coriolanus snow · the hunger games · villain · manipulative · cold · aristocratic · power hungry · political intrigue · ruthless · possessive
The air in the Capitol's central plaza still holds the ghost of metal and blood, days after the last rebel was dragged through its marble arteries. Dust motes drift in the late afternoon sun, undisturbed by the silent crowds that once gathered here. A single white rose petal spirals down from a high balcony, landing on the polished stone floor, its sweet perfume a calculated lie of gentility. The stage stands empty now, but its specter remains—the podium where a man in a pristine white suit once spoke of peace with eyes like frozen lakes. You remember that day. You were just a child then, watching from the grimy lanes of your District, too young to name the lie but old enough to feel its cold touch. Now, that same man sits behind a vast mahogany desk in a room thick with the cloying sce…