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1Given the long length of the stories and the widespread character focus, there are many [[EnsembleDarkHorse amazingly popular characters]] who only have notable and significant roles in twelve or fewer chapters of a series that currently spans 160 fanfiction chapters.
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4* Abram is probably ''the'' fan favorite of the series, despite only appearing in three chapters. Fans like how he TookALevelInBadass so many times across his Games and the Rebellion, and he remains one of the most moral and likable victors throughout it all.
5* Cashmere's HiddenDepths dynamic with Beetee and her eagerness to help bring down Snow and Luster make her pretty popular, even though she only has brief appearances outside of her own chapter and her brother's.
6* Cecelia's little sister Kerry only appears near the beginning and the ending of ''Fall Into the River'', but her adorable interactions with Cecelia are well-liked for adding some light to her bleak storyline, though her reappearance in ''The Bonds of Blood'' is bleaker but still powerful.
7* Madame Lucia is pretty popular for being an eccentric, yet caring and extremely skilled stylist and eventual rebel, even though she only appears sporadically after the second quarter of ''The Lumberjack and the Tree-Elf''.
8* Granyte's appearances (about one per ten chapters of ''The Victors Project'') are always pretty welcome, given his arc of transforming from a scared but determined non-Career volunteer out to provide for his family to a HandicappedBadass who's CloserToEarth than his neighbors and serves as a MoralityPet for IceQueen Boudicca.
9* Dido's only in about ten combined chapters of ''The Victors Project'' and ''The Bonds of Blood'', and only has a big role in about half of them. However, her CloudCuckoolander antics make her chapter quite possibly the most fun chapter to read and re-read for many fans. Her moments of camaraderie with her fellow Victors, later on, are also appreciated.
10* Cotton invited all kinds of speculation and excitement from the fans long before appearing in person, based on her brief mention in ''Fall into the River''. Her appearance as a TrapMaster with a strong moral code is very well-received, even though she's only in one chapter.
11* Gates' technology-based FlawlessVictory and OddFriendship with Ahenobarbus leave a deep impression on the fanbase, even though he's only in three chapters.
12* Nolan's alliance (a Career defector, Nolan's brave StealthExpert District partner, a District 5 girl who took to a bow LikeADuckTakesToWater, and [[TheBigGuy a rare District 12 tribute to make a good showing]]) for being a great FiveManBand and providing some decent novelty, and a great final battle of their sole chapter.
13* Lyme's physical prowess, sense of humor, and [[spoiler:going into the Games as a rebel to form connections with rebels in other districts]] give her a degree of popularity that makes it genuinely surprising to look back and see that she only has dialogue in her chapter of ''The Victors Project'', one chapter of ''Fall into the River'', the District 2 ''Arrow'' chapter and a handful of chapters in ''The Bonds of Blood''.
14* Orchus, the GentleGiant who manages to escape from his Capitol monitors to make a new life for himself and [[AmbiguousSituation may be the old man who makes the three-fingered-salute for Katniss in the novels,]] only appears in two chapters. The first of them, the one centered on him, is sometimes considered the GrowingTheBeard moment for ''The Victors Project'' and the moment the story really takes off.
15* Honorius's skill in the arena, respect for his fellow tributes, status as the eldest of a BadassFamily, and his gradual disillusionment with the Capitol all give him one of the more thorough and well-liked arcs of the Victors over the eight or so chapters he appears in.
16* The number of chapters where Emrys has dialogue can be counted on one hand, but his KillItWithFire victory in the arena and stirring speeches in Chapters 33 and 69 of ''The Victors Project'' make him one of the most iconic victors of his generation.
17* Knife-throwing CuteMute Barty's only significant appearances are in his own chapter and Ares', but the drama and occasional tenderness of his chapter make him (and his loving foster family) provide some memorable and refreshing bright spots in the CrapsackWorld of Panem.
18* From ''The Lumberjack and the Tree-Elf'', Blight's most popular fellow tributes are probably Plautia, the TokenGoodTeammate of the Careers (who's also a good knife thrower with a sense of humor), Devon (with his insistence on calling District 10 Texas, decent survival skills and friendship with Blight) and Blight's empathetic (yet [[ActionGirl tough]]) District partner Charlie and her (loyal) ally Qin Li. Some fans admit to rooting for them as much if not more than Blight despite the ForegoneConclusion nature of the story. While all of them are fairly prominent characters (save for Qin Li), they all only appear sporadically once the Games begin.
19* Of Cecelia's fellow tributes from ''Fall Into the River'', the most popular are Loomer, for being a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, and Abundance, for wounding a Career in the bloodbath and her attempt at VictoryByEndurance by refusing to take sponsor gifts in order to avoid being beholden by the Capitol. Abundance doesn't have any dialogue and only has a handful of short scenes.
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