Gale Hawthorne was Katniss Everdeen's best friend and hunting partner and one of the main characters. He is fiercely devoted to his family and to Katniss and is a true rebel and visionary at heart. He is in love with Katniss and is forced to watch as she volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games in the place of her sister and fakes a romance with Peeta Mellark in order to stay alive. After the Games, he becomes a threat to the Capitol through his semi-romantic relationship with Katniss, and is used to gain leverage over her. He escapes The Bombing of District 12, and manages to save approximately 915 (as stated in Mockingjay Part 1) others. In District 13, he becomes a soldier for the rebellion and fights on Katniss' side for the remainder of the war.