suicide
• Killed Off for Real
• Parental Abandonment
• Rapunzel Hair
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Averted. Galaxy is harmless. Except to herself.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl: Although the 'pretty' part is debatable.

Ferroh Axum

• Gentle Giant: For the most part. He has a tendency to snap
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
• Token Minority
• Scary Black Man: How many of the contestants see Ferroh.

Koriana Wilder

• Actual Pacifist
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
• Meaningful Rename: Prefers to be called 'Kori' because of all the bad things associated with being called by her full name.
• Peek-A-Bangs
• White-Haired Pretty Girl: Played straight except for her bangs, which are black.

Diego "D"

• Doorstop Baby: Was left on the doorstep of the orphanage as an infant.
• Gentle Giant
• Heartwarming Orphan
• Odd Friendship: With Montserrat.
• Only One Name
• Orphan's Ordeal: Has been orphaned twice.
• Parental Abandonment: It seems that neither of his parents are actually dead...
• Tall, Dark and Handsome: Subverted in that he's very pale, but the rest is played straight.
• The Quiet One
• The Stoic
• Wise Beyond Their Years

Britney Frailer

• Annoying Younger Sibling: She loves them anyway, but doesn't show it.
• Killed Off for Real

Montserrat de Saint-Phillipe

• Flirty Stepsiblings: A rather angsty version with Eresenda, because he's Oblivious to Love.
• Has Two Daddies
• Oblivious to Love
• Odd Friendship: With Diego.
• Overly-Long Name: Montserrat Pierre de Saint-Phillipe.

Evon Sanhorn

• The Chew Toy: It starts with her kicking her toe against the couch in a heated argument. Then she has her hands blown off by an old shotgun. And that's just for starters.
• Body Horror: After the shotgun explodes, her hands are not a pretty sight
• Hidden Eyes
• Killed Off for Real
• Peek-A-Bangs

Jasse Harridan

• Afro Asskicker
• Eye Scream: When he's mauled to death by an Alpha bear, the bear bites his head and one of its fangs punctures through his eye.
• I Know Karate: Jasse took lessons for fun with his friends. He never wanted to be in a situation where he'd actually use them.
• Informed Ability: He never actually uses those kung-fu moves... against a bear, he didn't have a chance.
• Killed Off for Real

Cotton Ferier

• Big Damn Heroes: How Cotton volunteers to save her sister Glitz.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Cotton to some degree with Vinel around other girls. To be fair, it's justified.
• Corrupt the Cutie: "Whatever has happened to her since we last ate dinner together, it's done the impossible and destroyed her naivety."
• Embarrassing Tattoo: Cotton has a unicorn tattoo on her hip.
• Killed Off for Real
• Mismatched Eyes

Vince Pace

• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
• Creepy Child: Vince is one of the youngest tributes, but he's also the most eager to kill. Also one of two who actually murder in the bloodbath.
• Deliberately Cute Child
• Disappeared Dad: Murdered by his wife... who covered it up by making it look like suicide.
• Enfant Terrible
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Subverted.
• Evil Laugh: "Keheheheh."
• Knife Nut: "It's so nice to know what one little knife can accomplish.
  "…eheh… eheheh…One… little knife…"
• Obfuscating Innocence: Don't let him try and fool you.
• Puppy Love: Averted with Vince x Liotta.

Sapphire Emril

• Bratty Half-Pint
• Deceased Parents Are The Best
• Holier Than Thou: Has this attitude towards everyone, including her mentor. That didn't go down too well.
• Hypocrite
• Killed Off for Real
• Little Miss Snarker
• Purple Eyes
• Religious Stereotype: She constantly talks of her mother and father in heaven, but aside from that doesn't practice anything else pertaining to Christianity.

Julian Farraday

• Has Two Daddies
• Kidanova
• Killed Off for Real
• Mercy Kill: Averted with his inability to kill Jasse.
• Missing Mom

Iilvsea Crane

• Authority Equals Asskicking
• The Big Bad
• Electronic Eyes: Has a sniper's crosshair in her right eye instead of a pupil/iris.
• Eyes Always Shut
• Faux Affably Evil
• Slasher Smile
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Winn & Remy

• Co-Dragons
• Creepy Twins
• Single-Minded Twins

Aries

• The Brute
• Horned Hairdo
• Would Hit a Girl: Or completely brain her.

Dai

• The Dark Chick

Toco

• Gag Nose: A toucan beak to be precise.

Pestil

Antony Cross

• Affably Evil
• Ax Crazy: Heavily implied.
• Depraved Homosexual: From his excerpt of 'The Victor's Perspective':
  "With my winnings I could afford to buy him every night for the rest of his life~! Or mine, depending whether or not he lives through my desires."
• Giggling Villain
• Sex Slave
• Slasher Smile

Mars Donovan

• Abusive Parents: Had a 'turbulent' relationship with his father. After winning the games, the first thing he did upon seeing his father was killing him.
• Nice Guy

Ava Gardener

• Shrinking Violet: Before her games she was described as shy.

Juan Olivier

• So Happy Together: Until he won the Games and called off the engagement.

Vernon Alistern

• The Alcoholic

Sienna Moreno

• Jerkass Façade: While she treats her tribute Brandit like a typical career by openly scorning and insulting him, it's just a front to keep her from feeling bad and pitying him.

Eden Skipper

• An Axe to Grind: Her weapon of choice.
• Tears of Remorse: Throughout her games.

Corbin Niles

• Gentle Giant
• The Stoic
• Tranquil Fury: Killed the tributes of his Games with a 'blank look of concentration'.
  • Then punched the presenter after his victory.

Javier Heydrichs

Dalton Rhodes

• The Beastmaster: Of a freaking BEAR.

Moyna Everwood

Nikolai Medve

• An Arm and a Leg
• Artificial Limbs
• Informed Deformity: While he has no legs, the prosthetic legs he's been given are apparently advanced enough for him to walk normally.