75th Hunger Games

"*On the 75th anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.*"
―President Snow announcing the 3rd Quarter Quell
The **75th Hunger Games**, also known as the **3rd Quarter Quell**, were the last Hunger Games ever held in Panem. The special twist for these 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. This was Plutarch Heavensbee's first and only year as Head Gamemaker. Though 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 Games ended with no victor, as six of the tributes escaped the arena.

## Before the Games

To remind all the districts that even the strongest among them could not overcome the Capitol, each district reaped their tributes from their existing pool of victors (59 in total). 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.

While preparing for the Games, the tributes mostly seemed to like each other, even publicly joining hands as a symbol of sorrow and defiance towards the Capitol after the interviews. In this year's Games, the tributes from Districts 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11 had varying degrees of knowledge about the plan to break the tributes out of the arena. They also agreed to die in order to keep Katniss alive, because she was the symbol of the rebellion and while she lived, the revolution lived.

All 24 tributes were previous victors. Additionally, the Games were unique as it was the first time that one tribute, let alone two, scored 12 out of 12 in training.

## Arena wear

The arena wear was fitted pale grayish-blue jumpsuits made of sheer, billowy material with zippers down the front. Each suit came with a six-inch-wide padded belt covered in plastic, which was filled with purple liquid and could be used as a flotation device. The shoes were nylon with rubber soles.

## The Games

### Day One

#### Cornucopia bloodbath

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.

Katniss jumped off her pedestal and dove into the water. She climbed up a rocky wedge, spotting Brutus Stein and Greene Goodman to her right. She raced Brutus to the Cornucopia and was neck and neck with Gloss in a dash to the Cornucopia until he slipped and fell onto his spoke. Looking around, she saw Blight Atwood running to the Cornucopia, Coge Magorian and Leta Larsson running into the woods, and Woof falling off his plate. When she reached the Cornucopia, she acquired a bow and quiver of arrows. She aimed at Gloss and shot him in the calf, and he promptly fell into the water. She then fired at Enobaria, who dove back into the water, avoiding the arrow. Katniss heard a noise behind her, only to see Finnick Odair with his trident. He revealed the gold band, indicating to Katniss she is meant to align herself with him and saying "Good thing we're allies, right?" Greene approached her with a spear, but Finnick swiftly impaled him. He ordered Katniss not to trust Districts 1 and 2 and that he would find Peeta. Finnick then told Katniss that Mags found Peeta and they both rushed to Mags' rocky wedge and met with Peeta. Katniss turned to see the Careers staked out the Cornucopia, and she left with her allies for the jungle.

Eight tributes died in the Cornucopia Bloodbath (Greene, Sicinius Carr, Woof, Cecelia Losa, Fallow O'Leary, Sylva Mayleaf, Sarahva Boor, and Seeder Fermi). Beetee Latier received a knife to the back from Cashmere during the bloodbath while trying to grab some wire, but survived.

#### In the jungle

Katniss' alliance seeked shelter in the jungle. However, Peeta struck a force field, causing his heart to stop. Fortunately, he was revived by Finnick, who Katniss thought was trying to kill Peeta. Haymitch sent the alliance the sponsored gift of a spile (although it took them a while to figure out how to use it). 12 gongs sounded, which signaled the beginning of the hourly horrors. Katniss was sad to see Cecelia and Seeder's faces during The Fallen.

### Day Two

#### Morning disasters

Johanna Mason, Blight Atwood, Beetee, and Wiress were stumbling through the forest trying to find Districts 4 and 12 when the lighting storm struck the tree. Rain then started pouring, and the group was happy because they thought it was water, but they were mortified to find out it was actually blood. They started running around, blinded by the thick coat of blood, until Blight hit the forcefield and died. His cannon went off, which Katniss heard.

She then noticed the uniformity of some approaching mist and woke up the others. It started getting closer and they discovered that it was poisonous. After fleeing through the jungle, Katniss and the others found their motor controls failing along with burns appearing. In order for Finnick to save Peeta, Mags sacrificed herself by walking into the fog. The fog stopped approaching them when they left the wedge.

The remaining members collapsed in the jungle and noticed monkeys lining the trees. They crawled to the saltwater lake and purge themselves of the fog poison's effects. Peeta tried to tap a tree for water upon which the monkeys were, again noticed by Katniss and Finnick. The monkeys attacked the trio. When Katniss ran out of arrows, she beckoned to Peeta for more, momentarily distracting him. However, when a monkey attacked him, Coge Magorian appeared from behind the foliage and sacrificed herself to save Peeta, putting herself in between him and the monkey. She died while being comforted by Peeta in the water.

Katniss and the alliance rested whilst Finnick remained on watch, grieving for Mags. In the morning they received a sponsorship of ointment for their skin. Finnick and Katniss scared Peeta awake and received another gift of bread from District 4. The 10 o'clock wave occurred, and a cannon went off along with Leta's scream.

#### Nuts and Volts

Katniss noticed three individuals appearing out of the jungle: Johanna, Wiress and Beetee. 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 set up like a giant clock. This led Katniss to the revelation that the arena was a clock. The alliance headed to the Cornucopia to resupply. Wiress acted as their canary, but her throat was slit by Gloss. In retaliation, Katniss shot Gloss in the temple and Johanna threw her axe at Cashmere. The Cornucopia started to spin, distorting the alliance's ability to tell time and know what disasters were in store for them.

Finnick and Katniss became trapped in the jabberjay section and were forced to listen to artificial sounds of their loved ones, notably Primrose Everdeen and Annie Cresta, being tortured. Another cannon sounded in the nearby wedge. Offal Tripe was collected by a drone in pieces. The alliance settled down for the night again and Peeta attempted to persuade Katniss not to sacrifice her life for his, giving her a pearl.

There were eight deaths on the second day: Blight, Mags, Coge, Leta, Wiress, Gloss, Cashmere, and Offal.

### Day Three

The next day, Beetee came up with a plan that was allegedly to kill off the remaining Careers, Brutus and Enobaria. However, it was actually to attempt to escape from the arena by breaking the force field, but he didn't tell Katniss and Peeta that. He told them that planned on using the lightning tree and his coil to shock both the Careers to death after Katniss's alliance fled the beach. The group made it to the tree in ample time, and Beetee had Katniss and Johanna take the wire and take it to the beach as quickly as possible. Katniss was wary of this plan because she still didn't trust Johanna but still went. As they brought the wire down, Brutus and Enobaria spotted them, and Johanna cut Katniss' arm open, slicing out her tracker and telling her to stay down so they would think Johanna killed her.

After feeling she was safe, Katniss left the area to look for Peeta, and returned to the lightning tree. Finnick soon called out for her, and Katniss raises an arrow at him, but Finnick reminded her to remember who the real enemy is, calling back to Haymitch's words and trying to assert his trustworthiness. With these words, Katniss attached the wire to her arrow and shot the forcefield surrounding the arena, destroying it with the lightning. In this time, Chaff was found by Brutus, and was killed. Upon seeing this, Peeta killed Brutus in a fit of rage.

After destroying the forcefield, rebel hovercraft flew down to extract Katniss, Finnick, and Beetee. Johanna, Peeta and Enobaria were taken hostage by the Capitol. There were two deaths (Chaff and Brutus) that day. They were officially the last two tributes to be killed in the Games. This was 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 ending of the 75th Hunger Games marked the start of the Victors' Purge.

## Placement

### Kill Count

* Brutus: **3**
* Enobaria: **2**
* Gloss: **2**
* Katniss: **1**
* Peeta: **1**
* Johanna: **1**
* Finnick: **1**
* Offal: **1**
* Cashmere: **1**

## Arena

The arena was designed to mimic a clock, which Wiress was the first to discover. For every hour, some form of torture designed by the Gamemakers was activated in a specific section of the arena. It was split into 12 wedges, each for a different hour of the day. The arena was shaped like a circle. The Cornucopia was on an island in a large, round pool of salt water. Encircling the water was a jungle. The only fresh water was rainwater stored inside the trees. There were various foods in the arena, including nuts, "tree rats," and shellfish that some of the tributes cooked by bouncing off the forcefield.

### Clock sectors

* **12-1**: Bursts of lightning hit a single tree.
* **1-2**: Blood rains down from the sky. **Kills: Blight Atwood.**
* **2-3**: Corrosive fog spreads through the jungle. **Kills: Mags Flanagan.**
* **3-4**: Orange monkey muttations attack. **Kills: Coge Magorian.**
* **4-5**: Jabberjays torture tributes with their loved ones' screams.
* **5-6**: All vegetation is turned toxic.
* **6-7**: "The Beast," **Kills: Offal Tripe.**
* **7-8**: Quicksand.
* **8-9**: Tornado.
* **9-10**: Tracker jacker infestation.
* **10-11**: Huge tidal wave hits the beach. **Kills: Leta Larsson.**
* **11-12**: Large insect mutts with pinchers.

This cycle was repeated periodically to match the time, with each hour triggering a new event. Each event therefore occurred twice a day. The cycle began on midnight of the second day, and the Quarter Quell ended just after midnight of the third day. Each event was triggered four times except the lightning, which was triggered five times.

## Trivia

* This is the only Hunger Games in which the age restriction (12-18) was not followed, as past victors were selected as tributes. Two tributes (Katniss and Peeta) were still in the age limit, however.
* There were six tributes who survived after the destruction of the arena, one of which (Finnick) was killed in the war.