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 was to reap their tributes from their existing pool of victors (fifty-nine in total). 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, being the last Quarter Quell before the dissolution of the games after the rebellion, and being the only Hunger Games to not have a winner.

Tributes
While preparing for the games, the book hints that the Tributes all seemed to like each other, even publicly joined hands as a symbol of sorrow and defiance towards the Capitol. When inside the arena however, most of them were willing to forget previous friendships.

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 in training. Peeta used the camouflage to paint a picture of Rue after Katniss had covered her in flowers, and Katniss hung Seneca Crane in an effigy.


 * Gloss (District 1 - Age: Mid 20s) - Gloss and his sister Cashmere 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: Mid 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: Early 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: 50s-60s) - An older Victor/ Inventor. Won his Games by creating an electrical trap to fry the remaining Tributes. Became ally to Katniss in games.


 * Wiress (District 3 - Age: Early 30s) - A 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 and charismatic. Finnick, Victor of the 65th Hunger Games, crowned at the age of 14 when a pool of multiple donations was used to pay for a trident (which Katniss believes is the most expensive gift in Games history), which he used to spear his opponents with.
 * 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.
 * District 5 Male - A Victor who turned to drink after his victory in the Games. He threw up his wine on the sword fighting station during training, and was killed by Finnick Odair at the Cornucopia.
 * 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. The male morphling was killed on the first day at the Cornucopia, the female was killed on the second.
 * Blight (District 7 - Age: unknown) - Blight was a Victor who didn't amount to much in the eyes of his District partner, Johanna. Blight was killed by the blood rain in the arena.
 * Johanna Mason (District 7 - Age: Early 20s) - Johanna was a Victor who won an unidentified Games. She was the only District 7 female Victor and she won her Games by pretending to be weak so she would be ignored until later in the Games, where she then exhibited her murderous skill.
 * Woof (District 8 - Age: Mid 70's) - An elderly Victor who was hard of hearing. He died quickly in the 75th Hunger Games. He died at the Cornucopia on the first day.
 * Cecelia (District 8 - Age: About 30) - Cecelia was a well known Victor. She was kind and had three kids who clung to her when she was reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. She died at the Cornucopia on the first day.
 * District 9 (Unknown) - It can be assumed that the two either didn't show up for training or were of no interest 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 a 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. Seeder won her games by literally out-starving the other tributes, a skill she had learned from the food-deprived way of life in District 11.
 * Peeta Mellark (District 12 - Age: 17) - The Diplomat, Peeta preferred 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 a massive bite from a wolf muttation during his Games. It is stated that Peeta was most likely the only tribute of the 75th Hunger Games who had won their previous games by chance.
 * 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. Katniss was the one who managed to destroy the 75th arena by running an electrified wire through the force field, causing the entire arena to burst into flames and collapse inward. She also shot the force field with one of her arrows causing it to explode.

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.
 * Undecided (6th-1st)
 * Beetee (rescued by District 13)
 * Enobaria (captured by the Capitol)
 * Finnick Odair (rescued by District 13)
 * Johanna Mason (captured by the Capitol)
 * Katniss Everdeen (rescued by District 13)
 * Peeta Mellark (captured by the Capitol)
 * 7th - Brutus - Day 3 (killed by Peeta)
 * 8th - Chaff - Day 3 (killed by Brutus)
 * 9th - District 10 Male - Day 2 (ripped by "The Beast")
 * 10th - Cashmere - Day 2 (killed by Johanna Mason)
 * 11th - Gloss - Day 2 (killed by Katniss Everdeen)
 * 12th - Wiress - Day 2 (killed by Gloss)
 * 13th - District 5 Female - Day 2 (killed by tidal wave)
 * 14th - District 6 Female - Day 2 (killed by monkey mutts)
 * 15th - Mags - Day 2 (killed by poisonous fog)
 * 16th - Blight - Day 2 (killed by blood rain)
 * 23rd-17th: (All killed on Day 1 at the Cornucopia)
 * District 6 Male
 * Cecelia
 * Woof
 * District 9 Male
 * District 9 Female
 * District 10 Female
 * Seeder
 * 24th - District 5 Male - Day 1 (killed by Finnick Odair at the Cornucopia)

Design
The arena was designed to mimic a clock. Every hour some torture designed by the Gamemakers would be activated 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 a large, round pool of salt water. Encircling the water was a ring of jungle. The only fresh water was rainwater stored inside the trees. There were various foods in the arena, including nuts, "tree rats," and shellfish that some tributes cooked by bouncing them off the forcefield.

Clock Sectors This cycle was repeated periodically to match the time, with each hour triggering a new event. Each event therefore occurred twice a day. The cycle began on midnight of the second day, and the Quarter Quell ended just after midnight of the fourth day. Each event was triggered eight times except the lightning, which was triggered nine times.
 * 12-1 - Bursts of lightning hit a single tree. | Tributes claimed: none
 * 1-2 - Blood rains down from sky. | Tributes claimed: Blight
 * 2-3 - Corrosive fog spreads through the jungle. | Tributes claimed : Mags
 * 3-4 - Orange monkey-like mutts attack. | Tributes claimed: District 6 female (morphling)
 * 4-5 - Jabberjays torture the tributes with their loved ones' screams. | Tributes claimed: none, but the jays were torturing Katniss and Finnick with Prim and Annie's screams.
 * 5-6 - Unknown
 * 6-7 - Unknown mutation that rips one tribute into five pieces; Peeta labels it "Beast." | Tributes claimed : District 10 male
 * 7-8 - Unknown
 * 8-9 - Unknown
 * 9-10 - Unknown
 * 10-11 - Tidal wave hits the beach. | Tribute claimed: District 5 female
 * 11-12 - Unknown. From the sound of clicks, Katniss guesses that it contains swarms of insect mutts with pincers. | Tributes claimed: none

Outfits
The outfits were fitted blue jumpsuits made of sheer material half an inch thick with zippers down the front. Each suit came with a six inch wide padded belt covered in purple plastic, which was filled with purple liquid and could be used as a flotation device. The shoes were nylon, with rubber soles.

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