75th Hunger Games

The 75th Hunger Games are the Games that are featured in the sequel of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire. This year was the third Quarter Quell of the Hunger Games. For every Quarter Quell, an extra twist is introduced to the Games; in this case, to remind all the districts that even the strongest among them can't overcome the capitol, each district were to reap their tributes from their existing pool of victors. All of the tributes who were forced to compete were former Hunger Games victors. Plutarch Heavensbee was the Head Gamemaker, replacing Seneca Crane. The 75th Hunger Games were unique for it was the last year of the games as well as being the last Quarter Quell before the dissolution of the games by President Paylor.

Tributes
While preparing for the games, the book hints that the Tributes all seemed to like each other, even publially joined hands as a symbol of sorrow and defiance towards the Capitol. When inside the arena however, promptly after the bloodbath, Finnick asks: "What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of the Capitol?" and Katniss replies "No." &nbsp All 24 tributes this year were previous victors all with a large variety of age and skill. Additionally, the Games were unique in that it was the first time that two tributes from the same district (Katniss & Peeta) both scored 12 out of 12. Peeta painted a dead yet decorated Rue with the camouflage and Katniss hung Seneca Crane.
 * Gloss (District 1 - Age: Late 20s) - Gloss and his sister Cashemere won consecutive years of Hunger Games when Katniss was a child, winning either the 63rd, 64th, 66th, 67th, 68th or 69th Hunger Games.
 * Cashmere (District 1 - Age: Late 20s) - Sister to Gloss who won the Hunger Games in consecutive years with him, their games being either the 63rd, 64th, 66th, 67th, 68th or 69th Hunger Games
 * Brutus (District 2 - Age: Late 40s) - A middle aged Victor who could not wait to be a part of another Hunger Games.
 * Enobaria (District 2 - Age: About 30) - Victor of the 62nd Hunger Games who ripped the throat open of a Male Tribute with her teeth while in hand to hand combat.
 * Beetee (District 3 - Age: Aprox. 50s-60s) - An older Victor/ Inventor. Won his Games by creating an electrical trap to fry the remaining Tributes.


 * Wiress (District 3 - Age: Mid 40s) - A middle-aged and slightly batty Victor, Wiress was also an inventor like her District partner and had a keen sense of intuition which allowed her to pick up on things before others.
 * Finnick Odair (District 4 - Age: 24) - Beautiful, athletic... Finnick, Victor of the 65th Hunger Games, crowned at the age of 14.
 * Mags - (District 4 - Age: 80) - An elderly woman who needs a cane to walk, volunteered to take Annie Cresta's place in the 75th Hunger Games, She is the only known living Victor who was alive before the Hunger Games.
 * District 5 Male - A Victor who turned to drink after his victory in the Games. Threw up his wine on the swordfighting station during training.
 * District 5 Female - A Victor who managed to escape The Cornucopia during the 75th Games and survive until the second day, when she was either drowned by a tidal wave or ripped into five pieces by an unknown Muttation.
 * "The Morphlings" (District 6 - Age: Aprox. 60s) - Victors that turned to the drug Morphling, a pain killer, rather than drink like several other Victors. The two were friendly, and became close to Katniss and Peeta during training. The two fully supported Katniss' chain of Victors she formed at the Interviews, as they were two of the first to join.
 * Blight (District 7 - Age: unknown) - Blight was a Victor who didn't amount to much in the eyes of his District partner, making it possible that he only was a Victor by chance.
 * Johanna Mason (District 7 - Age: Early 20s) - Johana was a Victor who won her games 3 or 4 years prior to the 75th Hunger Games, making her the closest Victor to Katniss and Peeta's victory that was mentioned. She was the only District 7 female Victor and she won her Games by pretending to be weak until later in the Game, to be ignored, where she then exhibited her murderous skill.
 * Woof (District 8 - Age: unknown, but rather old) - An elderly Victor who was hard of hearing. He died quickly in the 75th Hunger Games.
 * Cecelia (District 8 - Age: About 30) - Cecelia wasa a well known Victor. She was kind and had three kids who clinged to her when she was reaped for the 75th Hunger Games.
 * District 9 (Unknown) - It can be assumed that the two either didn't show up for training or were of no intrest to Katniss, who was at the time, going through Victors to know her competition/ form alliances.
 * District 10 (Unknown) -The Victors from District 10 were forced into cow costumes, because of their livestock industry, and wore flaming belts at the Chariot Races, Katniss said this made them look like they were "cows broiling themselves" something she thought pathetic, as the designer stole Cinna's idea from the prior year. The Female Victor died at the Cornucopia while the Male Victor escaped with his life until the 2nd day, where he was either drowned/crushed by a tidal wave or ripped into five pieces by an unknown beastly Muttation.
 * Chaff (District 11 - Age: Late 40s) - The Victor of the 45th Hunger Games, he turned to alcohol after his victory and for this became very close with later Victor, Haymitch. He, like Brutus, couldn't stay out of a fight and remained sober for the 75th Games. He lost his hand in his Games and refused a replacement, he also often cracked jokes at his own expense.
 * Seeder (District 11 - Age: About 60) - One of the few Victors who looked strong, having not turned to any alternative (drugs, alcohol) to help cope after her victory. She and Katniss were close because of Katniss' relation with Rue in the 74th Hunger Games.
 * Peeta Mellark (District 12 - Age: 17) - The Diplomat, Peeta prefered productive solutions rather than fighting to the death, though he wasn't unable. Peeta was the co-winner of the 74th Hunger Games and helped spark a rebellion. He has an artificial leg after it was amputated due to blood poisoning during his Games.
 * Katniss Everdeen (District 12 - Age: 17) - The Hunter/ Mockingjay, Katniss was overtempered and strong. She was the co-winner of the 74th Hunger Games, who was trained to kill thanks to her survival methods in District 12.

Placing
The 75th Hunger Games was exceptionally unique as it is the first Hunger Games to not have a victor, and it was also the Hunger Games with the largest alliance with a total of fourteen members.
 * 24th - District 5 male (killed by Finnick at the Cornucopia ) Died day 1
 * 23rd/ 22nd/ 21st/ 20th/ 19th/ 18th/ 17th (killed at the Cornucopia ) Died day 1
 * 1) District 6 male
 * 2) Cecelia
 * 3) Woof
 * 4) District 9 male
 * 5) District 9 female
 * 6) District 10 female
 * 7) Seeder
 * 16th - Blight (killed by force field) Died day 2
 * 15th - Mags (killed by corrosive fog) Died day 2
 * 14th - District 6 female (killed by monkey mutts) Died day 2
 * 13th or 9th - District 5 Female (killed by either tidal wave or unknown "beast") Died day 2
 * 13th or 9th - District 10 male (killed by either tidal wave or unknown "beast") Died day 2
 * 12th - Wiress (killed by Gloss ) Died day 2
 * 11th - Gloss (killed by Katniss ) Died day 2
 * 10th - Cashmere (killed by Johanna ) Died day 2
 * 8th - Chaff (killed by Brutus ) Died day 3
 * 7th - Brutus (killed by Peeta ) Died day 3
 * Undecided (6th/ 5th/ 4th/ 3rd/ 2nd/ 1st)
 * 1) Beetee (rescued by Plutarch)
 * 2) Enobaria (taken by the Capitol)
 * 3) Finnick (rescued by Plutarch)
 * 4) Johanna (taken by the Capitol)
 * 5) Katniss (rescued by Plutarch)
 * 6) Peeta (taken by the Capitol)

Design
The arena was designed to look like a clock. Every hour something would happen in a section of the arena. It was split into 12 sections, each for a different hour of the day. The arena was shaped like a circle and it was very small. The Cornucopia was on an Island in the center, then there was salt water surrounding that and then there was a jungle on the outer ring of the arena. The only source of fresh water was from inside the trees because the water in between the jungle and the Cornucopia was salt water. There are a variety of food within the arena such as nuts, tree rats and shellfish that can be cooked by bouncing them off the force field.

Clock Sectors This cycle was repeated periodically to match the time, with each hour triggering a new event, each event was carried out twice in one day. The cycle began on midnight of the second day, and the Quarter Quell ended just after midnight of the fourth day, so each event was triggered four times, with the exception of the lightning which was triggered five times.
 * 12-1 - Bursts of lightning hitting a single tree. | Tributes claimed: none
 * 1-2 - Blood Raining down from sky. | Tributes claimed: Blight
 * 2-3 - Corrosive fog spreading though jungle. | Tributes claimed : Mags
 * 3-4 - Orange Monkey-like mutts attack. | Tributes claimed: District 6 female (morphling)
 * 4-5 - Jabberjays torture Tributes with loved ones screams. | Tributes claimed: none
 * 5-6 - unknown
 * 6-7 - unknown muttation that rips one tribute into five pieces, named "Beast" by Peeta. | Tributes claimed : District 10 male or District 5 female
 * 7-8 - unknown
 * 8-9 - unknown
 * 9-10 - unknown
 * 10-11 - Tidal wave hits beach. | Tributes claimed: District 10 male or District 5 female
 * 11-12 - unknown. From the sound of clicks, Katniss guesses that it is Insect-like mutts with pincers swarm. | Tributes claimed: none

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