User blog comment:FrostyFire/The 21st Hunger Games/@comment-24692847-20190722170131/@comment-24692847-20190722180201

For decades, the Capitol and its thirteen districts lived in unity. That ended when an idealist from Thirteen stirred a premature rebellion. It ended with his district's obliteration.

The remaining twelve districts competed in the Hunger Games as a form of penance. For seventy-four years, the districts handed over a teenage male and female representative. Although only a small percent returned home, nobody did anything. But when Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark won the 74th Hunger Games, a sense of hope was revived in the rebels. That hope sparked the Second Rebellion, which began with the destruction of the 75th Hunger Games.

The rebels won the Second Rebellion. They rallied enough support from the common citizens to overcome the Capitol. District Thirteen resurfaced—it was not destroyed like everyone believed. A new president rose to power, and the Hunger Games were abolished. The district citizens finally had the freedom they desired.

When Katniss Everdeen died in 1641 Postquam Apocalypsis—“after the Apocalypse,” or P.A.—the loyalists started to act. The rebels were too arrogant, turning a blind eye to the loyalists' capabilities. This would, quit literally, kick them in the ass.

Within a year, the rebel forces were defeated, its leaders were executed on live television, and District Thirteen was destroyed for good. By 1643 P.A., the Hunger Games were recreated and reformed. In this new generation, the Second Treaty of Treason requires each Games to contain its own unique twist, never the same as before.