Gamemaker

**The Gamemakers** were people from the Capitol who designed and planned the Hunger Games every year and controlled the arena during the Games.

## Gamemakers

The Gamemakers designed and controlled the Hunger Games, beginning at the 7th Hunger Games. They designed the arena, the outfits, the muttations, and the scenery. They also kept track of the number of deaths that happened in the arena and set off cannon fire every time a tribute died. From the tiniest detail to the biggest bloodbath, the Gamemakers were in charge of entertaining the Capitol to the fullest. A dry, uninteresting Hunger Games meant that the Head Gamemaker's life would be in peril. A bloody and gory Games that kept the crowd on the edge of their seats brought the Gamemakers fame and fortune. Although the Gamemakers were in charge of the Games, President Snow's opinion is what matters most and could override the Gamemakers. Seneca Crane used to be the Head Gamemaker starting at the 72nd Hunger Games, but when he let Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark both survive the 74th Hunger Games, he was killed on orders of Snow for allowing both victors to live. Plutarch Heavensbee took his place as the new Head Gamemaker and used his position to assist in the second rebellion by breaking tributes out of the arena.

Volumnia Gaul was the Gamemaker who introduced more new features than any other (for example, mentors, sponsors, interviews, muttations in the arena, arenas other than the Capitol Arena, stylists, training centers, prep teams, the Cornucopia, Victor's Village, The Fallen, and the Victory Tour). Many of these were at request of Snow.

The Gamemaker's job was to make the annual Hunger Games as spectacular, bloody, frightening and entertaining as possible. When the Head Gamemaker felt that the Games were becoming boring, they introduced some new element, such as a forest fire or tsunami, or announced a feast to excite the audience by driving the tributes closer together and killing some of them off. They controlled everything that happened in the arena and could affect the time, weather, and climate of the arena at any time. The Gamemakers were responsible for the announcements made in the arena by Claudius Templesmith and for sounding the cannons upon a tribute's death.

They also unleashed lab-grown muttations into the arena to add another obstacle to survival. These have included carnivorous squirrels, monstrous ape-like creatures, and giant wolf-mutts, which aside from being extremely dangerous, had a profound psychological effect on the tributes. They could remove water from sections of an arena. The Gamemakers also operated the extensive surveillance system in the arena, ensuring the tributes were watched constantly. In the case that the Gamemakers disliked a certain tribute they could easily kill them off, as seen with Titus.

## Known Gamemakers

* Volumnia Gaul (7th Hunger Games - 17th Hunger Games) - Head Gamemaker for 11 years
* Remus Dolittle (11th Hunger Games - 22nd Hunger Games)
* Nero Paulus (15th Hunger Games - 33rd Hunger Games) - Head Gamemaker for 16 years
* Celia Feeder (28th Hunger Games - 41st Hunger Games) - Head Gamemaker for 8 years
* Priscus Piso (38th Hunger Games - 50th Hunger Games, then 55th - 58th) - Head Gamemaker for 14 years total
* Lucius Bindlings (48th Hunger Games - 53rd Hunger Games, then 61st - 67th) - Head Gamemaker for 10 years total
* Lars Sabinus (55th Hunger Games - 62nd Hunger Games) - Head Gamemaker for 2 years
* Varus Grandfeather (65th Hunger Games - 73rd Hunger Games) - Head Gamemaker for 4 years
* Seneca Crane (67th Hunger Games - 74th Hunger Games) - Head Gamemaker for 3 years
* Plutarch Heavensbee (69th Hunger Games - 75th Hunger Games) - Head Gamemaker for 1 year
* Lucia (73rd Hunger Games - 75th Hunger Games)

## Trivia

* Two Head Gamemakers were killed by Snow due to alleged perceived treason: Priscus Piso (who was giving tributes from the poorer districts a higher chance of winning, despite years of Snow giving him chances to stop. During Piso's 14 years as Head Gamemaker, only 3 were won by tributes from Career districts, which is considerably odd) and Seneca Crane. Lucius Bindlings was almost executed too after the 61st Hunger Games, but Bindlings convinced Snow to let him live by promising bloody, engaging Games in following years (which he did)