Tribute

**Tributes** were residents of the 12 districts of Panem who were reaped or volunteered to participate in an annual Hunger Games. Except in special cases, such as for Quarter Quells, twenty-four children between the ages of 12 and 18 were chosen at random to participate. Every district had to give two tributes, a girl and a boy. The circumstances could be different if it was a Quarter Quell, like the 50th Hunger Games. That year, each district had to send two boys and two girls to compete, thus providing a total of 48 tributes. A twist was also applied to the 25th Hunger Games, in which the districts had to pick their own tributes, instead of getting them chosen at random. In the 75th and final Hunger Games, the tributes were chosen, or "reaped", from the existing pool of victors. The chosen tributes fought to the death in an arena until only one remained; there are only two known exceptions to this: the 74th, which had two victors, and no victor in the 75th as the Games never finished, with 6 tributes surviving. However, some tributes did not always make it to the arena; in the 10th Hunger Games, 9 of the tributes died before reaching it.

## Choosing the tributes

Each year, all children aged twelve to eighteen were separated into their respective age groups and designated to different areas. There were two glass balls, one for the boys and one for the girls, that contained slips of paper with the names of all the children of that district. Children who were twelve were entered once. Children who were thirteen had their names entered twice, and so on until they were eighteen with at least seven entries. A child's name could be entered more times, if they opted to receive tesserae. For each tessera taken by a child (with a maximum of however many people were in their family), their name was added an extra time in exchange for a year's supply of grain and oil for one person. However, these entries were cumulative, so all entries were rolled over to the next year. Gale Hawthorne took tesserae for five family members since he was first entered into the reaping, and so had his name entered forty-two times by the 74th Hunger Games. Similarly, Katniss Everdeen had her name entered twenty times. Her sister, Primrose Everdeen, had her name entered once, since Katniss refused to let her take tesserae despite Prim's protests against it.

The district's escort picked a name out of each of the glass balls, and the two children whose names were chosen became the district's new tributes. In the 74th Hunger Games, Prim was selected first by Effie Trinket, but Katniss volunteered to take her place since becoming a tribute at a young age was basically a death sentence, especially in District 12. Afterwards, Peeta Mellark was chosen as the male tribute from District 12. This process was called the reaping.

### Volunteering

By rule, once a person's name had been chosen to become a tribute, another eligible boy or girl could volunteer to take their place. Normally volunteers were asked for after the chosen person is introduced, but Katniss Everdeen volunteered spontaneously before her sister, Primrose, could get to the stage. This marked the first time that a person had volunteered in District 12 in decades.

In the districts 1, 2 and 4, members of the "Pack" called by the exonym "Career Tributes", who had been training all their lives to participate in the Games were eager to volunteer as the Hunger Games were seen by them as a chance at fame and glory, thus the volunteering protocols were different. Cato lunged forward to volunteer. In contrast, in the poorer districts like 12, participating in the Hunger Games was equivalent to a death sentence; therefore, the volunteering regulations were rarely used. Sometimes Career tributes would be reaped before they were ready, as was the case with Caspian Hadala.

For the 75th Hunger Games, Brutus, Mags, and Peeta volunteered. Mags took the place of Annie Cresta, and Peeta replaced Haymitch Abernathy; thus, District 12 had volunteers at two consecutive Hunger Games, one boy and one girl.

### Quarter Quells

Quarter Quells were special editions of Hunger Games that happened every quarter century, hence the name "Quarter Quell." Each Quarter Quell had a certain theme that would cruelly remind the districts of their failure at rebellion.

* In the first Quarter Quell, the tributes were not drawn randomly from the glass balls. Instead, they were voted into the Games by the people of their district to remind the rebels that they were sending their children to die in the war.
* In the second Quarter Quell, each district had to send two times the amount of tributes to remind the district residents that 2 rebels were killed for every Capitol citizen. These tributes were drawn randomly from the glass balls.
* In the third Quarter Quell, the tributes were chosen from the pool of remaining victors from past Hunger Games to remind the rebels that even the strongest among them could not defy the Capitol's power. The tributes were originally going to be reaped between the ages of 10 and 15, but this was changed to try to kill Katniss Everdeen.

## Known tributes

District 1
* Phillip - 7th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Facet - 10th Hunger Games
* Velvereen - 10th Hunger Games
* Hedon - 15th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Star - 21st Hunger Games (Victor)
* Lumina - 26th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Russel - 27th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Stanley - 33rd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Callie - 44th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Velvet - 50th Hunger Games
* Dianthus - 59th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Jade - 61st Hunger Games
* Twinkle - 61st Hunger Games
* Gloss Osborne - 63rd Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Cashmere Osborne - 64th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Augustus Braun - 67th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Aramid - 69th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Marvel - 74th Hunger Games
* Glimmer - 74th Hunger Games

District 2
* Spall - 6th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Marcus - 10th Hunger Games
* Sabyn - 10th Hunger Games
* Dion - 12th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Victor - 17th Hunger Games
* Tamora - 17th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Harold - 25th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Anaxandra - 28th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Barrett - 31st Hunger Games (Victor)
* Augusta - 32nd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Brutus Stein - 43rd Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Lyme Turnbull - 48th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Clayton - 52nd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Maximus - 61st Hunger Games
* Perdita - 61st Hunger Games
* Enobaria Bernard - 62nd Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Junia - 66th Hunger Games
* Carlos - 72nd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Raudel - 73rd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Cato - 74th Hunger Games
* Clove - 74th Hunger Games

District 3
* Artin - 8th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Circ - 10th Hunger Games
* Teslee - 10th Hunger Games
* Drara - 37th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Beetee Latier - 39th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Wiress Wright - 53rd Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Blace - 61st Hunger Games
* Volta - 61st Hunger Games
* Prospero - 73rd Hunger Games
* District 3 male (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games
* District 3 female (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games

District 4
* Mizzen - 10th Hunger Games
* Coral - 10th Hunger Games
* Mags Flanagan - 11th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Vincent - 13th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Leon - 19th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Brooke - 20th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Marlin - 22nd Hunger Games
* Olivia - 22nd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Proteus - 30th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Elsie - 34th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Gwendolyn - 36th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Trawler - 60th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Caspian Hadala - 61st Hunger Games
* Clarisse - 61st Hunger Games
* Pike - 62nd Hunger Games
* Finnick Odair - 65th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Bill - 70th Hunger Games
* Annie Cresta - 70th Hunger Games (Victor)
* District 4 male (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games
* District 4 female (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games

District 5
* Williard - 5th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Hy - 10th Hunger Games
* Sol - 10th Hunger Games
* Porter Millicent Tripp - 38th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Greene Goodman - 47th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Dell Larsson - 49th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Leta - 55th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Torque - 61st Hunger Games
* Moti - 61st Hunger Games
* District 5 male (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games
* Foxface - 74th Hunger Games

District 6
* Otto - 10th Hunger Games
* Ginnee - 10th Hunger Games
* Diesel - 24th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Spinto - 51st Hunger Games (Victor)
* Sicinius Carr - 54th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Coge Magorian - 57th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Terminus - 61st Hunger Games
* Freida - 61st Hunger Games
* Titus - 66th Hunger Games
* District 6 male (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games
* District 6 female (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games

District 7
* Treech - 10th Hunger Games
* Lamina - 10th Hunger Games
* Aspen - 23rd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Blight Atwood - 56th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Cyprus - 61st Hunger Games
* Cacia - 61st Hunger Games
* Johanna Mason - 71st Hunger Games

District 8
* Prent - 1st Hunger Games (Victor)
* Bobbin - 10th Hunger Games
* Wovey - 10th hunger Games
* Woof Nylon - 16th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Malcolm - 18th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Marissa - 41th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Cecelia Losa - 58th Hunger Games (Victor)

/75th Hunger Games

* Trevor - 61st Hunger Games
* Tuila - 61st Hunger Games
* District 8 male (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games
* District 8 female (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games

District 9
* Jamie - 4th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Panlo - 10th Hunger Games
* Sheaf = 10th Hunger Games
* Branny Leftum - 14th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Sylva Mayleaf - 40th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Fallow O'Leary - 42nd Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Lillian Bond - 60th Hunger Games
* Dagan Starche - 61st Hunger Games
* Barley Mayes - 61st Hunger Games
* Triticale - 68th Hunger Games (Victor)
* District 9 male (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games
* District 9 female (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games

District 10
* Buck - 3rd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Tanner - 10th Hunger Games
* Brandy - 10th Hunger Games
* Angus - 61st Hunger Games
* Sarahva Boor - 61st Hunger Games
* Offal - 66th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Mutius - 73rd Hunger Games
* District 10 male (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games
* District 10 female (74th HG) - 74th Hunger Games

District 11
* Cestus - 2nd Hunger Games (Victor)
* Saturn - 9th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Reaper Ash - 10th Hunger Games
* Dill - 10th Hunger Games
* Seeder Fermi - 29th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Jackson - 35th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Chaff Boivin - 45th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Tilla - 46th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Emmer - 61st Hunger Ganes
* Olive - 61st Hunger Games
* Thresh - 74th Hunger Games
* Rue - 74th Hunger Games

District 12
* Jessup Diggs - 10th Hunger Games
* Lucy Gray Baird - 10th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Auger - 33rd Hunger Games
* Haymitch Abernathy - 50th Hunger Games (Victor)
* Maysilee Donner - 50th Hunger Games
* Milo - 61st Hunger Games
* Rhonda - 61st Hunger Games
* Sage Blanken - 73rd Hunger Games
* Abigail Harding - 73rd Hunger Games
* Peeta Mellark - 74th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games
* Katniss Everdeen - 74th Hunger Games (Victor)/75th Hunger Games

## Trivia

* Tribute is wealth that one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often the case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance. Failure to pay tribute constituted an act of rebellion. Ancient Rome extracted tribute from its provinces and subject kingdoms and this role is repeated with the Capitol as the receiver of the tributes in the form of one boy and one girl from each district.
* Over the course of the 75 Hunger Games, 1800 unique tributes were chosen for the Games. Only 75 of these survived their Games, and only a small fraction of those 75 survived the war.