10th Hunger Games

The **10th Hunger Games** took place in 10 ATT. The victor was eighteen-year-old Reaper Ash from District 11. These games were instrumental in shaping future Hunger Games as many changes were made this year. The Head Gamemaker was Dr. Volumnia Gaul.

* These games were the first Hunger Games to introduce mentors, recruiting twenty-four of the Capitol Academy's best and brightest seniors.
	+ Future President Coriolanus Snow mentored the female tribute from District 12 and the Games' runner up, Lucy Gray Baird.
* Muttations were created and used in the Games.
* Sponsoring was introduced after being suggested by Coriolanus Snow.
* Tributes were put on display at the Capitol Zoo and shown off to the public, spiking public interest.
* Tributes were interviewed by the new host, Lucky Flickerman. This was the first year interviews were held.
* The time before the Games started was longer, as the Capitol wanted time to show the tributes off to audiences.
* These games, however, were considered to be disastrous, partly due to some Capitol students being killed during and before the Games, as well as the loss of many tributes prior to the start of the Games.
	+ Because of this, all but one recording were deleted.

## Before the Games

Reaping Day took place July 4th this year to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Panem's mother-nation, the USA. (See Timeline)

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 Arena

The Games were again held in the dilapidated Capitol Arena, an amphitheater that had been used for sporting, entertainment, and military events prior to the Dark Days, but fell into disrepair afterwards. This year, the landscape of the arena was altered when a bombing opened up access to tunnels where tributes could hide.

### Muttations

The only muttations that appeared in these Games were small, brightly colored snake mutts. They had a heightened sense of smell, and they were highly venomous. These mutts were released into the arena on the fourth day, and once bitten, victims' wounds seeped with bright pus. This is the first instance of muttations being used in the Hunger Games.

### Arrival in The Capitol- Wednesday, July 5th

Peacekeepers roughly pulled the tributes from the dirty cattle car they'd been transported to the Capitol in. They were moved into a truck and taken to the Capitol Zoo, where they were dumped into the monkey enclosure. One of the mentors, Coriolanus Snow, was among them. He had joined them at the train station in an effort to get a head start at mentoring his tribute, Lucy Gray of District 12.

### Thursday, July 6th - Friday, July 7th

Tributes and their mentors met to gather information for records. Later at the zoo, Brandy (District 10 Female) was shot dead after slitting the throat of her mentor, Arachne Crane.

The next day, Coriolanus made a proposal for betting and sponsorships. This instituted an early version of the sponsoring and betting of modern games.

* Tribute deaths: 1 - Brandy Harrison (District 10 Female)
* Mentor deaths: 1 - Arachne Crane

### Saturday, July 8th

#### Funeral of Arachne Crane

Arachne's funeral was held on Saturday, and the corpse of Brandy, Arachne's killer, was hung on a hook above the living tributes as they were paraded around the City Circle. Coriolanus then sang the national anthem, Gem of Panem.

#### Visit to the Capitol Arena

Later, after lunch, tributes and their mentors were taken for a tour of the Capitol Arena to be televised. However, two bombs went off, one at the main gate and another in the stands. This killed both tributes from District 6, their mentors Apollo and Diana Ring, and injured the two tributes from District 9. The tributes from District 1 and 2 attempted an escape only to be shot dead by Peacekeepers. In her own escape attempt, Sabyn (District 2 Female) fell to her death, but her district partner Marcus successfully got away. Three mentors were hospitalized: Coriolanus Snow and District 9 mentors Androcles Anderson and Gaius Breen. Most everyone present need some degree of medical attention, but injured tributes were only treated by a veterinarian.

* Tribute deaths: 5 - Facet Gleam and Velvereen Fox (District 1), Sabyn Tower (District 2 Female), Otto Grinwald and Ginnee Hart (District 6)
* Mentor deaths: 2 - Apollo Ring and Diana Ring

### Sunday, July 9th - Monday, July 10th

The Capitol and the districts were under heightened security due to Marcus's escape. During this time, the District 9 tributes were treated by the veterinarian, whose request to have them transferred into the care of a doctor was denied; as a result, both tributes died.

* Tribute deaths: 2 - Panlo Happ and Sheaf Keirn (District 9)

### Tuesday, July 11th

#### Funeral of the Ring twins

By nine in the morning, a funeral was held for the Ring twins with a hologram of Coriolanus singing the anthem. The bodies of tributes who died were slung over the backs of horses, while the corpses of those who attempted escape were dragged behind them. The surviving tributes followed in two caged trucks separated by gender.

### Wednesday, July 12th - Friday, July 14th

On Wednesday, the remaining tributes and mentors began to plan for their interviews, if they chose to participate. Thursday and Friday were devoted to the tributes practicing in separate classrooms with their mentors.

### *The Hunger Games: A Night of Interviews* - Saturday, July 15th

In the evening of July 15th, the first interviews in Hunger Games history were broadcast across Panem. They were also held in front of a live audience in the Academy auditorium, hosted by Lucky Flickerman. Only half the remaining mentor-tribute pairs chose to participate. Mentors generally offered background information on their tributes, attempting to be memorable and urging sponsors to support them.

* Jessup Diggs (District 12 Male) lifted his mentor, Lysistrata Vickers, over his head as she sat in her chair.
* Circ Amata (District 3 Male) claimed he could start a fire with his glasses; mentor Io Jasper suggested angles and times of day where this would be possible.
* Juno Phipps admitted disappointment with her small tribute, Bobbin Keel (District 8 Male), until he told her five different ways to kill someone with a sewing needle.
* Coral Aenon (District 4 Female) demonstrated her trident skills with a broomstick.
* Domitia Whimsiwick got her tribute, Tanner Aasterud (District 10 Male) to talk about his experience butchering cows. He got so engaged in talking about slaughterhouse techniques that Lucky had to cut them off.
* Felix Ravinstill attempted to talk up Dahlia "Dill" Fouts (District 11 Female), though she was so weak that even her coughs were barely audible.
* Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) sang a song she wrote herself, "The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird".

### Sunday, July 16th

The mentors were taken for a tour behind the scenes at the Games headquarters, where they were shown the drone prototypes for delivering sponsor gifts. Coriolanus decided to give Lucy Gray his mother's compact, telling her to use her own powder— meaning the rat poison in the tributes' enclosure at the zoo.

After more talk of strategy, Coriolanus and Lucy Gray kissed, and the tributes were taken away. Dr. Gaul, having surveillance everywhere, saw the kiss and made plans to ensure the death of Lucy Gray.

Afterward, Hiram "Hy" Fault (District 5 Male) died of asthma complications overnight.

* Deaths: 1 - Hiram "Hy" Fault (District 5 Male)

## The Games

### Day 1 (July 17th)

* The 14 remaining tributes were placed in the center of the arena in a circle surrounding a pile of multiple weapons. Once again, there was no proper Cornucopia horn, as it was still early in the history of the Hunger Games.
* Also as in previous years, no food or water supplies were included in the pile.
* Marcus Finch (District 2 Male), who had escaped and disappeared during the rebel bombings of the Arena, had been captured and strung up by steel poles in the air at the main entrance to the Arena and left to hang from his manacles, still alive and badly beaten.
* At the sound of the gong, most tributes ran for the tunnels created by rebel bombings.
* Some tributes, including Coral Aenon (District 4 Female), Tanner Aasterud (District 10 Male), Jessup Diggs (District 12 male), and Reaper Ash (District 11 Male), initially went for weapons but retreated quickly.
* Lamina Houten (District 7 Female) emerged from a tunnel, killed Marcus Finch (District 2 Male) when she cut him down from where he hung. He hit the ground and died. She received a bottle of water as a reward.
* Circ Amata and Teslee Guild (District 3), allied together, eventually appeared out of the barricade and moved over to Marcus’s body where broken drones lay. The pair began examining the pieces of the drones, fiddling with the wires and causing the lights to blink. Circ and Teslee then received a sponsor of some water and bread before vanishing back into the barricade with the drones.
* Throughout the day, few tributes ventured out, and Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) stayed in the stands while Lamina Houten (District 7 Female) perched on beams.
* Reaper Ash (District 11 Male), carrying Dill Fouts (District 11 Female), placed her on the ground, and she convulsed and coughed up blood before dying.

#### Night of Day 1:

* Sejanus Plinth, a Capitol citizen and mentor, snuck into the Arena to cover Marcus's body in bread crumbs.
* Sejanus and Coriolanus Snow attempted to retrieve Marcus's body but were attacked by other tributes, causing Coriolanus Snow (Mentor to Lucy Gray) to hit Bobbin Keel (District 8 Male) in the head with a plank of wood, killing him.

* Deaths:
	+ Marcus Finch (District 2 Male): Killed by Lamina Houten (District 7 Female) when she cut him down from where he hung. He hit the ground and died.
	+ Dill (District 11 Female): Died from tuberculosis. Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) placed her on the ground, and she convulsed and coughed up blood before dying.
	+ Bobbin Keel (District 8 Male): Hit in the head by Coriolanus Snow (Mentor to Lucy Gray) with a plank of wood, killing him.

### Day 2 (July 18th)

* In the afternoon of the second day, Sol Aurelius (District 5 Female) began to climb onto the bleachers at the furthest end of the Arena.
* Mizzen Poole (District 4 Male), Coral Aenon (District 4 Female), and Tanner Aasterud (District 10 Male) who had formed an alliance, chased her down and Coral speared Sol through the throat with a trident.
* Lucy Gray Baird (District 12) was then chased out from one of the tunnels by a rabid Jessup Diggs (District 12).
	+ It was assumed he contracted rabies from being bitten by a rat during his time in the monkey enclosure in the Capitol Zoo.
* Jessup Diggs (District 12 Male) cornered Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) in the remains of a concession stand. Due to the rabies, Jessup could not stand water, so Lucy Gray was sponsored numerous bottles of water by Jessup's mentor, Lysistrata Vickers.
* Seeing the bottles caused Jessup to enter a frenzy and he fell from the stands, the sound of his bones breaking audible to the audience as he hit the ground.
* Lucy Gray comforted Jessup as he died, telling him that he could ‘sleep’ now. She then took some of the remaining bottles of water to hydrate herself and then used some of the water to clean Jessup's face. She then closed his eyes with a handkerchief given to her before the Games by her mentor, Coriolanus Snow. She received a sponsor gift of bread and cheese, collected them and exited into a near tunnel when she saw Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) approaching. Reaper let Lucy Gray run into the tunnels as he took what water bottles remained and returned to the stands.

* Deaths:
	+ Sol Aurelius (District 5 Female): Speared through the throat by Coral Aenon (District 4 Female) using a trident.
	+ Jessup Diggs (District 12 Male): Rabid from an animal bite, fell from the stands and broke his neck while chasing Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female).

### Day 3 (July 19th)

* As the day started, Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) went up to Lamina Houten (District 7 Female). They formed a mini alliance with Reaper giving Lamina pieces of Panem flags to protect her from the sun's exposure; in exchange, Lamina gave him a piece of bread and a chunk of cheese.
	+ Reaper's disrespect of the flag angered the Capitol audience.
* A calmness came between them, but it was ruined when the Districts 4 and 10 alliance of Mizzen Poole (District 4 Male), Coral Aenon (District 4 Female), and Tanner Aasterud (District 10 Male) appeared. Lamina warned Reaper of them, and he retreated to the barricade.
	+ When the alliance reached directly under Lamina's beam, Lamina did not pay attention to them until Tanner smacked his sword on a pole. The alliance created a plan; Mizzen and Coral would coordinate climbing up the two poles while Tanner stayed at the bottom with their weapons, trapping Lamina.
	+ After a while, Lamina decided to confront the stronger Coral and swung her axe. Coral slid away, so Lamina went to Mizzen, who was on the beam but too distracted to catch the trident Tanner threw. This gave Lamina the opportunity to use the flat side of her axe to injure his knee, sending Mizzen down. Unfortunately for Lamina, Mizzen caught himself. As Coral reached the top, she yelled a loud war cry. She then plunged her trident into Lamina's abdomen, causing her to fall off the beam and die on impact.
	+ Coral then helped Mizzen with his knee while Tanner did a sort of dance over Lamina's corpse. As Mizzen initiated a "victory slap", Coral stabbed her trident in Tanner's back. Mizzen finished him off with a knife to his neck. After the District 4 duo left to a tunnel, Treech Briars (District 7 Male) came out to take his district partner's axe and receive food from sponsors.
* In the late afternoon, Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) awoke from his slumber and surveyed the damage, unable to comprehend the scene, and particularly Lamina. He walked around Lamina's and Tanner's bodies until he decided to carry Lamina's body to where Bobbin's and Marcus's bodies laid. He did the same with the remaining dead tributes, save Jessup, over the next hour.
* He then again infuriated the citizens of the Capitol by using another piece of flag to cover the dead tributes and making a cape for himself. His makeshift cape seemed to inspire him. This led to him being seen as a villain by audiences and made out to be evil by the Capitol.

* Deaths:
	+ Lamina Houten (District 7 Female): Killed by Coral Aenon (District 4 Female) who stabbed her with a trident, causing her to fall off the beam and die.
	+ Tanner Aasterud (District 10 Male): Stabbed in the back by Coral Aenon (District 4 Female) with a trident.

### Day 4 (July 20th)

* In midmorning, Wovey Peck (District 8 Female) appeared. Her appearance was skeletal, with an empty bottle of water in her hand.
	+ Unbeknownst to her, though, Lucy Gray had put rat poison she received by Coriolanus in that bottle of water and left the bottle in the tunnels. Wovey only took a few gulps of water from her sponsor gifts until she ceased motion, a silvery liquid trickling down her mouth.
* Near noon, Reaper Ash (District 11) appeared and cautiously approached Wovey. He examined an apple and her face, suspecting her death was unnatural. He abandoned the food and water, but took her corpse and placed it with the others. By the time Reaper returned to the tunnels, the District 4 duo were eating Wovey's sponsor gifts, oblivious to her death.
* In late afternoon, Circ Amata and Teslee Guild (District 3) were in the arena's center, poking for something. Reaper was already at the stands. Treech Briars (District 7 Male) then attempted to ambush the District 3 duo, but the duo fled for the barricade.
	+ The three became distracted by a large drone carrying a tank with Dr. Gaul's snake muttations. These snake mutts were sent by Dr. Gaul in retaliation for Gaius Breen's death after he succumbed to his injuries from the arena bombing. Dr. Gaul also intended to punish Lucy Gray for using rat poison.
* As the snakes shot out, Treech Briars (District 7 Male) immediately climbed up the bleachers like a goat while the District 3 duo stared in a moment of confusion. When they finally noticed the immediate danger, it was already too late for Circ Amata (District 3 Male). The snakes left pink, yellow, and blue streaks on his body and he asphyxiated for about ten seconds before dying. Teslee Guild (District 3 Female) managed to cling onto a pole, crying.
* Not long after, Coral Aenon (District 4 Female) shrieked and ran out of a tunnel, Mizzen Poole (District 4 Male) ahead of her. A snake dangled on her arm. Despite tearing it free, numerous snakes attacked her, leading to her blissfully short death.
	+ Mizzen flung his trident and leapt onto the pole opposite of Teslee, halving the first time he climbed it. Teslee cried for Mizzen's help as her grip on the pole weakened, but Mizzen only shook his head, shocked.
* As the snakes began to target Teslee Guild (District 3 Female) again, Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) emerged from the tunnels, softly singing. The snake mutts, recognizing her scent due to Snow having placed a handkerchief in a tank with her scent, flocked to her.
	+ This gave Teslee the chance to reach a safer place. Lucy Gray than began an elaborate song as the snakes wove around her. After completing the song, she hummed to them, keeping them docile.
	+ This angered Dr. Gaul and other officals, realizing Snow had cheated to assist Lucy Gray. Snow was reprimanded, flogged, and then sent back to the mentors' room.
* A storm rolled in, creating a sunset and killing the snakes mutts due to their inability to adapt to the cold and wet weather.
* During the night, the female tributes sought shelter in the tunnels or the barricade while the male tributes got drenched outside.

* Tribute deaths:
	+ Wovey Peck (District 8 Female): Consumed water poisoned by Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) and died.
	+ Circ Amata (District 3 Male): Attacked by snake mutts sent by Dr. Gaul, causing him to asphyxiate.
	+ Coral Aenon (District 4 Female): Attacked by snake mutts sent by Dr. Gaul, resulting in her death.
* Mentor deaths: 1 - Gaius Breen

### Day 5 (July 21st)

* Sunrise came with the last of the clouds rolling out, leaving the arena wet with puddles.
* Both Treech Briars (District 7 Male) and Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) received food and water from sponsors.
* Later, Mizzen Poole (District 4 Male) mimed eating to receive sponsor gifts, and Teslee Guild (District 3 Female) revealed herself after a minute.
	+ She was armed with a drone she had hacked with Circ, blocking the homing direction of the drones. When she positioned herself under Mizzen, she flipped a switch and launched the drone, a cable tethered to her wrist. Mizzen was confused at first, and got distracted from the bread he received.
	+ The drone was normal for a while, but then suddenly attempted to make another delivery. More drones came and did the same, injuring Mizzen's eye. He attempted to escape the drones' torment, and gripped towards the pole he left Teslee to when the snake mutts were unleashed. In the process, he put pressure on his injured knee and lost his balance. This caused him to fall, snapping his neck.
* While Mizzen was being attacked, Treech Briars (District 7 Male) managed to climb down the scoreboard to attempt another try to kill Teslee Guild (District 3 Female).
	+ Right after Mizzen's death, Treech brought his axe down on Teslee's skull, killing her instantly. The drones sent for the dead Teslee were taken by Treech. After he took a dozen parcels, he left for the barricade.
* This left Treech Briars (District 7 Male), Reaper Ash (District 11 Male), and Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) in the top 3.
* Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) proceeded to take the two bodies over to the rest, using a new piece of flag to cover them.

#### Midday of Day 5

* Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) finally came out just after noon and surveyed the arena.
	+ She poisoned a puddle with another water bottle with rat poison, receiving many drones of sponsor gifts, but angering Dr. Gaul.
* Lucy Gray saw Reaper Ash (District 11 Male), so she went the opposite way and checked which tributes were left alive.
* Treech Briars (District 7 Male) ambushed Lucy Gray, swinging his axe. Just as Treech swung at Lucy Gray, she flung herself and clung to him, surprising him.
	+ She then grabbed a surviving snake mutt from her dress pockets and the snake bit Treech's neck. He instantly felt the venom and screamed in pain. He slashed at Lucy Gray, missing multiple times. He managed to land a punch before he was overcome with pain. Before he died, he managed to kill the snake mutt by smashing it into the ground multiple times.
* As the day grew longer, the hot sun dried up the many puddles.
* Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) received more food and water. Gamemakers watched with interest as Dr. Gaul conversed with Capitol officials, deciding if Lucy Gray or Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) should be victorious.
	+ One had visibly cheated along with her mentor, while another had obvious disdain for the Capitol.
	+ As a lesson to them, Dr. Gaul reported the conundrum to the mentors, giving them most details but leaving out the portions that implicated Coriolanus.
	+ Dr. Gaul asked the mentors to reach a consensus of which tribute would win.
	+ Snow argued for his tribute, Lucy Gray Baird, whom he had also developed feelings for. Clemensia Dovecote, Reaper Ash's mentor and another love interest of Snow's, advocated for the boy to win the Games.
	+ Livia Cardew made a compelling argument for killing Lucy Gray, saying they should punish cheaters. She also argued that the Capitol could spin Reaper's abuse of the Panem flag as being reliant upon the nation and being a hero.
	+ The mentors sided with Cardew and Clemensia, much to Snow's anger. Coriolanus poisoned Clemensia's drink at dinner out of spite. The mentor died that night mysteriously.
* Dr. Gaul, utilizing drones, released larger golden snake muttations into the arena tunnels, driving Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female) out.
* Meanwhile, Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) transported Treech's body to his makeshift morgue, satisfied.
* With the two tributes in the center of the arena, the large, golden snakes swirled around them. The pair, nodding in understanding, fought together for a moment of unity. However, the golden muttations were only interested in killing Lucy Gray, as they had been designed to and focused on her scent, giving the opposite outcome of the rainbow colored snakes.
	+ One of the snakes lunged at Lucy Gray, biting Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) instead. In a fit of rage and pain, Reaper slashed his sword, striking Lucy Gray.
	+ The snake muttations retreated and Reaper fell to the ground, his leg swollen.
	+ Lucy Gray lay on the ground, bleeding from her chest wound. Reaper managed to pull himself to his feet and go over to her. He apologized, but admitted they both knew only one of them could win, and he wasn't sorry for winning.
	+ Lucy Gray smiled, singing the lyrics to a song she'd written during her time in the tunnels: *Pure as the Driven Snow*
	+ Reaper listens as she sings the song, still in pain from his wound. Wanting to give Lucy Gray a moment to say goodbye to Snow, Reaper sits and suffers from the venom which quickly travels.
	+ Lucy Gray finishes the song as blood gurgles in her throat. Reaper closes her eyes and the cannon sounds, signaling her death.
* Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) was then announced as the victor of the 10th Hunger Games.
	+ Wanting to have a Victor to parade around, Dr. Gaul orders Peacekeepers to immediately treat Reaper's wounds, administering an anti-venom. Reaper's left leg ended up being amputated due to the damage caused by the venom.

* Tribute Deaths:
	+ Mizzen Poole (District 4 Male): Injured by drones controlled by Teslee Guild (District 3 Female), lost balance, and fell, snapping his neck.
	+ Teslee Guild (District 3 Female): Hit on the head by Treech Briars (District 7 Male) with an axe.
	+ Treech Briars (District 7 Male): Bitten on the neck by a snake mutt released by Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female), then killed the snake mutt but succumbed to his injuries.
	+ Lucy Gray Baird (District 12 Female): Slashed by Reaper Ash (District 11 Male) in a fit of rage, bleeds out and dies.
* Mentor Deaths: 1 - Clemensia Dovecoat

## Overview

These early Games lacked several features which would become prominent in later versions, while others were experimental. Nobody was said to be a "Career tribute" and there were no known volunteers. The tributes were not inserted with tracking devices and thus there was no easy way to tell at any given time if they were alive or dead, other than when they showed themselves. This had never been a problem before due to the openness of the arena, but became an issue in these Games due to the hiding places created by the rebel bombing. Since the Gamemakers could not easily tell when tributes had passed away, there were no nightly displays of those tributes who had passed away during the day. Additionally, the bodies of dead tributes were not removed by hovercraft, but were instead left in the arena to be dealt with or not dealt with by the remaining tributes as they saw fit. There were no stylists and thus tributes were not dressed in elaborate costumes prior to entering the Games. There were also no escorts. Sponsorship of tributes was available for the first time, though the drone delivery system used to deliver the gifts had not yet been perfected. Though Lucretius Flickerman was tapped to be the first ever host of the Games for a television audience, he only had previous experience reporting the weather and the broadcast thus lacked the polish of latter presentations. For the first time in the history of the Games, muttations were unleashed in the arena in the form of rainbow-colored snakes and golden snakes, specially bred by Head Gamemaker Dr. Volumnia Gaul.

Ultimately, Dr. Gaul considered these Games a disaster, presenting the Capitol as far too vulnerable. She erased all recordings of the Games, keeping only a master copy in her own personal vault for her own purposes.