The Hunger Games were the creation of Casca Highbottom, but also indirectly by Crassus Snow and Dr. 8.19 75th Hunger Games (Third Quarter Quell).8.7 50th Hunger Games (Second Quarter Quell).8.4 25th Hunger Games (First Quarter Quell).2.2 Journey to the Capitol and Tribute Parade.Following an emergency presidential election, which saw Commander Paylor ascend to the presidency, the Hunger Games were abolished permanently, with the former arenas being demolished and replaced by memorials. However, the 76th Hunger Games were never held, due to the deaths of both interim President Alma Coin and deposed President Snow. Instead, the arena was destroyed by Katniss Everdeen, and following this, she and a few of the remaining tributes were rescued by District 13, while those left behind were captured by the Capitol, thus beginning the Second Rebellion.Īfter the invasion of the Capitol and the overthrow of Coriolanus Snow's regime, the interim government discussed a potential 76th Hunger Games (using Capitol children) which was narrowly approved by the remaining Hunger Games victors.

The 75th Hunger Games was the final official Hunger Games held in Panem, and the sole Hunger Games to end without a winner. The unrest grew into civil uprisings in various districts, which culminated, after several months, into a full-scale revolution after the impromptu ending of the 75th Hunger Games, which was also the Third Quarter Quell.

Owing to its rebellious nature, the dual victory of Everdeen and Mellark in the 74th Games sparked widespread unrest, particularly in the outlying districts of Panem such as District 8 and District 11. Only one tribute is permitted to win the Games, with the sole exception of the 74th Hunger Games, where Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark of District 12 became the first and only joint victors in the history of the Games after an attempted double suicide. Since the conclusion of the First Rebellion, the Capitol has annually forced 24 children into the arena from each of the districts and used hidden cameras to televise the events in order to both entertain the Capitol citizens and remind the twelve districts how they were completely at the Capitol's mercy. The winning district also received parcels of food from the Capitol for a year as reward to the district for producing a victor. The last living tribute was declared the victor, showered in gifts, and lived the rest of their life in luxury and privilege in the Victors' Village. The event was nationally televised as mandatory viewing for all citizens and could last several days to weeks. They would be taken to the Capitol, where they would train for a week, and then were sent into an outdoor arena to fight to the death in a battle royale. It was to serve as a reminder to the defeated districts of the cost of insurrection and to never again make an attempt at it.Įvery year, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 were selected from each of the twelve districts as tributes by a lottery. The project was eventually turned into the principal form of punishment enacted upon the districts by the Capitol after their defeat in the First Rebellion. The Hunger Games were a morbid and brutal competition which took place annually in the country of Panem, founded by Casca Highbottom and Crassus Snow as a school project. To murder innocent people? It costs everything you are.' ― Peeta Mellark and Caesar Flickerman on the Hunger Games

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