Hunger Games (event)

Each year in the country of Panem, the Hunger Games are played. This is not a game of Bingo or a chariot race. This is a game between life and death.

24 children (called Tributes) are forced to participate in this event- two for every distict. The goal? To be the last remaining survivor.

The Reaping

How it started
Years and Years before, the thirteen districts of Panem revolted against the Capitol. Together, they stood strong. But when their leader, District 13, got blown to bits by the Capitol, resistance became pointless. They lost the Rebellion.

Now, every year since they fell, the Capitol forces a girl and a boy from each District to participate in these games, in front of hidden cameras that show everything live. Each year, 23 children die. Each year, only 1 survives.

Mentoring
To mentor a child in the Hunger Games, you have to enter- and win it. Each surviving Tribute is now forced to mentor the next two tributes, and so on. No way out of it.

It's a heart breaking process- watching the children you are burdened and trusted to keep alive die yearly before your eyes.

Tokens
Each Tribute is allowed one token from their district, to represent and remind them of home. They must not be able to be used as weapons, and not dangerious in any way.

The pin that Madge Undersee gave Katniss Everdeen was Katniss's token, barley passable by the Gamemakers

Blood Baths
Always, in the beginning of a game, there is a huge bloodbath where roughly half of the Tributes die right off. The area it takes place in the the Cornucopia, or the starting point. Surrounding the tributes are tables full of goods- bows and arrows, food, water- just about everything you could want or need to survive.

This is where the fighting always starts. Either you stay to collect a token or important weapon, or you run to risk your chances without it. Either way, there is a very likely chance of your death.

There where often more then one blood bath in the Hunger Games, but where referred to as Feasts.