26th Hunger Games

**Arena**: Mountainous hills

**Notable animals**: Playful wolves

**Main event**: Heavy rockfalls

**Length**: 12 days

**Victor**: Jericho Clay (age 15): District 9

Animals in the arena often cause trouble for any tributes they encounter, but it's rare for them to be a source of support, which was in fact the case this year.

**Preceded by**: 25th Hunger Games (1st Quarter Quell)

**Followed by**: 27th Hunger Games

## The Games

**Day 1**

During the bloodbath, Jericho managed to grab a loaf of bread and a bow and arrow, but he was stabbed in the arm by Ceres (2). However he managed to escape and climb the hills. After feeling like he was sufficiently far enough from the cornucopia, he was able to tend to his wound.
When Jericho was about to fall asleep upon the tree branch on the first night, he noticed a pack of three wolves trying to climb the tree to him. Unlike most other tributes, he realized they they were not actually trying to kill him, but were in fact just friendly, a realization that likely saved him life. Instead of shooting them with his arrows, he broke off bits of bread and dropped them from the tree for them.

**Day 2-11**

When Jericho awoke the next morning, the wolves were still by the tree. He explored the hills and the wolves came with him. These wolves proved to be very loyal and there were several occasions over the next few days when he was saved by them, after they alerted him to the presence of others by growling whenever they sensed other tributes nearby. This allowed Jericho to hide, whilst these other tributes unknowingly passed him.

Once evening, the wolves brought Jericho a spear that had been left by a tribute who had attacked another pack of wolves. He used this spear to kill a turkey and after cooking it over an open fire, he gave some of the meat to the wolves as well. As Jericho slept, the wolves continued guarding him and alerting him to any danger.

One night, rockfalls were triggered near to where Jericho slept. He managed to climb a tree, but unfortunately one of the wolves was killed by a falling rock. These rockfalls killed Edizon (3) and Citrona (11) and led Jercho to abandon his base and move inwards towards the cornucopia.

**Day 12**

The next day, further rockfalls were triggered, which killed two of the remaining four tributes. However, as Jericho was far enough from the perimeter, he was not affected and realized that he would have the final fight with Ceres. Jericho had become attached to the wolves and ordered them to stay where he left the, so they were not hurt by Ceres, but little did he know at the time that they were following him back to the cornucopia.

Once the boys met, Ceres got the upper hand and stabbed Jericho in the stomach, but as Ceres was abut to slit Jericho's throat, the wolves jumped from behind and attacked Ceres by continuously biting his neck, which eventually killed him. As Jericho lay in pain, the wolves waited with him until the hovercraft arrived.

## After the Games

Upon winning, Jericho was nicknames "The wolf whisperer" by the Capitol and requested to adopt the two surviving wolves and take them back to District 9. This request was ultimately approved by the Capitol and he lived in victor's village with his wolves.