There were 75 Hunger Games in Panem. We know a lot only about the 74th and the 75th. So what happened in the other 72 years of Hunger Games?
THE 1ST HUNGER GAMES
Victor-Cain Hearten
District 6
Male Tribute
Arena-Abandoned ruins of a town
Age-17
I felt the pain stab up my arm, slowly crawling up by body as the poison entered my bloodstream. I glared at the attacker, a girl from 8. I felt a scream rising in my throat. "Damn you to hell!" I screamed, and brought my spear down on her chest. Cannon fired. Trumpets played. "Ladies and gentlemen of Panem, I present to you the Victor of the 1st Hunger Games…Cain Hearten, the boy tribute from District 6!"
-A Memory of Cain Hearten
THE 2ND HUNGER GAMES
Victor-Aubra Winnfield
District 9
Female Tribute
Arena-Deciduous forest
Age-15
I held my breath as the fire raged…The fire I created. All the cannons were lost n the blazing flames, e deaths unimportant. I stared at the thing I had unleashed using the matches from my kit from the Cornucopia. It was only the sixth night in the arena, and I knew the Gamemakers must be getting restless. The Capitol wasn't seeing any gore. The ratings for this year's Games would be much lower than last year's…Perhaps this stunt was an easy one, but I hadn't planned on blowing the arena into a blazing world of flames. Scarlet tongues licked closer to me, and I managed to escape the fire. Soon I realized the flames were dying down. It was raining buckets now. The Gamemakers were trying to put out the flames and get the bodies. Not far away I saw a hovercraft appear and carry the charred remains of the body of a dead tribute. It was not thirty yards from where I stood. If I had not started the fire, the tribute would have most certainly killed me.
-A Memory of Aubra Winnfield
The 3rd Hunger Games
Victor-Aamir Dagobert
District 1
Boy Tribute
Arena-Scorching desert
Age-18
I whirled around as the cannon fired, sharing a triumphant glance with Hemmingway. It is reflected in her eyes, and I feel bitter as I remember that we are down to the final two tributes. Hemmingway doesn't yet realize it. I recalled what I'd learned at the Training Academy, and I slashed a knife at her. She dodges it and rolls, and that's when I realize she's armed, too. I feel blood splatter my legs, and I fall as an excruciating pain follows. I swung my axe at her, and I throw. My aim is pretty good. Pride fills me as it strikes her, and she falls, dead. I see the hovercraft come for both of us. The only difference is, I'll be leaving the Capitol alive.
-A Memory of Aamir Dagobert
THE 4TH HUNGER GAMES
Victor-Octavian Arnolds
District 4
Boy Tribute
Arena-Swamplands
Age-16
My other allies are beside me as I hear rustling in the undergrowth. I raised my javelin, ready for anything. Shimmer, the girl from 1, pushes aside some branches. A snarling comes from inside and a wolf-not a mutt, wolf-attacks her, rips out her throat. The blood sinks into the ground, and as I try to stab the creature, I see that it has already gone. The cannon fires and we move away from Shimmer's body as a hovercraft comes to take away her body. I wondered if the wolf really was a Gamemaker weapon-it only killed Shimmer.
-A Memory of Octavian Arnolds
THE 5TH HUNGER GAMES
Victor-Skylar James
District 10
Girl Tribute
Arena-Barren prairies without any cover
Age-16
I stared up at the funnel cloud, reaching earth as a windy devil. Dirt gets in my eyes, and as I watch, it hits a nearby tribute fire and bursts into a wailing of smoke. The Gamemakers must be thinking things are getting pretty boring. As I watch the whirlwind turns into a firestorm. We see them in District 10 sometimes, and they are virtually unstoppable. Only a Gamemaker could put one out. I know that there is no way I can survive if I keep standing where I am. I take off in a mad dash, sprinting away for safety, but there is none, for this an arena meant for death.
-A Memory of Skylar James