10th Games

These games were considered to be a great embarrasment to The Capitol, due to nine of the tributes dying before the games had even begun, along with an intruder illegally entering the arena and allegations of cheating on behalf of the victor.

That said, this year saw the start of many traditions that are still popular in our games today, such as the tributes' interviews and the ability to send sponsor gifts, not to mention the introduction of animals into the arena. however instead of having mentors from their own district, their mentors were students of The Capitol. This mentoring system is often considered to be a mistake, due to the mentors having too much control over the games.

This year's victor was Lucy Gray Baird, age 16, from District 12. The weather was sunny with some rain, had poisonous snakes, and lasted for 4 days, 5 hours, and 21 minutes.

Rather shockingly, none of the fifteen tributes were killed in the opening minutes, with most of them running through the tunnels to a hiding place. Lucy hid within the stands with her District partner, Jessup, where they took it in turns sleeping and looking out for each other.

However Jessup had contracted rabies before this year's games had begun and was lead to his death about halfway through the games by his own mentor, so that he would not infect Lucy Gray

On the penultimate day, the game-makers introduced snakes into the games. Circ (3) and Coral (4) were fatally bitten, whilst Lucy Gray sang to the snakes, which somehow kept them from attacking her. These types of snaked were never recreated and so it was difficult for The Capitol to determine why Lucy Gray's singing had stopped them from attacking her.

When there were just Lucy Gray and Reaper (11) remaining, Reaper started showing signs of poisoning, although it was never determined if he had been poisoned or how this was possible.

Reaper placed parts of Panem's flag over the bodies of the other tributes throughout the games, but in an effort to wear him out under the intense sun, Lucy Gray removed these fragments of the flag, which made Reaper run back after them in order to place them over the bodies again. Due to the alleged poisoning and the heat levels, Reaper ultimately collapsed and died, leaving Lucy Gray as the victor.

After winning these games, rumours of cheating surrounded Lucy Gray and her mentor, future president Coriolanus Snow. Due to this, records of the games were erased and were only recently recovered. After returning to District 12, it is known that Lucy Gray formed a band with her family, but went missing later that summer. There are no suspects or active leads in her disappearance, which remains unsolved to this day.