Hunger Games World Guide
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Panem is a nation that was established during an unknown time period in a post-apocalyptic world. It is situated primarily on the western side of North America, and the Capitol is located in an area formerly known as the Rocky Mountains, as it states in the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. Panem was run by a single-party totalitarian dictatorship that was led by President Snow before the second rebellion. It is portrayed in the trilogy to be the dominant society in North America, and no other nations or civilized societies beyond Panem have been mentioned, so it is unknown if any exist at all. The name Panem derives from the Latin phrase panem et circenses, which literally translates into 'bread and circuses'. The phrase itself is used to describe entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters. Furthermore, by the government providing ample food and entertainment, the citizens would give up their political rights.
In Panem, the rules were harshly enforced. After the Dark Days, a sadistic, annual event known as the Hunger Games was established.
The Capitol
The Capitol is the biggest city in Panem and serves as the nation's central seat of government. It is located in an area formerly known as the Rocky Mountains and is surrounded by the thirteen outlying districts.
The free residents of the Capitol are generally considered the wealthiest (and most decadent) of all Panem, and the city's prosperity is fueled by the industries and The Capitol forced labor of the districts beyond. While it is a major territory, it is not considered one of the thirteen districts. The people are most known for their "creative" outfits, and crazy sense of fashion, even to the extent of dying the color of their own skin, or even having whiskers implanted, a thought that disgusts Katniss Everdeen. President Snow leads Panem, until there is rebellion and eventually, war.
Districts
The seals of Panem. The nation of Panem was separated into a total of thirteen nation-states known as districts, twelve of which are recognized as operational by the Capitol, and each being responsible for producing, procuring, or refining goods in a particular industry as dictated by the Capitol. All of the districts are subject to the unrelenting will of the authoritarian Capitol, and have no known influence concerning the national politics of Panem beyond their own individual territories.
The districts barely interact with each other since it was illegal, so each district generally has a unique culture unaffected by the other districts. Welfare levels vary significantly, and are often dependent on the goods it produces; some districts, such as 11 and 12, are far more impoverished than wealthier districts like 1, 2, and 4, though apparently no district is nearly as wealthy as the Capitol itself.
Originally, there were thirteen districts in Panem. During the Dark Days, District 13 was obliterated by the Capitol and is no longer recognized as operational. Each district provides something different to the Capitol; for example, District 12 provides coal and District 4 provides fish.
The Hunger Games were a morbid and brutal competition which took place annually in the country of Panem. Every year, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 were selected from each of the twelve districtsas tributes, who prepare for a week and then are sent into an outdoor arena to fight to the death. The event was nationally televised as mandatory viewing for all citizens. The last living tribute is declared the victor and is allowed to live in comfort in their home district.
Reaping
Every year, each district holds a reaping ceremony. Two large glass balls contain slips of paper with each child's first and last name. A child's name is entered each year for every year that they are eligible. The entries are cumulative, and each year another slip is added to the glass ball for the child's aging. Ex: At age 12 one slip has their name, at 13 two slips are added, and so on. By the time each child is 18, they must have a minimum of 7 entries in the glass ball. However, they can choose to add their name more times in exchange for tessera, which is a small ration of oil and grain. Each tessera has enough oil and grain to supply one family member with food for one year.
The district's representative/escort (e.g. Effie Trinket for District 12) picks a name out of the balls, one of which is for girls and one for boys. The tributes whose names are chosen are then entered into the Hunger Games, unless someone is willing to volunteer - a normally quite rare phenomenon unless it is in one of the "Career Districts" (1, 2, and 4), districts in which children have been training their whole lives to enter the Games.
When a victor comes home, they are no longer be eligible to participate in the Hunger Games even if they are still young enough to have their name drawn in the reaping. The exception to this rule is the 75th Hunger Games (the 3rd Quarter Quell). Another year where there was an exception, was the 25th Hunger Games (the 1st Quarter Quell) when the districts were required to chose which tributes were to enter the Games. The reaping ceremony is also treated like a celebration to all districts. The children dress up and sometimes give gifts to each other. They also tend to celebrate after the reaping is over, except of course for the children who are chosen, who are busy saying their goodbyes.
Mentoring
Each living victor from each district is given the task of mentoring the next tributes for the Games. If there is only one living victor, he/she will be mentor for both tributes (ex. Haymitch mentors both Katniss and Peeta for the 74th and 75th Hunger Games). Any living victor is invited to the Capitol to come alongside the tributes and to watch the Games live. Mentors are expected to come in order to sort out the complications of sponsors and sending the gifts into the arena.
Sponsors
As tributes battle in the arena, quite often they can become helpless (ex. Peeta Mellark with blood poisoning, Katniss' leg burn, etc.). This is simply because of the Cornucopia bloodbath since the tributes are fighting over the items they need to win the Hunger Games. Many of the tributes are left with limited or no items they wanted from the Cornucopia. Wealthy viewers or groups of people can pool their funds and send items into the arena should a tribute need something, such as food, shelter, weapons, or medicine. In the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss received burn medicine and food - most notably a loaf of bread from District 11 that she assumes was intended for Rue before her death. Katniss is extremely touched by this unheard of gesture as never before has a tribute received a gift from another district.
Bloodbaths
The bloodbath is what starts the excitement in the Games. On average, roughly half of the tributes die at the initial battle that takes place at the Cornucopia, near the starting point of the games. Spilling from the Cornucopia and strewn on the ground among the tributes are various items including weapons, food, water, and other supplies. Some tributes venture into the opening scramble for these valuable items, while others use it as part of their strategy for slaughter.
HISTORY
9th Hunger Games
Mags of District 4 was the winner of the 9th Hunger Games.
17th Hunger Games
Woof of District 8 was the winner of the 17th Hunger Games. It is unknown how Woof won.
23rd Hunger Games
A male from District 6 was the winner of the 23rd Hunger Games. He was very skilled with camouflage. After his victory, he became a morphling addict.
25th Hunger Games (First Quarter Quell)
The 25th Hunger Games was the first Quarter Quell in the history of the Games, and each district had to elect its own tributes. The victor of these Games wasn't alive when the third Quarter Quell started, just like Mags and Woof, who are both older than the said victor.
27th Hunger Games
A female from District 6 was the winner of the 27th Hunger Games. Just like the male from District 6 who won the 23rd Hunger Games, she also used camouflage and after winning, she too became addicted to morphling.
33rd Hunger Games
Seeder of District 11 won the 33rd Hunger Games. She won her Games by being able to go without food longer than the other tributes.
35th Hunger Games
Beetee of District 3 won the 35th Hunger Games. Beetee won his Games by somehow surviving until the end was close, then created an electrical trap, which he used to kill the remaining tributes.
38th Hunger Games
Wiress of District 3 won the 38th Hunger Games. It is unknown how she won.
45th Hunger Games
The 45th Hunger Games included Chaff, of District 11. It ended with Chaff being victorious, though losing his left arm from the elbow and below in the process. He refused to get a prosthetic replacement from the Capitol.
50th Hunger Games (Second Quarter Quell)
The 50th Hunger Games included Maysilee Donner and Haymitch Abernathy of District 12. There were forty-eight tributes rather than twenty-four as stated for from the special rule of the Quarter Quell. Maysilee and Haymitch made an alliance to help each other survive. This lasted until the top 5 tributes. Maysilee was killed by candy pink bird muttations with spear-like bills, two tributes were eaten by carnivorous squirrel mutts, the next was killed in combat (who killed him/her is not specified) and Haymitch managed victory by using the arena's force-field to deflect an attack from the Career girl from District 1, which killed her instead. She threw her axe at Haymitch and he ducked, allowing the axe to hit the forcefield and ricochet, killing her and making Haymitch the victor.
48th Hunger Games
Brutus of District 2 won the 48th Hunger Games. Being from a Career District, it can be assumed that Brutus was in an alliance with the Career Tributes.
62nd Hunger Games
Enobaria of District 2 won the 62nd Hunger Games, killing one of her former allies from the Career Pack, by ripping open their throat with her teeth. This later became what Enobaria was best known for. She was encouraged to surgically alter her teeth, so they now end in points and are coated in gold, making them a flashy and deadly weapon.
63rd Hunger Games
Gloss of District 1 was the victor of the 63rd Hunger Games. Being from a Career District, it can be assumed that Gloss was in an alliance with the other Career tributes.
64th Hunger Games
Cashmere of District 1 was the victor of the 64th Hunger Games. It can be assumed that Cashmere was in a Career Alliance.
Finnick Odair won the 65th Hunger Games due to his proficiency with weapons, being from District 4 and therefore a Career Tribute, as well as his good looks that helped him acquire sponsors. He received a trident from sponsors, which Katniss believes is one of the most expensive gifts ever given during the Games. Being from the fishing district, he was skilled with the weapon and used handwoven nets to capture tributes and then stab them with his trident.
70th Hunger Games
TBA
Technologies
Technology in Panem is very advanced and utilises such things as forcefields, holograms, solar batteries and magnetic levitation. The Capitol is a technologically advanced metropolis, utilizing science to make life easier for its plutocratic citizens, whereas the districts, most notably the outer ones, seem to have progressed little beyond 20th and 21st century technology. The research and production of new technology is the industry ofDistrict 3, making devices and gadgets like televisions and computers. Technology is also used in weaponry, notably by Beetee, a native of District 3. During his time as a tribute in a past Hunger Games, Beetee managed to make an electric trap that killed off the remaining tributes from the Games, giving him his victory.
Weapons are used many times in The Hunger Games trilogy, primarily in the actual Hunger Games. They are supplied at the Cornucopia and initially acquired during the bloodbath. Tributes who do not obtain a weapon at this stage must then acquire them from another tribute, resulting in weapons changing hands as the Games go on. Weapons are also sometimes gifts to tributes by their districts and mentors.
In the film, most weapons are made of a silvery metal, with black hilts. They often have holes in them to attain a lighter weight.
Outside of the Games, Peacekeepers and the Panem military are the only ones who may be armed to prevent the residents of the districts from rebelling, with the exception of the independent District 13. Katniss Everdeen, however, gets most of her food by trekking into the woods and hunting with a bow and arrow that her father made for her. This is technically illegal, but was, most of the time, overlooked by the Peacekeepers.
Panem is a nation that was established during an unknown time period in a post-apocalyptic world. It is situated primarily on the western side of North America, and the Capitol is located in an area formerly known as the Rocky Mountains, as it states in the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. Panem was run by a single-party totalitarian dictatorship that was led by President Snow before the second rebellion. It is portrayed in the trilogy to be the dominant society in North America, and no other nations or civilized societies beyond Panem have been mentioned, so it is unknown if any exist at all. The name Panem derives from the Latin phrase panem et circenses, which literally translates into 'bread and circuses'. The phrase itself is used to describe entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters. Furthermore, by the government providing ample food and entertainment, the citizens would give up their political rights.
In Panem, the rules were harshly enforced. After the Dark Days, a sadistic, annual event known as the Hunger Games was established.
The Capitol
The Capitol is the biggest city in Panem and serves as the nation's central seat of government. It is located in an area formerly known as the Rocky Mountains and is surrounded by the thirteen outlying districts.
The free residents of the Capitol are generally considered the wealthiest (and most decadent) of all Panem, and the city's prosperity is fueled by the industries and The Capitol forced labor of the districts beyond. While it is a major territory, it is not considered one of the thirteen districts. The people are most known for their "creative" outfits, and crazy sense of fashion, even to the extent of dying the color of their own skin, or even having whiskers implanted, a thought that disgusts Katniss Everdeen. President Snow leads Panem, until there is rebellion and eventually, war.
Districts
The seals of Panem. The nation of Panem was separated into a total of thirteen nation-states known as districts, twelve of which are recognized as operational by the Capitol, and each being responsible for producing, procuring, or refining goods in a particular industry as dictated by the Capitol. All of the districts are subject to the unrelenting will of the authoritarian Capitol, and have no known influence concerning the national politics of Panem beyond their own individual territories.
The districts barely interact with each other since it was illegal, so each district generally has a unique culture unaffected by the other districts. Welfare levels vary significantly, and are often dependent on the goods it produces; some districts, such as 11 and 12, are far more impoverished than wealthier districts like 1, 2, and 4, though apparently no district is nearly as wealthy as the Capitol itself.
Originally, there were thirteen districts in Panem. During the Dark Days, District 13 was obliterated by the Capitol and is no longer recognized as operational. Each district provides something different to the Capitol; for example, District 12 provides coal and District 4 provides fish.
The Hunger Games were a morbid and brutal competition which took place annually in the country of Panem. Every year, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 were selected from each of the twelve districtsas tributes, who prepare for a week and then are sent into an outdoor arena to fight to the death. The event was nationally televised as mandatory viewing for all citizens. The last living tribute is declared the victor and is allowed to live in comfort in their home district.
Reaping
Every year, each district holds a reaping ceremony. Two large glass balls contain slips of paper with each child's first and last name. A child's name is entered each year for every year that they are eligible. The entries are cumulative, and each year another slip is added to the glass ball for the child's aging. Ex: At age 12 one slip has their name, at 13 two slips are added, and so on. By the time each child is 18, they must have a minimum of 7 entries in the glass ball. However, they can choose to add their name more times in exchange for tessera, which is a small ration of oil and grain. Each tessera has enough oil and grain to supply one family member with food for one year.
The district's representative/escort (e.g. Effie Trinket for District 12) picks a name out of the balls, one of which is for girls and one for boys. The tributes whose names are chosen are then entered into the Hunger Games, unless someone is willing to volunteer - a normally quite rare phenomenon unless it is in one of the "Career Districts" (1, 2, and 4), districts in which children have been training their whole lives to enter the Games.
When a victor comes home, they are no longer be eligible to participate in the Hunger Games even if they are still young enough to have their name drawn in the reaping. The exception to this rule is the 75th Hunger Games (the 3rd Quarter Quell). Another year where there was an exception, was the 25th Hunger Games (the 1st Quarter Quell) when the districts were required to chose which tributes were to enter the Games. The reaping ceremony is also treated like a celebration to all districts. The children dress up and sometimes give gifts to each other. They also tend to celebrate after the reaping is over, except of course for the children who are chosen, who are busy saying their goodbyes.
Mentoring
Each living victor from each district is given the task of mentoring the next tributes for the Games. If there is only one living victor, he/she will be mentor for both tributes (ex. Haymitch mentors both Katniss and Peeta for the 74th and 75th Hunger Games). Any living victor is invited to the Capitol to come alongside the tributes and to watch the Games live. Mentors are expected to come in order to sort out the complications of sponsors and sending the gifts into the arena.
Sponsors
As tributes battle in the arena, quite often they can become helpless (ex. Peeta Mellark with blood poisoning, Katniss' leg burn, etc.). This is simply because of the Cornucopia bloodbath since the tributes are fighting over the items they need to win the Hunger Games. Many of the tributes are left with limited or no items they wanted from the Cornucopia. Wealthy viewers or groups of people can pool their funds and send items into the arena should a tribute need something, such as food, shelter, weapons, or medicine. In the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss received burn medicine and food - most notably a loaf of bread from District 11 that she assumes was intended for Rue before her death. Katniss is extremely touched by this unheard of gesture as never before has a tribute received a gift from another district.
Bloodbaths
The bloodbath is what starts the excitement in the Games. On average, roughly half of the tributes die at the initial battle that takes place at the Cornucopia, near the starting point of the games. Spilling from the Cornucopia and strewn on the ground among the tributes are various items including weapons, food, water, and other supplies. Some tributes venture into the opening scramble for these valuable items, while others use it as part of their strategy for slaughter.
HISTORY
9th Hunger Games
Mags of District 4 was the winner of the 9th Hunger Games.
17th Hunger Games
Woof of District 8 was the winner of the 17th Hunger Games. It is unknown how Woof won.
23rd Hunger Games
A male from District 6 was the winner of the 23rd Hunger Games. He was very skilled with camouflage. After his victory, he became a morphling addict.
25th Hunger Games (First Quarter Quell)
The 25th Hunger Games was the first Quarter Quell in the history of the Games, and each district had to elect its own tributes. The victor of these Games wasn't alive when the third Quarter Quell started, just like Mags and Woof, who are both older than the said victor.
27th Hunger Games
A female from District 6 was the winner of the 27th Hunger Games. Just like the male from District 6 who won the 23rd Hunger Games, she also used camouflage and after winning, she too became addicted to morphling.
33rd Hunger Games
Seeder of District 11 won the 33rd Hunger Games. She won her Games by being able to go without food longer than the other tributes.
35th Hunger Games
Beetee of District 3 won the 35th Hunger Games. Beetee won his Games by somehow surviving until the end was close, then created an electrical trap, which he used to kill the remaining tributes.
38th Hunger Games
Wiress of District 3 won the 38th Hunger Games. It is unknown how she won.
45th Hunger Games
The 45th Hunger Games included Chaff, of District 11. It ended with Chaff being victorious, though losing his left arm from the elbow and below in the process. He refused to get a prosthetic replacement from the Capitol.
50th Hunger Games (Second Quarter Quell)
The 50th Hunger Games included Maysilee Donner and Haymitch Abernathy of District 12. There were forty-eight tributes rather than twenty-four as stated for from the special rule of the Quarter Quell. Maysilee and Haymitch made an alliance to help each other survive. This lasted until the top 5 tributes. Maysilee was killed by candy pink bird muttations with spear-like bills, two tributes were eaten by carnivorous squirrel mutts, the next was killed in combat (who killed him/her is not specified) and Haymitch managed victory by using the arena's force-field to deflect an attack from the Career girl from District 1, which killed her instead. She threw her axe at Haymitch and he ducked, allowing the axe to hit the forcefield and ricochet, killing her and making Haymitch the victor.
48th Hunger Games
Brutus of District 2 won the 48th Hunger Games. Being from a Career District, it can be assumed that Brutus was in an alliance with the Career Tributes.
62nd Hunger Games
Enobaria of District 2 won the 62nd Hunger Games, killing one of her former allies from the Career Pack, by ripping open their throat with her teeth. This later became what Enobaria was best known for. She was encouraged to surgically alter her teeth, so they now end in points and are coated in gold, making them a flashy and deadly weapon.
63rd Hunger Games
Gloss of District 1 was the victor of the 63rd Hunger Games. Being from a Career District, it can be assumed that Gloss was in an alliance with the other Career tributes.
64th Hunger Games
Cashmere of District 1 was the victor of the 64th Hunger Games. It can be assumed that Cashmere was in a Career Alliance.
Finnick Odair won the 65th Hunger Games due to his proficiency with weapons, being from District 4 and therefore a Career Tribute, as well as his good looks that helped him acquire sponsors. He received a trident from sponsors, which Katniss believes is one of the most expensive gifts ever given during the Games. Being from the fishing district, he was skilled with the weapon and used handwoven nets to capture tributes and then stab them with his trident.
70th Hunger Games
TBA
Technologies
Technology in Panem is very advanced and utilises such things as forcefields, holograms, solar batteries and magnetic levitation. The Capitol is a technologically advanced metropolis, utilizing science to make life easier for its plutocratic citizens, whereas the districts, most notably the outer ones, seem to have progressed little beyond 20th and 21st century technology. The research and production of new technology is the industry ofDistrict 3, making devices and gadgets like televisions and computers. Technology is also used in weaponry, notably by Beetee, a native of District 3. During his time as a tribute in a past Hunger Games, Beetee managed to make an electric trap that killed off the remaining tributes from the Games, giving him his victory.
Weapons are used many times in The Hunger Games trilogy, primarily in the actual Hunger Games. They are supplied at the Cornucopia and initially acquired during the bloodbath. Tributes who do not obtain a weapon at this stage must then acquire them from another tribute, resulting in weapons changing hands as the Games go on. Weapons are also sometimes gifts to tributes by their districts and mentors.
In the film, most weapons are made of a silvery metal, with black hilts. They often have holes in them to attain a lighter weight.
Outside of the Games, Peacekeepers and the Panem military are the only ones who may be armed to prevent the residents of the districts from rebelling, with the exception of the independent District 13. Katniss Everdeen, however, gets most of her food by trekking into the woods and hunting with a bow and arrow that her father made for her. This is technically illegal, but was, most of the time, overlooked by the Peacekeepers.
