Vox Populi Rebellion

#### Victor's Ball

During the Victor's Ball celebrating Nano, an alert goes out: **"Any and all travel to and from District Eleven is now restricted. All checkpoints are closed."**

While the official news outlet in the Capitol has not reported on this, those with their ears to the ground will have heard rumors of a rebel group in District Eleven giving the Peacekeepers trouble. Small rebel factions throughout the outer districts are not uncommon and are normally dealt with easily, but ever since the conclusion of the 132nd Games, this group has been growing. The rebels now number in the several hundreds, and on the night of the Victor’s Ball, have taken advantage of the eyes of the country — and many of the Peacekeepers — being stationed in the Capitol. They staged an attack on a group of Peacekeepers protecting the most southeastern town in District Eleven, and overwhelmed the Peacekeeping forces. After setting up a barricade and a row of land mines, the town was declared to have fallen to the rebels and the few Peacekeepers who were not killed in the fight were forced to surrender.

### 133rd Games

#### Execution

The day of the Reaping, the Games broadcast (hosted by Calix Crystal and Talia Tigerlily) goes to President Nerissa Snow standing on the steps of the Tribute Tower. She is joined by a row of 20 Peacekeepers, shoulder to shoulder, and before her are ten rebels, bags on their heads, wrists bound to their feet, popped up on their knees. These are members of the Vox who have been caught, and half of the Peacekeepers step forward and, after a countdown, shoot each rebel in the head.

#### Tribute Parade

Two days after the execution, the Tribute Parade happens as scheduled. The Vox have planned a counterattack on the Tribute Tower to occur at the same time, ensuring that tributes are all safely away from the attack.

While in the Capitol, people have been delighted about the rebels’ execution, speaking highly of Snow’s actions, the Vox have grown more angry — but also, smarter. Those ten rebels being caught in the Capitol was a wakeup call that if they want to send a message, they must speak with a quieter voice; but just because the voice is quiet doesn’t mean it can’t be heard, and it doesn’t mean that what it says is not important.

During Snow’s speech to open the Games, as the tributes all stand proudly in their chariots before her, a group of rebels attack the Tower. They place bombs in some key points, and set them all to explode at once. The boom they make is massive and can be clearly heard by everyone. Snow stops speaking and immediately the Peacekeeper next to her shuttles her away.

A fight between Peacekeepers and rebels breaks out at the Tower. The rebels, mostly masked, fight back with weapons that have been stolen from the stores in District Two. There are casualties on both sides, and in the end, many of the rebels get away thanks to the getaway vans driven by fellow Vox.

The damage to the Tower is not immense, and the plan had mostly been to get attention during the televised event, which certainly succeeded. The lobby is partially destroyed along with half the sponsor lounge and some viewing rooms. The steps out front where the group of rebels was executed two days before have become a crater.

The tributes and team members are all escorted back to their rooms, as the damage to the building is not so significant as to make it uninhabitable. The sponsor lounge is closed off for the rest of the Games and half of the lobby has been curtained away. The Capitol is in fear, as the fight has now breached the city walls. In the Districts, more people know about the Vox and their actions than ever.

### Between 133rd & 134th Games

Fighting continued in Eleven with wins and losses on both sides. Territory gained, territory ceded. The Vox started burning fields and orchards and encouraged rebel groups across the country to do the same in the hopes of hitting the Capitol where it hurts. As a result the food supply began to dwindle in the Capitol and all of the Districts.

### 134th Games

#### Slate Skylar's Arrest

Several months before the 134th Games, Slate Skylar, also known as Meta Morphic, who founded and runs *TH3 T0MMYKN0CK3R* and the corresponding radio show, Vox Machina, is turned in by Link Cache. He is arrested and taken to prison.

#### Slate Skylar's Reaping

Slate is brought to District Twelve to be Reaped for the 134th Hunger Games. He is taken onto the stage and his name is read out in such a way that everyone watching knows this is no accident; this is a punishment.

#### Rebel Alliance

Several of the rebels in the Tower all coordinate with the rebellious tributes in an agreement to do everything they can to ensure that Slate survives the Games. The rebels include Cress Meadowforge, Cat Miller, Nano Byte, Alder Reid, and the tributes Mercuria Trout, Bramble Berry, and Nettle Berry.