Hunger Games

"*In the arena, you only get one wish. And it's very costly."
"It costs your life."
"Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people? It costs everything you are.*"
―Peeta Mellark and Caesar Flickerman on the Hunger GamesThe **Hunger Games** were a morbid and brutal competition which took place annually in the country of Panem, founded by Casca Highbottom and Crassus Snow as a school project. The project was eventually turned into the principal form of punishment enacted upon the districts by the Capitol after their defeat in the First Rebellion. It was to serve as a reminder to the defeated districts of the cost of insurrection and to never again make an attempt at it.

Every year, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 were selected from each of the twelve districts as tributes by a lottery. They would be taken to the Capitol, where they would train for a week, and then were sent into an arena to fight to the death in a battle royale. The event was nationally televised as mandatory viewing for all citizens and could last several days to weeks. The last living tribute was declared the victor, showered in gifts, and supposedly lived the rest of their life in luxury and privilege in the Victors' Village. The winning district also received parcels of food from the Capitol for a year as reward to the district for producing a victor.

Since the conclusion of the First Rebellion, the Capitol annually forced 24 children into the arena from each of the districts and used hidden cameras to televise the events in order to both entertain the Capitol citizens and remind the twelve districts how they were completely at the Capitol's mercy. Only one tribute was permitted to win the Games, with the sole exception of the 74th Hunger Games, where Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark of District 12 became the first and only joint victors in the history of the Games after an attempted double suicide.

Owing to its rebellious nature, the dual victory of Everdeen and Mellark in the 74th Games sparked widespread unrest, particularly in the outlying districts of Panem such as District 8 and District 11. The unrest grew into civil uprisings in various districts, which culminated, after several months, into a full-scale revolution after the impromptu ending of the 75th Hunger Games, which was also the Third Quarter Quell. The 75th Hunger Games was the final official Hunger Games held in Panem, and the sole Hunger Games to end without a winner. Instead, the arena was destroyed by Katniss Everdeen, and following this, she and a few of the remaining tributes were rescued by District 13, while those left behind were captured by the Capitol, thus beginning the Second Rebellion.

After the invasion of the Capitol and the overthrow of Coriolanus Snow's regime, the interim government discussed a potential 76th Hunger Games (using Capitol children) which was narrowly approved by the remaining Hunger Games victors. However, the 76th Hunger Games were never held, due to the deaths of both interim President Alma Coin and deposed President Snow. Following an emergency presidential election, which saw Commander Paylor ascend to the presidency, the Hunger Games were abolished permanently, with the former arenas being demolished and replaced by memorials.

## Creation

The Hunger Games were the creation of Casca Highbottom, but also indirectly by Crassus Snow and Dr. Volumnia Gaul. During Highbottom and Snow's final days at the University, she served as a professor there and assigned her class a final project: to create a punishment for one's enemies so extreme that they would never be allowed forget how they had wronged them.

Being best friends, Highbottom and Snow paired together for the project. Highbottom, having a mind for puzzles, began brainstorming the Hunger Games, something which Snow assured him was just a private joke between the two of them. Highbottom, however, was drunk and Snow continued to ply him with alcohol, playing on his vanity as he fleshed out the project. Snow then turned the project in to Dr. Gaul while Highbottom was sleeping off the alcohol, leaving Highbottom to awake horrified at what had happened and meaning to rip it to shreds. Gaul held on to the project and then, following the end of the war, pulled out the proposal and introduced Highbottom as the architect of the Games. Highbottom thought it would die out quickly, being so ghastly, but Dr. Gaul took it and ran.

Originally, the Hunger Games were primitive and flawed. The tributes arrived to the Capitol in cattle cars, unlike in later installments where tributes were pampered. Upon arrival to the Capitol, tributes were held in old stables, until the 10th Games where they were kept in the Capitol Zoo. Here, they were underfed and often mistreated by Peacekeepers. In the 10th Hunger Games, this led to several tributes dying before the Games had begun. The first ten installments of the Games were held in the Capitol Arena, an old stadium converted to a fighting arena. Basic weapons were provided, however, food and other supplies were not. Tributes were left in the arena to kill one another, until a lone Victor remained. However, unlike later Games, the winners of the first ten games were not showered in riches and given a home in the Victors' Village. They were simply returned to their home District and back to the life they formerly lived.

## Opening Ceremonies

### Reaping Ceremony

Main article: The Reaping
This is one of the only ceremonies that was customary every year of the Games since the first. Every year, each district held a "lottery", which was colloquially referred to as the reaping. On this day, the entire district population gathered at the Justice Building, where the children of reaping age were themselves sequestered into pens separated by age and gender. Two large glass balls contained slips of paper with the names of each child through the ages of 12–18. The number of times a child's name was entered in the reaping bowl was cumulative and dependent on their age: a twelve-year-old would have their name in once, a thirteen-year-old twice, and so on until the child is eighteen years old, where they would have seven slips in the bowl. However, a reaping age child could choose to add their name more times in exchange for tesserae, which was a small ration of oil and grain. Each tessera had enough oil and grain to supply one family member with food for one year and entries were cumulative from year to year and a child could also claim tesserae for as many family members as they choose. For example, Katniss Everdeen, who took tesserae three times for herself, sister, and mother, had 20 slips in the bowl at 16 for the 74th Hunger Games, while Gale Hawthorne, who claimed tesserae for five family members, had 42 slips in the bowl at 18.

The district's representative/escort (e.g. Effie Trinket for District 12 or Priscilla Happith for District 9) had the duty of picking the name out of the bowls, one of which was for girls and one for boys. The tributes whose names were chosen were then entered into the Hunger Games, unless someone was willing to volunteer. Volunteering was normally quite a rare phenomenon in the outlying districts, as participation in the Hunger Games was normally viewed there as a death sentence. As such, it was often done to spare and/or protect a person from participating in the Games such as in Katniss's case when she volunteered for her twelve-year-old sister, Primrose Everdeen, in the 74th Hunger Games. However, the act of volunteering was far more common in one of the "Career Districts" (1, 2, and 4), in which participation in the Hunger Games was seen as an act of honor and chance for glory. In these districts, children spent the majority of their lives training in combat and survival at a special training academy before volunteering, typically at 18, to enter the Games.

Once a child passed their final reaping at the age of 18, they were no longer eligible for participation in the Hunger Games. Similarly, victors from previous Hunger Games were no longer eligible to be reaped or volunteer for subsequent games, even if they were still age eligible, with the exception for the reaping of the 75th Hunger Games.

### Journey to the Capitol and Tribute Parade

Main article: Tribute Parade
Once the tributes were selected, whether by lottery or volunteering, they were escorted into the Justice Building and brought into a room. The tributes were then allotted one hour to meet with family and friends to say goodbye and set their affairs in order. Once the hour is completed, the tributes are escorted to a car with their escort, which transported them to their district's train station. There, they boarded a train bound for the Capitol. The length of the train ride is dependent on the district the tributes hail from: it took roughly a day for Katniss and Peeta to reach the Capitol by virtue of being from District 12, tied with District 6, the farthest district from the Capitol. The trip was far shorter for closer districts such as District 1 and District 2.

During the train ride, the tributes typically made their initial introductions to their mentor(s), a previous Hunger Games victor (if the district had no living victor, a student from the Academy was brought to mentor them), where initial strategies and assessments of the tributes skill and talents were made. Watching of the Reaping recaps were, usually as a means of gauging the eventual competition, although not required by any means. An extravagant banquet was served to the tributes upon arrival on the train, followed by a similarly exquisite dinner. Tributes were allotted their own rooms with a built-in bath and full wardrobe for their use. Many of the amenities of the train, such as the caboose, bar carriage, food, drink, and Avoxes, were at the tributes' disposal whilst on board.

Upon arrival at the Capitol, tributes were transported to the Training Center, a massive complex at one end of the City Circle, the center of the Capitol, where they resided and trained until the start of the Games. Once there, the tributes were brought to the Remake Center, where they are introduced to their and prep team. Over the next few hours, the prep team's responsibilities involved beautifying their respective tributes to the standards of the Capitol, after which they will meet their stylist. The stylist, as head of the prep team, performed final touches to the tribute's makeover before presenting to them their vision for how they would be presented during the opening ceremonies of the Games. A few more hours were then spent preparing the tribute in their chariot costume, typically an extravagant outfit that related to their district's industry or culture, for the chariot ride in the evening. Sometimes chariot costumes were redesigns of clothes worn at the reaping, as was the case with Barley Mayes.

Once the tributes were prepared in their chariot costumes, they were be led in a procession, starting with District 1, down the Avenue of the Tributes by horse-drawn carriages in an event known as the Tribute Parade. This event was the first time that Capitol citizens saw the tributes in person. As such, it was critical on the part of both the stylist and the tributes themselves to make a significant first impression in order to attract sponsors. It was also a chance for the tributes, wherever possible, to demonstrate what to expect from them in the coming days. The Tribute Parade concluded at the opposite end of the Avenue of the Tributes, where the President (either Ravinstill or Snow) gave an opening address to the tributes and congratulated them on their courage. The tributes were then returned to their respective apartments at the Training Center.

### Training Sessions

Main article: Training stations
Following the Tribute Parade, tributes began their survival and combat training the following day for the next three days. Training was conducted in a massive gymnasium located in the basement of the Training Center. Here, the assembled tributes from each district were given an orientation by the Head Trainer of the gymnasium (eg. Saffron Littlerock or Atala), who gave them a run down on each of the survival and combat stations in the gym. Each station was manned by a number of experts in the field the station specializes in, ready to assist as needed for the tributes. During training, tributes were free to travel between the stations at their leisure and spend as much time as they desired at any one of the stations. There were a large number of stations present in the gymnasium for the tributes to practice including survival stations such as edible plants, camouflage, and fire starting, as well as combat stations such as archery, swords, axes, and spears.

In modern editions, tributes were required to spend a minimum of three hours in the gymnasium every day and could spend up to twelve hours training. Training began at 10am each day. Breakfast and dinner were given in their apartments, while lunch was served in a cafeteria located in the gymnasium. During training, tributes were free to socialize with and even train together with other tributes if they chose to do so, whether as a training strategy proposed by their mentor or by the tribute's own volition. Training was also an opportunity for tributes to directly observe the physical performance of their competition and gauge who exactly would be the largest physical threat in the arena. At the same time, it was also an opportunity for tributes to form alliances with tributes they trust from other districts. This was most common in the Pack districts of 1, 2, and 4, but was common in other districts as well. Tributes, however, were strictly forbidden from fighting with one another during training as well. This was implemented in the 64th Hunger Games, as the prior year, one of the tributes that year, Cashmere Osborne, who became the victor, ended up accidentally killing her ally during training. If tributes wanted to have a sparring partner, there were expert trainers available.

Tributes were observed by the Gamemakers from an elevated balcony that could view the entire gymnasium throughout their three days of training. On the third day of training, each of the tributes had the opportunity to showcase their learned or pre-existing skills in a private session in front of the Gamemakers during the latter half of that day. Once their private session was concluded, the tributes returned to their apartments where they awaited the announcement of their training score on television, which was rated from 1–12. This was another crucial impression that tributes must do well in, as the level of expertise in the skill they show or degree overall they impress the Gamemakers, both through their three days of training and in their private session, directly impacted how high of a training score they receive. This in turn assisted in attracting sponsors and served as a talking point for their mentor to do so, as a high training score (9-12) attracted more sponsors than subpar or mediocre ones (1-8). However, Gamemakers were also known to intentionally give tributes high training scores to make them targeted by the other tributes.

### Tribute Interviews

Main article: Interviews
The final event before the start of the Hunger Games was the tribute interviews. Following their training sessions, tributes spent a single day with their mentor and escort preparing for the interview with the host of the Hunger Games, which from the 10th Hunger Games to 33rd Hunger Games was Lucretius Flickerman and from the 35th Hunger Games to 75th Hunger Games was Caesar Flickerman. Florus Friend would take over for Lucretius if he was ill. The mentor assisted their tribute on the best angle to go for based on their personality and demonstrated skills, while the escort drilled the tribute on proper etiquette. On the following day, the tributes once again met with their prep team and stylist, who proceeded to spend much of the day giving their tribute a full makeover and dressing them in an extravagant formal outfit for their interview in the evening.

In the evening, the tributes were brought to the Capitol TV studio, where one by one in district order, they were brought out to the stage to meet Caesar. During the interview, Caesar asked them a number of questions, including about their life back home, their family, their impression on the Capitol, their training score, and many more. Despite this, the interviews were fairly short and fast-paced, lasting only three minutes per tribute. How the tributes chose to approach the interview was entirely up to the individual, ranging from them being excitable and funny, to bold and confident, to shy and withdrawn. Regardless of how the tribute approached the interview, it was of high importance for them to stand out, as it was the last opportunity for tributes to directly attract and appeal to sponsors. The interviews also gave the Capitol citizenry an opportunity to get to know the tributes on a personal level and choose their favorite prior to the start of the Games.

## The Games

### Pre-Launch

Following their interview, the tributes returned to their apartments for the last time. The following morning, the tributes were escorted by their respective stylist to a waiting hovercraft. It is here that each of the tributes were implanted with a tracker, a device that monitored their vital signs and position within the arena. Once all tributes were aboard, the hovercraft departed the Training Center for the arena. The length of time to get to the arena was dependent on its distance in relation to the Capitol, but usually it took around half an hour.

Once the tributes arrived to the arena, they and their stylist were taken underground to the arena catacombs, arriving at the Launch Room. Here the tributes underwent their final dressing and preparations for the Games with their stylist. When the time came, the tributes were directed to enter the launch tube, which sealed them inside. A platform then raised the tributes upwards into the arena, where a 60-second countdown commenced. Prior to launch, tributes were advised not to step off their platform before the countdown ends, as doing so activated a hidden mine under their pedestal, killing them instantly. A total of four tributes were killed before the timer counted to zero by stepping off too early or dropping their tribute token. Once the countdown completed, the Hunger Games were officially commenced.

### Cornucopia Bloodbath

Main article: Cornucopia bloodbath
The opening act of any Hunger Games since the 15th Hunger Games was the inevitable Cornucopia bloodbath, which typically kicked off the excitement and initial action in the Games. When the tributes were launched into the arena, the first object typically noticed was the Cornucopia and the vast amount of items both inside it and in the area around it. These items included weapons, food, water, bags, tools, and other supplies, any one of which would prove invaluable to improving the chances of a tribute's survival. The purpose of the Cornucopia was not only to provide these items to help the tributes survive their ordeals in the arena but to purposely draw the tributes in into a confrontation with one another over the items. As a result, many of the tributes end up dying. In most Games, between 8 and 12 tributes died in the bloodbath. The bloodbath with the most casualties was the 50th, where eighteen tributes died. However, since there were double the tributes that year, other year have a much higher percentage of deaths on the first day.

The choice to make the run or not to the Cornucopia was one of the most critical initial decisions a tribute could make in the opening stages of the Games, due to the inherent high risk-high high-reward nature of the choice. Many tributes ultimately elected to venture into the opening scramble for a chance to get some of the plethora of valuable items scattered around, while others chose to outright flee into the arena to avoid the impending slaughter. Usually, between 5 and 7 tributes opted to flee. Due to their statistical advantage as athletes, having been trained in combat for years, and being a part of a large preexisting alliance, the Career tributes inevitably ended up dominating the other tributes in the opening battle and were responsible for the vast majority of the deaths in the bloodbath. As such, the bloodbath usually ended with the Careers in complete control of the Cornucopia and its cache of supplies, giving them a huge material advantage over the tributes who managed to flee the carnage early with some items and those who fled at the very start of the Games with none at all.

### Memoriam to the Fallen

Following the conclusion of a day in the arena, if there were any deaths that occurred on that particular day, a memoriam was held for the fallen tributes that was displayed in the sky high above of the arena. This memoriam is typically held at an unspecified time in the early night and began with the playing of the national anthem and display of the national emblem. This was followed by the showing of an image of each one of the fallen tribute(s) that died in ascending order of their respective district with their district being displayed under their picture. The largest and most significant memoriam occurred during the first night to represent the equally large amount of deaths that occur during the Cornucopia bloodbath. Subsequent memoriams typically displayed only 1-4 deaths, if any, and were held intermittently throughout the course of a Games, as tributes were gradually picked off by each other or hazards in the arena.

The memoriam served two purposes. Firstly, it acknowledged the tributes and their participation in the Games, however brief or long that may have been. Secondly, it assisted the Capitol and district audiences as well as the surviving tributes in the arena on determining who has died and the number of tributes remaining alive in the Games.

### Feasts

Main article: Feasts
Since the 19th Hunger Games, if the Gamemakers felt that there had not been enough bloodshed recently, they would invite all of the tributes to the Cornucopia for a feast. Normally, this feast featured something desirable or needed by the tributes, like food, armor, medicine, etc. However, sometimes the Gamemakers only offered something trivial, like a loaf of bread to fight over. The principle behind the feast was the same as that of the Cornucopia and the large number of supplies at the beginning of the Games: it was a ploy by the Gamemakers to draw the tributes in to force a confrontation. Some tributes chose not to attend the feast, whether because their present situation in the Games precluded them from doing so or to avoid getting caught up in the inevitable fight with other attending tributes. Attendance was by no means mandatory. However, the Gamemakers may try to strongly tempt the remaining tributes of the Games to attend with something presently vital to their survival or the survival of a member of their alliance, if they were a part of one.

## Closing Ceremonies

### Remake

Once a tribute was declared victor, they were immediately taken back to the Capitol for medical treatment. Any critical injuries sustained during their time in the arena or just prior to their victory are addressed mid-flight, as was the case with Peeta in regard to his leg injury. If any body parts were lost or amputated, prosthetics would be offered, although some victors, like Chaff Boivin, refused this treatment. Upon arrival at the Training Center, the newly minted victor was transported to a dedicated medical facility in the sublevels of the building, below even the training gymnasium, to receive top-of-the-line medical treatment. This medical treatment was so thorough that all scars and burns received in the arena were faded or gone, and the victor was largely without any blemish from their time in the arena.

### Victory Ceremony

Once a tribute physically recovered from the damages they sustained in arena, they were reunited with their team, including their mentor, stylist, and escort. Their prep team once again gave them a makeover, with their stylist adding the finishing touches before fitting them into the formal attire they wore for the recap. Later in the evening, the new victor was brought to the studio once again, and the victor and their team met with Caesar Flickerman. The prep team, stylist, escort, and mentor were all introduced to the audience and congratulated for their role in their tribute's victory. Unlike the tribute interviews, which lasted only three minutes, the recap was a three-hour long event. During this event, the Games were recapped essentially into a story following the victor, with the first hour and a half usually focusing on the pre-arena events such as the reaping, tribute parade, training score, and tribute interview. The remaining time was focused on their time in the arena and followed the victor specifically through the events of the Games that ultimately led to their victory. While the event was meant to celebrate a tribute's victory in the Games, it was very traumatic ordeal for the victor, as it involved the victor having to essentially relive the most brutal and trying moments of their Games, and therefore life, less than a day after leaving the arena.

Following the recap, the victors met with the President, who proceeded to crown the victor with the victory crown. The victor and their entourage were then brought to the Victory Banquet, a lavish dinner held in honor of the victor at the President's mansion. During the banquet, the victor partook in a final interview with Caesar Flickerman in an isolated room at the mansion. During this interview, Caesar posed a slew of questions, typically focusing on the actions the victor made during the games, the reasoning behind some of the decisions they took, and how they responded to the challenges they faced in the arena, among others. The interview was fairly short, but much longer than the tribute interviews, after which the victor enjoys the rest of the night at the banquet before returning to their apartments at the Training Center. The following day, the victor departed the Capitol with their escort and mentor on a train bound for their home district to begin their life as their district's newest victor. Upon arrival in their district, the victor was typically celebrated and applauded by the district's populace for the victory in the Games and ability to return home.

## Arena

Main article: Arena
The arena was the setting of where each and every Hunger Games were held, consisting of an artificial outdoor environment designed and constructed by the Gamemakers. The arena could take a wide variety of forms and settings, including a verdant jungle, a dense forest, a scorching desert, a frozen wasteland, a destroyed urban environment, and many more. Arenas were usually large and circular in shape, though others were smaller and/or in a different shape, but most were several kilometers in diameter and thus covered an area of several dozen to a few hundred square kilometers.

Arenas were heavily modulated and controllable, with the Gamemakers able to spontaneously create force fields to sequester parts of the arena, control the weather, and generate hazards at a moment's notice. The Gamemakers could also modify the physical environment as well, such as spontaneously starting forest fires or draining bodies of water like lake and rivers. In addition, the arena had a number of hidden traps in place such as fireball launchers or by making the environment itself poisonous and could be populated with deadly genetically engineered creatures known as muttations. Both these traps and muttations serve as an added environmental danger the tributes must contend with, along with each other. The highly customizable nature of the arena allowed the Gamemaker to easily employ new twist into the Games on the fly, enabling them to keep the Games entertaining even when tribute-on-tribute combat is low or lackluster. However, the Gamemakers will sometimes stretch the Games out even further, as longer, but still bloody, Games tended to have better reception.

Most arenas possessed a Cornucopia, typically at or near its center, where the tributes were launched around in a semicircle. All recent arenas were also surrounded by a dome-shaped force field that completely enclosed it. These force fields were capable of bouncing back any object that struck it and should a tribute have the misfortune of striking or crashing into the force field themselves, the resulting shock could kill said tribute. The arena was populated by anywhere between 600 and 12500 hidden cameras dispersed throughout the grounds of the arenas. This allowed the Gamemakers to observe every action of the tributes at all times and quickly focus in on action between tributes should it occur.

## Aspects of the Games

### Mentoring

Main article: Mentors
Each living victor from each district was given the task of mentoring the next slate of tributes for the Games each year. Victors would typically start mentoring the year they turned 20. If there was only one living victor, they would be the mentor for both tributes (e.g. Haymitch Abernathy mentored both Katniss and Peeta for the 74th and 75th Hunger Games). Any living victor, mentor or not, was required to visit the Capitol to watch the Games, visit the residents, and make Capitol TV cameos, but the mentors come alongside their respective district tributes to watch the ceremonies of the Games live. Mentors were very important as they gave advice to their tributes, assisted in the forming of alliances, politicked for their tributes, secured sponsors, and controlled the sending of any gifts into the arena. A good clear-minded mentor was imperative to the success and ultimate victory of their tributes in their Games, with very few exceptions.

### Tokens

Main article: Token
Each tribute was allowed one token from their district, to represent and remind them of home, however, they would not be able to be used as weapons or give the tribute any advantage, no matter how small. They were very carefully examined and checked for any hidden advantages. In the 74th Hunger Games, Glimmer, the female tribute from District 1, had her token, a ring, confiscated because it carried a hidden poisoned spike. Katniss' token was a golden pin given to her by Madge Undersee showing a Mockingjay in both the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. In the Launch Room, prior to the 74th Games, Cinna stated that her pin could hardly get past the review board, and that it was almost confiscated because some people believed that it could be used as a weapon. In the 61st Hunger Games, Barley brought a turquoise necklace given to her by her mother and Dagan Starche brought a picture of his family. That same year, Caspian Hadala tried to bring a fishhook as his token, but it was expectedly confiscated. In the 70th Hunger Games, one girl's token was a small wooden ball which she dropped while on her starting plate, activating the mine underneath her feet and killing her before the Games officially started. They literally had to scrape bits of her off the ground. Rue's token was a necklace made out of grass with a star-shaped charm on it. Finnick Odair's token for the 75th Hunger Games was a golden band from Haymitch, to signal Katniss to trust him in the arena. Peeta's token for the 75th Games was a golden trifold necklace with pictures of Prim, Katniss' mother, and Gale.

### Sponsors

Main article: Sponsors
As tributes battled in the arena, quite often they could become helpless (ex. when Barley was in intense pain from her axe wound, or when Sarahva Boor was bleeding out due to her ear getting chopped off) from any number of circumstances. In the opening act of the Games, the Cornucopia bloodbath, a large number of tributes found themselves fighting over many items, such as food, water, supplies, and weapons, that they needed to be a contender to winning the Hunger Games. As such, many of the tributes were left with limited or no items they wanted from the Cornucopia, or they end up losing said items during the course of the Games. Wealthy viewers or groups of people could pool their funds and send items into the arena should a tribute need something, such as food, shelter, weapons, or medicine. It is at the discretion of the tribute's mentor on when, where, and what is sent to their respective tribute(s), as they and they alone control the distribution of a tribute's sponsor money.

Courting sponsors was a dual role possessed by the tribute and their team, specifically their mentor. It was the mentor's duty to advocate on their tribute's behalf based on their talents and skills, both before and during the Games, to secure the endorsement of potential sponsors. In a similar vein, it was the duty of the stylist to properly showcase their tribute and make them memorable to Capitol citizens during the Opening Ceremonies and their Interview. Finally, it was up to the tribute themselves to utilize the advice given by their mentor and the way their stylist presents them to the Capitol to their advantage in order to attract and appeal to sponsors.

Sponsors were not restricted to Capitol citizens alone, though they were the principal benefactors of tributes due to their extreme wealth, but could also come from the districts themselves. In the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss received burn medicine and food - most notably a loaf of bread from District 11 - that she assumed was intended for Rue before her death. Katniss was extremely touched by this unheard-of gesture, as never before to her knowledge did a tribute receive a gift from another district. Most items were very limited and small, but during the 65th Hunger Games, Finnick Odair received one of the most expensive sponsorship gifts in the history of the Games: a trident.

## Quarter Quell

Main article: Quarter Quell
Every twenty-five years, the president of Panem selected a card from a box allegedly made during the original establishment of the Hunger Games, but truthfully conceptualized by Coriolanus Snow around the 18th Hunger Games, that made a change in the rules of the reapings. The rules of the reaping were modified or completely changed during these special quarter-century iterations of the Hunger Games known as the Quarter Quell. The purpose of the Quarter Quells were to keep the memory for why the Games are held fresh for the citizens of Panem, with the special rules for each Quell being specifically tailored toward the actions of the rebels during the First Rebellion. For the 25th Hunger Games, the First Quarter Quell, its special rule stipulated that the districts were to elect the male and female tributes that they would send to the Capitol, rather than them being randomly chosen by lottery. For the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell, its special rule stipulated that each district was required to double the amount of tributes and as such reap two girls and two boys for a total of 48 tributes to compete, instead of the usual 24. Finally, in the 75th Hunger Games, the Third Quarter Quell, its special rule stipulated that the reaping of potential tributes was restricted to each district's pool of existing victors, thus forcing past victors of the Games, regardless of age, to once again participate in the Hunger Games. However, the 3rd Quarter Quell was originally supposed to reap children ages 10-15, but this was changed to target Katniss. The previous victors returning to the arenas was the original plan for the 5th Quarter Quell. There were plans for all Quells up to the 50th Quarter Quell (or 1250th Hunger Games).

## List of Hunger Games

### 1st Hunger Games

The 1st Hunger Games were held shortly after the destruction of District 13, when the First Rebellion was put down by the Capitol, signaling the start of the Dark Days. They were held in the Capitol Arena. The first twenty-four tributes were reaped from the surviving twelve districts. These Games lasted under a day. The 1st Hunger Games were won by Prent of District 8. The final scene of Prent slicing up the tribute from District Seven became an iconic moment depicted in many pieces of artwork.

### 2nd Hunger Games

The 2nd Hunger Games were also held in the Capitol Arena, which would become a trend until the 12th Hunger Games. They lasted two days. The victor of these Games was Cestus of District 11.

### 3rd Hunger Games

The 3rd Hunger Games were won by Buck of District 10. This was the first time a 17-year-old-won the Games. The Games lasted four days.

### 4th Hunger Games

The 4th Hunger Games were won by Jamie of District 9. These games had a duration of one day.

### 5th Hunger Games

The 5th Hunger Games were won by Williard of District 5. These games had a duration of three days.

### 6th Hunger Games

The 6th Hunger Games were won by Spall of District 2. This was the first time a 16-year-old-won the Games. This was also the first time a tribute (Spall) volunteered for the Hunger Games. The Games lasted four days.

### 7th Hunger Games

The 7th Hunger Games were won by Phillip of District 1. These games lasted eight days, the second longest lasting Games before the Capitol Arena was retired.

### 8th Hunger Games

The 8th Hunger Games were won by Artin of District 3. These games had a duration of six days.

### 9th Hunger Games

The 9th Hunger Games were won by Saturn of District 11. These games had a duration of six days. This marked the first time when muttations were released into the arena, as Volumnia Gaul genetically engineered chimpanzees to attack the tributes.

### 10th Hunger Games

The 10th Hunger Games was the first Hunger Games to introduce mentors for the tributes, recruiting twenty-four of the Capitol Academy's best and brightest seniors. Lucretius Flickerman interviewed the tributes before the Games began. Additionally, these Hunger Games were the first to introduce a sponsorship program, where mentors could provide food and water to tributes who had received bets from viewers. The Games officially lasted five days and Dr. Gaul released snake mutts into the arena.

Many tributes and their mentors were killed before the Games officially began, following an explosion in the Capitol and prior to the bombing, a tribute was executed after killing their mentor, while several other tributes were executed after trying to escape following the bombing, a further tribute died trying to escape and one tribute died of illness before the Games began. The chain of embarrassments continued as the winner received illegal help from their mentor. Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul deleted all but the master copy of the recordings due to the Games making the Capitol look weak. Future Panem President Coriolanus Snow served as the mentor for the victor, Lucy Gray Baird of District 12, the first female victor.

#### Known Tributes

* Facet - District 1 (21st place)
* Velvereen - District 1 (20th place)
* Marcus - District 2 (15th place)
* Sabyn - District 2 (19th place)
* Circ - District 3 (7th place)
* Teslee - District 3 (4th place)
* Mizzen - District 4 (5th place)
* Coral - District 4 (6th place)
* Hy - District 5 (16th place)
* Sol - District 5 (12th place)
* Otto - District 6 (22nd place)
* Ginnee - District 6 (23rd place)
* Treech - District 7 (3rd place)
* Lamina - District 7 (10th place)
* Bobbin - District 8 (13th place)
* Wovey - District 8 (8th place)
* Panlo - District 9 (17th place)
* Sheaf - District 9 (18th place)
* Tanner - District 10 (9th place)
* Brandy - District 10 (24th place)
* Reaper - District 11 (2nd place)
* Dill - District 11 (14th place)
* Jessup Diggs - District 12 (11th place)
* Lucy Gray Baird - District 12 (Victor)

### 11th Hunger Games

The 11th Hunger Games were won by Margaret "Mags" Flanagan of District 4. The Games had a duration of nine days, setting a new record. Mags had the ability to construct baskets so tightly woven that even water couldn't seep through. This contributed to her victory. Dr. Gaul continued to serve as Head Gamemaker, implementing her protegé Snow's suggestions. This is the point where the Games exploded into popularity and propaganda success as opposed to the low attendance and lack of interest shown to the first 10 Games. Mags went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

#### Known Tributes

* Margaret Flanagan - District 4 (Victor)

### 12th Hunger Games

The 12th Hunger Games were won by Dion of District 2. They were the last Games to use the Capitol Arena. They lasted six days.

### 13th Hunger Games

The 13th Hunger Games were the first Hunger Games to take place in an outdoor arena (a mangrove swamp). Stylists were introduced, with each district getting one stylist assigned to it. The victor was Vincent from District 4, who won after nine days.

### 14th Hunger Games

The 14th Hunger Games were again held in a mangrove swamp arena. A three-day training period was introduced for the tributes before the Games, as well as whole prep teams. Branny Leftum from District 9 won after only four days.

* Branny Leftum - District 9 (Victor)

### 15th Hunger Games

The 15th Hunger Games were won by Hedon of District 1. The arena was a savannah infected with toxins, which caused all tributes except Hedon to die by the start of the third day. This is the first usage of the golden Cornucopia in the center of the arena. Florus Friend was the interviewer this year, as Lucretius Flickerman was ill. Victors started to mentor some of the tributes, and Hedon was mentored by Phillip. Both of them became the residents of the first Victors Villages.

* Hedon - District 1 (Victor)

### 16th Hunger Games

William "Woof" Nylon from District 8 won the 16th Hunger Games by slaying dozens of wolf mutts and shoving Pierce Harlow into a pack of them. These Games were over twice as long than any previous games, lasting nineteen days. This is most likely due to the giant redwood forest arena. The Fallen was introduced this year, as was the Victory Tour, at request of Coriolanus Snow. Woof went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

#### Known Tributes

* Pierce Harlow - District 2 (2nd place)
* William Nylon - District 8 (Victor)

### 17th Hunger Games

Tamora from District 2 won the 17th Hunger Games. The Games took place in a vast rainforest and lasted twenty-one days. Tamora was the first 15-year-old victor, and she and her district partner Victor are considered the very first Career Tributes. These were the last games which Dr. Gaul participated in, as she suffered from a heart attack two months after.

#### Known Tributes

* Victor - District 2 (6th place)
* Tamora - District 2 (Victor)

### 18th Hunger Games

The 18th Hunger Games were the first that had an arena that involved manmade structures other than the Cornucopia (except for the Capitol Arena), being held in a recreational park. These were the first Games created by Head Gamemaker Nero Paulus and they lasted twenty days. Malcolm of District 8 was the victor.

### 19th Hunger Games

Leon from District 4 won the 19th Hunger Games by hiding in the Cornucopia during the Feast (a new feature this year), then hopping out and killing the second-last tribute. These Games had a duration of eleven days.

### 20th Hunger Games

The 20th Hunger Games were the first Games to result in consecutive victories of one district, as Brooke from District Four won these Games. They lasted exactly two weeks and were held in an abandoned junkyard.

### 21st Hunger Games

The arena for the 21st Hunger Games was a wide rocky plateau. Star of District 1 won these Games after fifteen days.

### 22nd Hunger Games

The 22nd Hunger Games stand out for being the first Games to take place in a fully enclosed area (a giant pyramid). The tributes were allowed to bring in tokens from their family and friends this year. The district partner of victor Olivia, Marlin, took advantage of this by hiding a small knife in his token. Mummified cats came back to life as muttations and tore apart some tributes. The Games lasted twenty days.

#### Known Tributes

* Marlin - District 4 (9th place)
* Olivia - District 4 (Victor)

### 23rd Hunger Games

Aspen, the first victor from District 7, won the 23rd Hunger Games. They were held in a bamboo forest and lasted a week. The private sessions with the Gamemakers were introduced this year.

### 24th Hunger Games

Diesel, the first victor from District 6, won the 24th Hunger Games. The Games only lasted two days, as the arena was a burning, torturing, traumatic hellscape and most of the tributes either were killed in horrible ways or committed suicide.

### 25th Hunger Games (First Quarter Quell)

Main article: 25th Hunger Games
The 25th Hunger Games was the first Quarter Quell in the history of the Games, and each district had to elect its own tributes as per the Quarter Quell rules written for the 25th Games. The victor of these Games, Harold of District 2, wasn't alive at the time of the 3rd Quarter Quell. Harold was voted for his strength and cleverness and won after twelve days. These Games took place in and around beautiful mesa canyons and had one of the highest watch rates.

### 26th Hunger Games

The 26th Hunger Games took place on mountains. Lumina from District 1 won these Games after eighteen days.

### 27th Hunger Games

The 27th Hunger Games took place on a street of extravagant vacation homes. Russel from District 1 won these Games after seven days. This was Nero Paulus' tenth year as Head Gamemaker.

### 28th Hunger Games

The 28th Hunger Games took place in an autumn forest and contained the first instance of cannibalism in the Games. Anaxandra from District 2 won these Games after only four days.

### 29th Hunger Games

Seeder Fermi from District 11 won the 29th Hunger Games, which were held in an illusionary coral reef filled with simulated water. The Games lasted 15 days, and vicious stingray mutts came out for the last five days. Seeder went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 30th Hunger Games

The 30th Hunger Games were won by Proteus of District 4 after two weeks. The Games were held in a fjord with caverns.

### 31st Hunger Games

The 31st Hunger Games included Barrett of District 2 who emerged victorious after nineteen days of intense battle in the Acropolis of Athens as it was like in the 21st century. This was the first of a few Games where the arena was a ruined city.

* Barrett - District 2 (Victor)

### 32nd Hunger Games

Augusta from District 2 won the 32nd Hunger Games. They were held in a rickety mineshaft and had a duration of fifteen days.

### 33rd Hunger Games

The 33rd Hunger Games were the last Games to be overseen by Nero Paulus, so he wanted to go out with a bang. He designed the largest arena in history, a buzzing metropolis. The Games lasted for nineteen days until Stanley of District 1 won by shoving his final opponent, Auger of District 12, off the highest building in the city.

#### Known Tributes

* Stanley - District 1 (Victor)
* Auger - District 12 (2nd place)

### 34th Hunger Games

Elsie, one of the first two graduates from the District 4 Hunger Games Training School, won the 34th Hunger Games. Florus Friend interviewed the tributes again this year because Lucretius Flickerman's dementia was getting severe. Celia Feeder became the Head Gamemaker these Games, and the arena was a recreation of the hills where the catacombs lie where tributes are buried that Capitol citizens can tour after the Games. On the seventeenth day, zombie muttations of many dead tributes from previous Games rose back to life and killed a few tributes. The next day, Elsie won by killing the last of the zombie tributes with a trident while her competitors were killed by them.

### 35th Hunger Games

Caesar Flickerman stated interviewing this year and would continue to do so every year for the duration of the Games. The 35th Hunger Games were won by Jackson of District 11 after seventeen days of medieval warfare in an ancient castle.

### 36th Hunger Games

Gwendolyn of District 4 won the 36th Hunger Games, which were held in a magic crystal cave arena. The Games had a duration of fourteen days.

### 37th Hunger Games

Drara of District 3 won the 37th Hunger Games, which were held in an abandoned, eerie, ghost town arena. The Games had a duration of six days.

### 38th Hunger Games

The 38th Hunger Games included Porter Millicent Tripp of District 5 who won the Games despite sustaining a broken neck in the final showdown on the beachside highway. Bloodthirsty dark gray seagulls were unleashed by the Gamemakers. The Games lasted eight days and Porter is one of only two victors to have won without killing any other tributes.

#### Known Tributes

* Porter Millicent Tripp - District 5 (Victor)

### 39th Hunger Games

Beetee Latier, from District 3, won the 39th Hunger Games. At the Cornucopia, which was in the center of a large hedge maze, Beetee took electronic supplies, then ran away. On the twenty-second day, the only other tributes that remained were the six Career tributes (this was also the first year where all six tributes from districts 1, 2, and 4 were Careers) and he set up a wired trap which killed all six Careers. Beetee went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell. Tracker jackers attacked tributes when they took a wrong turn in the labyrinth.

### 40th Hunger Games

Sylva Mayleaf of District 9 won the 40th Hunger Games. Sylva became addicted to morphling after the Games. She only won because she hid through most of the Games, then, once only four tributes remained, she snuck up behind the other three and impaled them with a pitchfork. The arena this year was a minuscule version of the Earth as it looked in the 21st century. Sylva became addicted to morphling after the Games.

### 41st Hunger Games

Marissa of District 8 won the 41st Hunger Games. They took place in a tribal village and lasted seventeen days. This was Celia Feeder's last year as Head Gamemaker.

### 42nd Hunger Games

Fallow O'Leary of District 9 won the 42nd Hunger Games. The Games lasted two weeks and took place in a winter wonderland arena. Fallow became addicted to morphling, tobacco, and alcohol after his Games. Priscus Piso became the Head Gamemaker this year.

### 43rd Hunger Games

The 43rd Hunger Games, which took place in a Nazi-Germany style labour camp, were won by Brutus Stein from District 2 after ten days. Brutus was the tribute who has the most kills in one year, slaughtering nine of his fellow tributes. Brutus went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 44th Hunger Games

The 44th Hunger Games were fan favourites for taking place in a football field. They lasted six days and were won by Callie of District 1.

### 45th Hunger Games

The 45th Hunger Games included Chaff Boivin of District 11. A valley where tributes would suffer from more hallucinations the higher in altitude they go was the arena. Alongside the valley hallucinations, tracker jackers also attacked the tributes. Ten tributes died from non-homicidal causes, the highest of any Games. It ended with Chaff being victorious after nineteen days, though he lost his left arm from the elbow and below in the process. He refused to get a prosthetic replacement from the Capitol. Chaff went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 46th Hunger Games

Tilla, a girl from District 11, won the 46th Hunger Games, which were held in a zoo filled with red-eyed muttations. The muttations included tigers, guinea pigs, monkeys, lions, and peacocks, more than any other year. The Games had a duration of five days.

### 47th Hunger Games

Greene Goodman, a boy from District 5, won the 47th Hunger Games, which were held in a volcano that was modified so that tributes would only get hurt from the heat if they fell in the lava. The Games had a duration of six days. There was a swordfight on top of rocks floating in lava at the end between Greene and the girl from District 2. Greene became an alcoholic after his Games to cope with the trauma. He went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell

### 48th Hunger Games

The 48th Hunger Games included Lyme Turnbull of District 2, who emerged victorious after nine days inside of a subterranean sewer system. During the Second Rebellion, Lyme became a commander in District 2, leading the invasion of the Nut.

### 49th Hunger Games

To mentally punish rebels in District 6, Priscus Piso made the arena of the 49th Hunger Games unforested grasslands that were completely bloodstained. The victor this year was Dell from District 5. The Games lasted eighteen days.

### 50th Hunger Games (Second Quarter Quell)

The 50th Hunger Games included Maysilee Donner and Haymitch Abernathy of District 12, as well as Velvet of District 1. Being a Quarter Quell, a special amended rule was enforced. Each district would be required to reap two eligible girls and two eligible boys as tribute into the Games. This was to be a reminder that, allegedly, for every one Capitol death, the Districts lost two during the first rebellion. The arena this year was a seemingly beautiful paradise where everything in the arena was lethal. Only food and water from the Cornucopia, sponsors, and rain were safe. Most tributes stood mesmerized by the beauty of the arena before the Bloodbath, when eighteen tributes died, more than any other Games. Maysilee and Haymitch made an alliance to help each other survive. This lasted until five tributes were remaining.

Shortly after parting ways, Maysilee was killed by candy pink bird muttations with spear-like bills, placing her fifth and leaving four tributes left. Other muttations found in the arena were stinging butterflies. Then a tribute was eaten by carnivorous squirrel mutts, and the next was killed in combat by Velvet. This left Haymitch and her for the finale. Haymitch, though badly injured and literally holding his innards inside his stomach, managed victory by using the arena's forcefield to deflect a thrown axe from Velvet which rebounded killing her, leaving Haymitch as the Victor. The Games lasted twenty-eight days, longer than the duration of any other Games. The Capitol leaders and Gamemakers thought Haymitch made them look foolish with this stunt and deprived their audience a proper finale, and promptly had his family and his girlfriend killed as a result. Priscus Piso felt threatened that Snow was going to execute him for either Haymitch's stunt or letting yet another underdog win, so he stepped down from his position as Head Gamemaker for a few years.

#### Known Tributes

* Velvet - District 1 (2nd place)
* Haymitch Abernathy - District 12 (Victor)
* Maysilee Donner - District 12 (5th place)

### 51st Hunger Games

Lucius Bindlings became the Head Gamemaker for the 52nd Hunger Games. The arena was an illusory land seemingly made out of clouds that could be walked on. Giant eagles surveilled the clouds. Many tributes fell of the clouds, so these Games only lasted eight days. They were won by Spinto of District 6.

### 52nd Hunger Games

Clayton, an ambitious boy from District 2, won the 52nd Hunger Games. The tributes were lifted into a train station and the Games had a duration of twelve days.

### 53rd Hunger Games

The victor of the 53rd Hunger Games was Wiress Wright from District 3. This year's arena was a summer wisteria garden. There were no deaths from the tenth day to the start of the sixteenth day, the longest string of consecutive deathless days ever. The Games lasted for nineteen days until Wiress' final competitor died of thirst. Lucius Bindlings took a break from gamemaking after this year. Wiress went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 54th Hunger Games

The victor of the 54th Hunger Games was Sicinius Carr from District 6. The jungle arena from the 17th Hunger Games was updated and reworked for these Games. Priscus Piso stepped back into his role as Head Gamemaker. The Games lasted eighteen days and the borders of the arena were guarded by fierce monkey muttations. Sicinius won by camouflaging himself until all the other tributes were dead. This was the first year where every single tribute was mentored by a victor as opposed to a Capitol mentor, as Haymitch Abernathy started mentoring this year. Sicinius went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 55th Hunger Games

Leta Larsson from District 5 won the 55th Hunger Games. The Cornucopia was situated in the center of a natural moat intersecting a river. Leta won by shooting her final opponent with an arrow on the fifteenth day. She went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 56th Hunger Games

One of the tributes in the 56th Hunger Games was Blight Atwood from District 7. He stayed calm, collected, and quiet during training and his interview. The arena was designed like the Wild West. Blight ran away from the Cornucopia during the initial Bloodbath. On the twelfth day, all tributes were called back to the Cornucopia for a feast, and Blight viciously killed three tributes in one minute, then attacked his final competitor. Blight went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 57th Hunger Games

The 57th Hunger Games were won by Coge Atwood of District 6. She won by camouflaging herself until all the other tributes were dead. The Games had a duration of nine days and were held on an island of giant mushrooms.

### 58th Hunger Games

The 58th Hunger Games were held inside a space shuttle, which was the smallest arena ever. Cecelia Losa of District 8 won these Games even though she was three months pregnant. During her interviews with Caesar, Cecelia complained to the Capitol about how she still had to participate even though she was pregnant. Priscus Piso was executed by President Snow after these Games for allowing a controversial tribute to win. Priscus Piso became known to help the odds of tributes who were less likely to win in his last few years. These Games lasted sixteen days. Cecelia went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 59th Hunger Games

Dianthus from District 1 won the 59th Hunger Games. The arena this year was a sunny marsh and tributes fought for nineteen days. Lars Sabinus was the Head Gamemaker this year.

### 60th Hunger Games

A paleontological site was the arena for the 60th Hunger Games. Scientists incorporated raptor DNA into their muttations this year, making them seem like real raptors. The girl from District 9 this year, Lillian Bond, was a student of Mr. Mayes and a classmate of Barley Mayes. She was killed in the Bloodbath. Trawler of District 4 won the Games after fifteen days.

#### Known Tributes

* Trawler - District 4 (Victor)
* Lillian Bond - District 9 (15th place)

#### Known Tributes

* Jade - District 1
* Twinkle - District 1
* Maximus - District 2
* Perdita - District 2
* Blace - District 3
* Volta - District 3
* Caspian Hadala - District 4
* Clarisse - District 4
* Torque - District 5
* Moti - District 5
* Terminus - District 6
* Freida - District 6
* Cyprus - District 7
* Cacia - District 7
* Trevor - District 8
* Tuila - District 8
* Dagan Starche - District 9
* Barley Mayes - District 9
* Angus - District 10
* Sarahva Boor - District 10
* Emmer - District 11
* Olive - District 11
* Milo - District 12
* Rhonda - District 12

### 62nd Hunger Games

Enobaria Bernard of District 2 won the 62nd Hunger Games, killing Pike, one of her former allies from the Career Pack, by ripping open his throat with her teeth. This later became what Enobaria was best known for. She was encouraged to surgically alter her teeth, so they now end in points and are coated in gold, making them a flashy and deadly weapon. The arena this year was a ranch with a barn instead of a Cornucopia. The Games lasted exactly a week. Bulls and man-eating chicken muttations burst through fences to attack tributes. Enobaria went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

#### Known Tributes

* Enobaria Bernard - District 2 (Victor)
* Pike - District 4 (2nd place)

### 63rd Hunger Games

Gloss Osborne of District 1 was the victor of the 63rd Hunger Games. The arena was known as an "omnibiome", combining a forest, field, cave, desert, ocean, river, volcano, jungle, and snowy tundra. These Games had a duration of nine days. Gloss went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 64th Hunger Games

Cashmere Osborne of District 1 was the victor of the 64th Hunger Games. Her brother, Gloss, won the previous Games. During training, Cashmere accidentally killed one of her Career allies, leading to the rule next year that tributes could not fight, even for training, before entering the arena. This was the only time a sibling of a previous victor won the Games, let alone consecutively. The arena was a small, sandy, Australian outback. Cashmere won after six days. She went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 65th Hunger Games

Finnick Odair won the 65th Hunger Games due to his proficiency with weapons and attractiveness, both of which helped him garner sponsors. This was the first and only time a fourteen-year-old won the Games, making him win his Games the youngest. He received a trident from sponsors, which was one of the most expensive gifts ever given during the Games. Being from District 4, he was skilled with the trident and used handwoven nets to capture tributes and then stab them with his trident. The Games lasted thirteen days and were held on a tropical island. Finnick went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 66th Hunger Games

The arena of the 66th Hunger Games was a snowy mountain. The only weapons this year were spiked maces. One of the tributes from District 6, Titus, cannibalized four of his six kills. The other two were only not cannibalized because the Capitol drones stunned him while they retrieved the bodies. When only three tributes remained, an avalanche orchestrated by the gamemakers crushed Titus. On the eleventh day, the male tribute from District 10, Offal, killed the female tribute from District 2, Junia, with a mace. Offal went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

#### Known Tributes

* Junia - District 2 (2nd place)
* Titus - District 6 (3rd place)
* Offal - District 10 (Victor)

### 67th Hunger Games

The 67th Hunger Games were won by Augustus Braun of District 1, who was known as the "Cavalier Career", and hailed as "Panem's Favorite Son." Augustus was highly popular after his victory and during his Victory Tour was paraded around as a symbol of reconciliation with the districts. The Games, held in an oil refinery, had a duration of eight days.

### 68th Hunger Games

Triticale from District 9 won the 68th Hunger Games. These Games only lasted five days because many tributes died horrible, boring deaths of hypothermia because the arena was a treeless tundra, so the tributes could not make fires. This was the least popular modern Hunger Games year. This disappointed Head Gamemaker Varus Grandfeather, who vowed to make wood available in future Games.

### 69th Hunger Games

The 69th Hunger Games' arena was a burning desert filled with boulders and scruffy bushes. Many tributes this year were bitten by snakes or scorpions. Others went insane from thirst and killed themselves. The victor of these Games was Aramid of District 1, who set a record by winning despite only receiving a training score of three. Each day of the nineteen-day Games, the number of candy-pink scorpion mutts doubled.

### 70th Hunger Games

Annie Cresta of District 4 won the 70th Hunger Games. A girl from District 10 accidentally dropped her tribute token, a small wooden ball, off her pedestal before the starting gong sounded. She was exploded by the mines surrounding the pedestal. When Annie's district partner Bill was decapitated, it left her traumatized and hid for the remainder of the Games. She won only because a dam broke in the abandoned bridges arena on the eighteenth day and flooded it; Annie was the best swimmer (being from District 4) and outlasted all the remaining tributes.

#### Known Tributes

* Bill - District 4 (10th place)
* Annie Cresta - District 4 (Victor)

### 71st Hunger Games

Johanna Mason of District 7 won the 71st Hunger Games. Johanna won her games by pretending to be weak and fragile, but in reality, Johanna was a cold-hearted killer, and easily won her Games as the other tributes didn't see her as a threat, allowing her to wait until other serious threats had been dealt with and then mounting her own attack on the weakened survivors. Tributes were thrusted into a dark forest with spider mutts. The Games lasted nineteen days. Johanna went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell.

### 72nd Hunger Games

This was Seneca Crane's first year as Head Gamemaker. The arena he helped design was a vast Asian-style palace with tracker jackers in the gardens. Grotesque lizards destroyed the Careers' food supply. Carlos of District 2 won on the nineteenth day.

### 73rd Hunger Games

The 73rd Hunger Games were won by Raudel from District 2. As the arena of these Games was a ruined city, some of the tributes took advantage of the rubble. During the final battle of the Games, Raudel used a brick to smash the head of the boy from 10, Mutius.

#### Known Tributes

* Raudel - District 2 (Victor)
* Prospero - District 3 (6th place)
* Mutius - District 10 (2nd place)
* Sage Blanken - District 12 (12th place)
* Abigail Harding - District 12 (22nd place)

### 74th Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark were the victors of the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss was the second volunteer from District 12, and Peeta was reaped naturally. The tributes from Twelve made a dramatic impression at the Tribute Parade by wearing black costumes that were ignited by synthetic fire. Katniss received a score of 11, the first time a tribute from the three outlying districts got a score that high. Peeta revealed he'd always had a crush on Katniss during his interview with Caesar, sparking sympathy within the Capitol.

The arena included forests, a lake, a marsh, caves, and fields. Eleven tributes died in the Cornucopia Bloodbath. Peeta allied with the Careers for the first few days, and Katniss went off on her own after finding some supplies at the Cornucopia. When Katniss dropped a tracker jacker nets on the Careers, killing Glimmer and the District 4 female, she started to feel the effects of the tracker jacker hallucinations, so Peeta warned her to run away, then got his leg cut by Cato and abandoned for helping her. Katniss allied with Rue for four days until Rue was killed by Marvel. Retaliating, Katniss shot Marvel in the throat with an arrow. After mourning Rue and sparking uprising in the districts by doing the three finger salute, Claudius Templesmith announced that two victors could be crowned if they were from the same district.

Katniss then went searching for Peeta and found him badly wounded and camouflaged. Katniss leaded him to a cave where they attempted to heal. Katniss kissed Peeta in order to gain sponsors. On the thirteenth day, there was a feast at the Cornucopia. Peeta made Katniss promise not to attend it, but she drugged him so she could sneak off to get him medicine at the feast. Clove pinned Katniss down, intending to kill her, but Thresh heard Clove talking about Rue's death, so he smashed a rock into her head, killing her. Thresh let Katniss live in honour of Rue. The medicine Katniss retrieved for Peeta began healing, and soon he was well enough to gather berries. On the sixteenth day, Peeta unknowingly picked nightlock berries, which he thankfully did not eat, but were instead stolen and eaten by Foxface.

On the last full day, Katniss and Peeta went searching for Cato, since he was the final tribute. They spotted Cato running away from a pack of wolf muttations and all three tributes were chased on top of the Cornucopia. Cato held Peeta in a chokehold, claiming if Katniss kills Cato, he'd kill Peeta. Katniss shot Cato's hand, making him lose his grip and fall off into the horde of mutts. They attempted to tear apart his flesh for hours until Katniss, eighteen days after the beginning of the Games, put Cato out of misery with an arrow. A new announcement was made trying to revoke the previous rule change allowing two Victors, but Katniss and Peeta threatened a double suicide, so Seneca Crane allowed them to both win. This sparked rebellion in many non-Career districts, which incentivized President Snow to execute Crane. Katniss and Peeta went on to participate in the 3rd Quarter Quell the next year.

#### Known Tributes

* Marvel - District 1 (8th place)
* Glimmer - District 1 (12th place)
* Cato - District 2 (3rd place)
* Clove - District 2 (6th place)
* District 3 male - District 3 (9th place)
* District 3 female - District 3 (21st place)
* Bravura - District 4 (15th place)
* Marina - District 4 (11th place)
* District 5 male - District 5 (18th place)
* Foxface - District 5 (4th place)
* Jason - District 6 (16th place)
* District 6 female - District 6 (20th place)
* District 7 male - District 7 (19th place)
* District 7 female - District 7 (17th place)
* District 8 male - District 8 (23rd place)
* District 8 female - District 8 (13th place)
* District 9 male - District 9 (24th)
* District 9 female - District 9 (14th place)
* Terry - District 10 (10th place)
* District 10 female - District 10 (22nd place)
* Thresh - District 11 (5th place)
* Rue Brownlow - District 11 (7th place)
* Peeta Mellark - District 12 (Victor)
* Katniss Everdeen - District 12 (Victor)

### 75th Hunger Games (Third Quarter Quell)

The special twist for the 75th Hunger Games was changed from tributes being reaped from ages 10-15 to tributes being reaped from the existing pool of Victors. This was in order to kill many controversial Victors, especially Katniss Everdeen. Many stylists copied Cinna's idea from the prior year to use synthetic fire costumes to poor results. Katniss and Peeta received 12 as training scores in order to make them targets. This was Plutarch Heavensbee's first and only year as Head Gamemaker. Through Katniss and Peeta were unaware, the tributes from Districts 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11 were in an alliance run by Heavensbee to help the victors, especially Katniss, escape the arena and become symbols of the rebellion.

The arena this year was a jungle with saltwater beaches. In the center, around the Cornucopia, was a pool of oceanic water spilt into 12 different sectors. Each sector represented a different horror that would happen in different hours, like a disaster clock. The Cornucopia only held weapons this year, so all tributes had to rely on sponsors for water. Eight tributes died in the Cornucopia Bloodbath. Finnick Odair gathered Katniss, Peeta, and Mags on the first day and they ran into the jungle. Peeta's sword struck the forcefield, stopping his heart. Finnick revived him and Katniss was relieved.

Very early on the next morning, poisonous fog, one of the disasters, infiltrated the sector of the arena the four tributes were sleeping in. Katniss warned the others to run and Finnick tried carrying Mags, but he couldn't keep up with her on his back, so she voluntarily committed suicide. Monkey muttations attacked Peeta, but Coge sacrificed herself to save him. Johanna Mason, Beetee, and Wiress washed up on the beach. Johanna is angry at the blood rain they had just escaped from, Beetee was beat up and obsessing over a coil, and Wiress was shell-shocked and repeatedly said "Tick-tock," trying to explain that she knew the arena was a clock. When Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, Johanna, Beetee, and Wiress gathered at the Cornucopia to restock and figure out the arena, Gloss slitted Wiress' throat. Katniss shot Gloss with her bow and arrow, and Johanna threw her axe at Cashmere.

Several additional obstacles were created by the Gamemakers until Beetee set up a "trap" near the tree that got struck by lightning one hour each day using his coil of wire. He claimed the "trap" was to kill the Careers but it was actually to break open the arena to escape. Johanna cut open Katniss' arm to extract her tracker. Katniss initially thought Johanna was trying to kill her, but she heard Finnick say "Remember who the real enemy is," quoting her mentor Haymitch. She realized they were planning to escape the arena, so she connected Beetee's wire to an arrow and shot the arrow at the domed forcefield of the arena, breaking the ceiling. Rebel hovercraft flew down to extract Katniss, Finnick, and Beetee. After Peeta killed Brutus in revenge for Chaff's death, Johanna, Peeta, and Enobaria were captured by the Capitol. This is the only edition to not have a Victor due to the destruction of the Arena. This was the final Games in Panem due to the outbreak of the Second Rebellion during the Games. The Games only lasted three days. There are six tributes who survived after the destruction of the arena, one of which (Finnick) was killed in the war.

#### Known Tributes

* Gloss Osborne - District 1 (11th place)
* Cashmere Osborne - District 1 (10th place)
* Brutus Stein - District 2 (7th place)
* Enobaria Bernard - District 2 (Survived)
* Beetee Latier - District 3 (Survived)
* Wiress Wright - District 3 (12th place)
* Finnick Odair - District 4 (Survived)
* Margaret Flanagan - District 4 (15th place)
* Greene Goodman - District 5 (24th place)
* Leta Larsson - District 5 (13th place)
* Sicinius Carr (Male Morphling) - District 6 (19th place)
* Coge Magorian (Female Morphling) - District 6 (14th place)
* Blight Atwood - District 7 (16th place)
* Johanna Mason - District 7 (Survived)
* William Nylon - District 8 (20th place)
* Cecelia Losa - District 8 (21st place)
* Fallow O'Leary - District 9 (23rd place)
* Sylva Mayleaf - District 9 (18th place)
* Offal Tripe - District 10 (9th place)
* Sarahva Boor - District 10 (17th place)
* Chaff Boivin - District 11 (8th place)
* Seeder Fermi - District 11 (22nd place)
* Peeta Mellark - District 12 (Survived)
* Katniss Everdeen - District 12 (Survived)

## Trivia

* Throughout the history of the Hunger Games, there have been a total of 1,824 tributes that have participated in the seventy-five Hunger Games ever held (24 tributes x 75 years + 24 extra in the Second Quarter Quell). However, there were only 1,800 unique tributes due to nature of the Third Quarter Quell, whose rule specified tributes be reaped from the existing pool of victors. On the eve of the 75th Hunger Games, there were 59 living victors out of the 75 in total that won. By the end of the Second Rebellion of the 1,800 unique tributes reaped for the Hunger Games, 1,791 were deceased (99.5% of all tributes). 1,725 died in the Hunger Games they participated in, while 66 more tributes, all victors, died either before the 75th Hunger Games due to various causes including natural death (16), during the 75th Hunger Games as participants who failed to survive until the Arena was destroyed (18), or during the Victors' Purge that occurred during the Second Rebellion or in battle during the Second Rebellion (32). Thus, only 9 remaining victors (0.5% of all tributes): Beetee Latier, Haymitch Abernathy, Enobaria, Annie Cresta, Johanna Mason, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, and two others were left alive that can be said to have witnessed, participated, and survived the Hunger Games, and all except Annie, Haymitch, and the two other victors having the notable distinction of doing so twice.
* There were two other "Hunger Games" that technically never occurred but were seen as hypothetical. The first refers to the Battle of the Capitol, in which the defensive system of the Capitol city streets consisted of pods that unleashed death traps when activated. When looking at the schematics of the Capitol, it was eerily similar to the set-up at the Cornucopia before the combat started at a regular Hunger Games. Plutarch Heavensbee, Katniss, and possibly even other former tributes took note of this, and Katniss and Finnick recited the infamous line, "let the 76th Annual Hunger Games begin".
	+ The second was proposed prior to Snow's execution, during a meeting with the seven surviving victors and President Alma Coin to vote on whether or not to hold one final Hunger Games, this time with Capitol children. Peeta, Annie, and Beetee voted against it while Johanna, Enobaria, Katniss, and Haymitch voted for it - though Katniss and Haymitch voted yes so President Coin would believe she had Katniss on her side. While approved of, this Hunger Games was never held and ultimately cancelled following Coin's assassination by Katniss and Snow's subsequent lynching and death. This proposed Hunger Games, had it been held, would have been the actual 76th Hunger Games. As it is, only 75 official Hunger Games took place, the *de facto* 76th being a nickname for the final battle of the Second Rebellion, while the hypothetical 77th would have been the *de jure* 76th had it not been tabled and cancelled.
* After the Hunger Games were abolished, memorials were set up.
* After a Hunger Games edition had ended, the associated arena became a tourist attraction where people could vacation and re-watch the Games, tour the catacombs, visit the places deaths took place and do re-enactments of the bloodiest scenes.
* The Reaping took place on July 4th, Independence Day in the United States in the 21st century.
	+ The Hunger Games started in mid-July at 10:00 AM.
* The youth of the participants and brutality of the Hunger Games resulted in many of the victors suffering from PTSD and subsequent substance abuse to cope: Annie Cresta, the Morphlings, Chaff, and Haymitch were some of the most notable examples. Annie suffered from severe PTSD that manifested as mental issues, the Morphlings became deeply addicted to morphling, while Chaff and Haymitch both descended into severe alcoholism, all of which was direct or indirect result of the aftermath of their respective Hunger Games. Even those that didn't descend into abuse were severely traumatized by their experience, as shown by Katniss and Peeta, both of whom suffered terrible nightmares from their ordeals in the 74th Hunger Games, a trait shared by most of the other victors.