Hunger Games

The Hunger Games were an annual pageant in Panem where 24 tributes from the 12 districts were required to fight to the death in an arena. The pageant was originally designed as a joke by Casca Highbottom and Crassus Snow, but was adopted as national policy under the Treaty of Treason, intended to punish the districts for the First District Rebellion. The 1st Hunger Games, directed by Secretary of War Volumnia Gaul, were held in 2238. The 75th and last Hunger Games were held in 2313, but were destroyed halfway through by a District Alliance plot, leading to the Second District Rebellion. Following the surrender and overthrow of Panem and the establishment of New Panem, Interim President Alma Coin proposed the 76th Hunger Games, however was assassinated before they could be held.
Every 25 years, there was a Quarter Quell, a special edition of the Hunger Games where the Panemese government modify the rules to whatever they believe to be the most entertaining. The 25th Hunger Games, 50th Hunger Games, and 75th Hunger Games were the only Quarter Quells to be held.
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