6th Hunger Games

The **6th Hunger Games** took place in 6 ATT. These were the 6th annual Hunger Games to take place. The victor was sixteen-year-old Cascade Del Marco of District 4. The daughter of two craftsmen who worked making nets, Cascade was quite resourceful. She fashioned a spear with an axe head, forging a makeshift trident. She killed 6 tributes.

## Before the Games

### July 3rd - Reaping Day

Reaping Day took place July 3rd, as it has since the inception of the Games. The reapings, the selection-by-lottery of the 24 tributes, took place as normal. No volunteers were among the tributes due to the absence of the volunteering system. Tributes from each district were selected as follows:

* The same day, July 3rd, tributes were transported via cattle car to the Capitol.
	+ Walker Tides (District 4 Male) dies enroute to the Capitol from a grand-mal seizure. This was a pre-existing condition.
* Tributes are housed in makeshift cells in an old warehouse once again. This summer had above average temperatures, leading to dehydration and heat exhaustion.

### July 4th-9th

* As in the first 5 iterations of the Games, the tributes were once again subjected to meager sustenance and deplorable living conditions.
* This cruel environment resulted in the severe illness of many tributes, three of whom died due to dehydration, one from hunger, and two others dying from unidentified ailments. One more died after being severely beaten by Peacekeepers.
	+ Erik Sift (District 8 Male), died July 6th from dehydration in the sweltering summer heat.
	+ Quinn Harper (District 5 Female), died July 6th from an unidentified ailment.
	+ Rylan Quarry (District 12 Male), died July 7th from dehydration and heat exhaustion.
	+ Cambria Neets (District 3 Female), died July 7th from dehydration and heat exhaustion, suffering in her cell.
	+ Bastien Roussel (District 10 Male), died July 7th from an unidentified ailment.
	+ Leocadius Stone (District 2 Male), died July 8th after being severely beaten by Peacekeepers for disobeying. He was beaten and left to die on the night of July 7th with multiple head wounds, broken ribs, a fractured arm, and a punctured lung.
	+ Jessamine Dupont (District 8 Female), died July 9th from severe hunger and heat exhaustion.
* The carelessness of the tributes' treatment continued to be a point of non-importance for the Capitol. However, some Gamemakers and officials have grown frustrated with this, wanting the Hunger Games to be more impactful.
* 16 tributes survived to fight in the Hunger Games, which began on July 10th.

## The Games

### Day 1

* The Games were held in the Capitol Arena, an old stadium converted into a fighting arena.
* There was no traditional Cornucopia horn, as it was still early in the history of the Hunger Games.
* 5 tributes die during the first few minutes of the Games after tributes are released from the horse chutes into the arena.
	+ Casimir Aetherius (District 5 Male): Impaled by Octavian Prestoncrest moments after the Games begin.
	+ Febia Butte (District 6 Female): Strangled by Cascade Del Marco during the initial fighting.
	+ Faelan Stable (District 10 Female): Struck in the chest by a thrown knife from Thelonius Greer.
	+ Leander Spurian (District 6 Male): Beaten unconscious by Octavian and throat slit by Evane Hathaway.
	+ Rown Hansen (District 9 Male): Killed instantly by Ayanna Dahl's blow to the back of his head.
* By the end of the day, the 6th Hunger Games have claimed the lives of five more tributes:
	+ Esme Meadowlark (District 11 Female): Dies after falling while attempting to climb out of the stadium; she breaks her neck in the fall.
	+ Enzo Wood (District 7 Male): Killed by Octavian Prestoncrest, who reveals his sadistic nature and takes pleasure in the act.
	+ Ayanna Dahl (District 7 Female): Killed by Cascade Del Marco using a makeshift trident, a deadly weapon fashioned from an axe head.
	+ Thelonius Greer (District 3 Male): Killed by Cascade Del Marco with the same trident that claimed Ayanna's life.
	+ Corinna Shafton (District 12 Female): Killed by Mathis Laurent during a struggle over a hiding place; Mathis, the larger and stronger opponent, prevails in the fight.

### Day 2

Day 2 ended in an unceremonius fashion, filled with blood and violence.

* Evane Hathaway (District 1 Female): Killed by Octavian Prestoncrest. Octavian attacked Evane by surprise, viciously stabbing her with a knife.
* Marlowe Flint (District 2 Female): Killed by Octavian Prestoncrest. Octavian overpowered Marlowe and killed her, likely using a knife as well.
* Mathis Laurent (District 11 Male): Killed in a fight with Cascade Del Marco over a lookout spot near the weapons pile.
* Jessamine Dupont (District 8 Female): Killed by Cascade Del Marco, after attempting to attack Cascade, being struck by Cascade's makeshift trident.
* Octavian Prestoncrest (District 1 Male): Killed by Cascade Del Marco. In a final confrontation, Cascade outmaneuvered Octavian, using her longer-reach trident to spear him and emerge victorious.

## Post-Games

* Cascade Del Marco (District 4 Female), as the victor, receives no special rewards or treatment and returns to District 4 to resume her former life.
* She is hailed as "Queen of the Seas" in the newspapers, commended for her makeshift spear and for killing Octavian, who was written in the papers as a villain.
* Cascade begins work in the shipyards, falling in love with sailing and working on District 4's boats. She dies at sea at age 45 when her boat runs aground and kills all onboard. (35 ATT)