Victory Tour

A **Victory Tour** was an event that occurred six months after each Hunger Games when the Capitol required the victor(s) to travel throughout the nation of Panem with their mentor, escort, prep team, and stylist, giving speeches and eulogies to each district. Initially created by a team of Gamemakers including then intern Coriolanus Snow and Head Gamemaker Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the Victory Tour was first executed in the 11th Hunger Games, alongside The Fallen.

The tour started with District 12 and went down each district number. It skipped the victor's respective district to save for a final celebration. It concluded within the Capitol with an extremely extravagant celebration. Designed to lower the districts' self-esteem and exemplify the power the Capitol had over them, the Tour was placed about halfway between editions of the annual Games in order to keep the horror fresh and immediate.

## Pre-Victory Tour

Before the Victory Tour commenced, the prep team and stylists arrived to the residence of the respective victor to begin preparations for public appearances. The first appearance that the victors made was a brief interview with Caesar Flickerman or any Capitol interviewer in front of their home in the Victor's Village. After the interview, they immediately left for the districts.

The victor(s) gave a speech in each district which was usually already prepared by their escort and mentor(s). The speech offered thanks to the Capitol for their "generosity" and offered their condolences to the fallen tributes' family members.

## 16th Hunger Games

Woof Nylon, six months after the 16th Hunger Games, was the first tribute to go on a victory tour. He brought along his dog-wolf hybrid.

## 38th Hunger Games

Porter Millicent Tripp was the victor of the 38th Hunger Games, and during the final battle of her Games, she sustained a back injury, forcing her to wear a neck brace throughout the entirety of her tour.

## 67th Hunger Games

Augustus Braun was this year's victor and was considered Panem's favorite son and the 'Cavalier Career'. Augustus was considered as a figure of reconciliation between the districts and the Capitol. He was very popular during his tour. Augustus was described as having a 'bright and optimistic ensemble,' that contrasted his 'unkempt persona cultivated during his Games'. 'The Capitol sang his praises during his Victory Tour as he brought with him a message of prosperity and reconciliation between the people,'

## 74th Hunger Games

A day before the Victory Tour of the 74th Hunger Games commenced, President Snow personally met with Katniss Everdeen. He informed her that several districts viewed her act with the berries as an act of defiance, with Snow elaborating that he understood Katniss just wanted to save her own life. He threatened that if she did not convince him personally that she and Peeta were in love, then the lives of her loved ones, such as Gale, Prim and her mother, were under threat.

Katniss and Peeta's Victory Tour first began with interviews with Caesar Flickerman as the Capitol checked on the victors just before they left for the districts. The pair slipped and fell, kissing to play up to the cameras and their persona cultivated during their games.

During Katniss and Peeta's victory tour, the deceased tributes of each tributes were shown on animated holographic screens. In District 11, Thresh had two family members standing in front of his hologram (his sister and grandmother). Rue's mother and four younger siblings were in front of hers. Peeta began his speech from cards Effie Trinket had given him, but quickly put them away and made up his own speech, in which he declared that he and Katniss would donate one month of their winnings to the families of Thresh and Rue for the rest of their lives. Selby Hoffman, a citizen, paid attribute to them by whistling Rue's four note mockingjay tune and was promptly shot in the back of the head by Peacekeepers.

Starting with District 10, Katniss and Peeta only stuck to their scripted speeches. District 2 was especially hard for Katniss, as she believed that if she and Peeta did not make the victory, Clove and Cato most likely would've won the games.However, District 1 was even harder to bear for Katniss as she personally killed both tributes, Glimmer and Marvel. Katniss also learned Marvel's name as she was in District 1.

## The Capitol

After appearances in the districts, the victor was required to go to the Capitol to make interviews and attend parties. They first conducted an interview with Caesar Flickerman. During the 74th Hunger Games Victory Tour, Peeta proposed to Katniss, and they received a surprise visit of President Snow himself.

The Capitol celebrated the victor by holding a huge dinner with dancing and celebration. It was supposed to be the grandest of all the celebrations in the Victory. Plutarch Heavensbee gave Katniss a small clue about the Quarter Quell's arena during this celebration by showing her his watch that briefly flashed a picture of her mockingjay pin. Effie Trinket mentioned that in attendance were interviewers, photographers, Gamemakers, and high-ranking Capitol elites.

## Trivia

* There was no Victory Tour for the 70th Hunger Games because Annie Cresta's mental state was so delusional that she could not even understand that she had won the Games.
* 77.33% of victors had a victory tour.