Top 10 Saddest The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Deaths

Death comes cheap in Panem, but some losses hit like a sledgehammer to the chest.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes may be a prequel, but that doesn't mean you're any more prepared for the heartbreak. If anything, knowing where it's all headed just makes the deaths harder to stomach. You watch alliances fall apart, ideals get crushed, and young lives vanish in brutal, often senseless ways.

And just when you think you've grown numb to it all, another character you barely realized you cared about is gone.

This list is your chance to recognize the ones that stuck with you. Not because they were heroic or changed everything, but because they hurt. Vote for the deaths that left you staring at the page, blinking hard, wondering how things got so bleak.

The Top Ten

  1. Sejanus Plinth

    Sejanus' death was so sad. He just wanted to do what was right, and he was hanged. His last words were calling out to his mom. He wanted to be a doctor.

    I wish Coriolanus had just deleted that tape - it cost Sejanus his life. He killed his supposed best friend just because of his need for power and self-preservation.

    Snow's ex-best friend from District 2. He was executed by the Capitol for joining the District 12 escape plan.

  2. Jessup Diggs

    The male tribute from District 12. He was killed by a fall after contracting rabies.

  3. Arlo Chance

    The origin of the Hanging Tree song. Hanged after causing a rebel explosion that killed three people.

  4. Lamina

    The female tribute from District 7. She was killed by Coral.

  5. Teslee

    The female tribute from District 3. She was killed by Treech.

  6. Tanner

    The male tribute from District 10. He was betrayed by Coral, who stabbed him with a trident. Mizzen finished him off.

  7. Bobbin

    The male tribute from District 8. He was killed by Coriolanus Snow.

  8. Brandy

    The female tribute from District 10. She was killed by the Capitol after she killed her mentor, Arachne Crane (who, by the way, had the most deserved death in BSS).

  9. Marcus

    The male tribute from District 2. He was mercy-killed by Lamina after he was caught escaping the arena, beaten, and then tied up.

  10. Dill

    I believe this was the saddest because even though she was going to die, it was still sad to see her unknowingly drink the water with the poison and die. It made me cry, even though she had low screen time.

    The female tribute from District 11. She died of convulsions from tuberculosis. I mainly included her here because of how long she was probably suffering.

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  13. Mizzen

    Mizzen was so young and had great potential to become something significant in District Four. I know he helped betray Tanner, but he just wanted to go home. No one deserves to die by falling and snapping their neck after being injured by drones. Teslee was supposed to be smart. How could Mizzen have helped her get up on the other pole? Still, Mizzen was probably my favorite character.

    Yes, he did help betray Tanner and assist Coral in hunting other tributes, but he's 13. He's only one year older than Rue.

  14. Wovey

    She was so small and might have been younger than Mizzen. The way Wovey said, "Is it over?" "Can we go home now?" "Please," had me crying.

    She was poisoned by Lucy Gray.

  15. Coral

    I know Coral was seen as the big bad guy, but she just wanted to return to District Four. Who wouldn't want to go home? In the book, I think it was kind of her to wrap Mizzen's knee. She saw that he was hurt, so she helped him. She stuck with him through the entire Games.

    I get that she betrayed Tanner and killed Lamina, but this was the Hunger Games. She needed to kill to survive. If she hadn't betrayed Tanner, he would have killed her. And no one deserves to be bitten to death by snake mutts.

  16. Lucy Gray Baird

    Although no one really knows what happens to Lucy Gray, she has to die eventually, right?

    During The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Lucy Gray Baird was my favorite character. She was so outgoing and enthusiastic. I also loved how friendly she was to the Capitol citizens and the District. She is definitely the best character, am I right?

  17. Sol

    She was killed when Coral and Mizzen chased her with a trident.

  18. Treech

    He was killed by Lucy Gray with a snake mutt.

  19. Sheaf

    She was killed by shrapnel after the escape attempt.

  20. Reaper

    I know Reaper seemed like a bad guy and all, but really, he wasn't. He showed respect to all the tributes who died and accepted his own death. He even tried to warn Wovey.

    He showed respect to the fallen tributes. Should have died in the way he did.

  21. Arachne Crane

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