The Tenth Annual Hunger Games


Introduction

The Brutalian political party remained in power, with President Guyardo Flastura and Head Gamemaker Hanson Greer in control still. During this Games and forward, the names of the tributes will start to align with the occupation of their Districts (example: Whale for District 4 or Corda/Chip for District 3). During the rebellion, rebels chose names for their children that were akin to the occupation of their District as a way to show pride for their District and to show its independence. This naming trend stuck in the Districts, and after the rebellion and onwards, many children were named after an aspect of their Districts. This lead to several tributes named the same thing. Birch and Oak became the Octavia and Caesar of District 7; Diamond and Ace dominated District 1, though hundreds of glitzy names were also favored there. District 2 was pretty diverse, with males being named after rocks and girls being named after spices. Flint and Rocco were a little too popular, though, the spelling variations of those names got out of hand. District 3 had some variation, though many tributes were named Router or Chip. District 4 had some variation, too, though the last name Waters was very dominant. District 5 has a surplus of Bolts, and District 6 had lots of Axel/Axelle's. District 8 had many cloth and color references. District 9 was one of the only Districts not to adopt the trend; the names of their tributes stayed "normal". District 10 had many animal references, and not just cow, pig, and chicken references, but any animal under the sun. District 11 was all fruits and vegetables and plants, and District 12 also (mostly) did not adopt the trend, with parents naming their children whatever they wanted (though there were quite a few Cole's). Boliviana Rare returned as the host. The tributes, again, did not score any higher than an 8. There were no volunteers. Here are the tributes:

District 1: Venera Raechelle, 17 (8) 5-1 and Gus Yardio, 15 (5) 23-1

District 2: Pepper Tension, 16 (6) 16-1 and Draymond Feller, 18 (8) 6-1

District 3: Corda Williamson, 15 (6) 17-1 and Chip Eraser, 16 (7) 10-1

District 4: Wendy Parkinson, 15 (4) 35-1 and Whale Thomas, 16 (7) 9-1

District 5: Gladys Donnahugh, 18 (5) 25-1 and Conor Tate, 14 (5) 25-1

District 6: Axelle Dariant, 16 (7) 8-1 and Greason Trails, 18 (8) 5-1

District 7: Cynthia Darte, 18 (6) 18-1 and Woody Benore, 17 (5) 25-1

District 8: Magenta Lace, 12 (3) 59-1 and Cloth Topper, 15 (6) 18-1

District 9: Sue Tamarind, 15 (3) 61-1 and Jonah Rosenburgh, 16 (6) 18-1

District 10: Cowa Lee, 14 (5) 24-1 and Dason Wyndhurst, 16 (3) 60-1

District 11: Fruit Caryso, 16 (5) 25-1 and Stalk Devins, 13 (4) 34-1

District 12: Coalette Simmons, 17 (6) 18-1 and Jon Gregoro, 12 (3) 62-1

HGBA Odds: 20% on Venera, Draymond, and Greason, 10% on Whale and Axelle, 5% on Chip, 2% Cynthia, Pepper, Cloth, and Coalette, 1% or less on Gus, Corda, Wendy, Gladys, Conor, Woody, Magenta, Sue, Jonah, Cowa, Dason, Fruit, Stalk, and Jon.


The Games

The tributes arose in a giant, multi-biome arena. It was the biggest arena yet, and it had plenty of topographical features. To the north sat a large pine forest, a large prairie, two small rivers that fed into a small pond, and a giant mountain range. To the east sat rolling hills, two large rivers that came together to feed a giant lake, and a deciduous forest. To the south was another large prairie, a giant chasm that one of the rivers fell into, and another set of giant mountains. All in all, the giant arena's multiple features would keep the attention of the audience. The only downside was that its big size could cause the Games to be longer, as it would take longer for the tributes to hunt each other down.

The tributes arose on their platforms in the middle of an entirely flat area with short, stubby green grass covering it. It was about a mile long by a mile wide. In the distance, all of the physical features, especially the mountains, loomed large. About one fourth of the tributes took their chances running from the Bloodbath, while the other three fourths ran in.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Tributes burst in all different directions. The Bloodbath quickly began as the first tribute to reach the Cornucopia, Greason, picked up a spear and shoved it into the nearest tribute, a tiny girl.

Magenta Lace, District 8 Female; 24th, Killed by Greason, Bloodbath

Greason's allies, Axelle and Chip, picked up a bow and arrows and a mace, respectively. They mobbed an alliance of two smaller tributes, killing them swiftly.

Jon Gregoro, District 12 Male; 23rd, Killed by Axelle, Bloodbath

Sue Tamarind, District 9 Female; 22nd, Killed by Chip, Bloodbath

Meanwhile, as the alliance of three pursued other tributes, Venera, the girl from 1, swept up an axe and chopped off the head of a tall boy from the Lumber District.

Woody Benore, District 7 Male; 21st, Killed by Venera, Bloodbath

Greason, Axelle, and Chip closed in on another tribute, a smaller, willowy girl from the Fishing District.

Wendy Parkinson, District 4 Female; 20th, Killed by Chip, Bloodbath

Draymond and his District partner, Pepper, were running from the Bloodbath together when Draymond took his sword and cut down his ally and District partner, knowing she was competition for the Victor's Crown.

Pepper Tension, District 2 Female; 19th, Killed by Draymond, Bloodbath

Venera killed a second tribute who had been trying to take the neon yellow pack she wanted.

Dason Wyndhurst, District 10 Male; 18th, Killed by Venera, Bloodbath

The last kill of the bloodbath came at the hands of the 3 person alliance. A short, malnourished boy was trying to run away with loaves of bread in his hands, daggers in his pockets. Axelle sent an arrow through his head.

Stalk Devins, District 11 Male; 17th, Killed by Axelle, Bloodbath

At this time, the final tributes scattered, though Axelle, Greason, and Chip stayed at the Cornucopia, which they would call home for most of the Games.

The next day, Axelle and Greason went hunting while Chip guarded their supplies at the Cornucopia. They found a they'd wounded in the Bloodbath laying on the edge of the southern prairie, bleeding out slowly. Greason put his spear through her back, ending her pain.

Cynthia Darte, District 7 Female; 16th, Killed by Greason, Day 2

The dominant tributes this year were surely surprising. The two from 6 and the boy from 3, tributes that usually (at least, near the beginning of the Games) died off early.

Day 3 passed, deathless. Day 4, coyote mutts chased a girl all the way from the north pine forest and into the rolling hills in the west before they wrapped their fangs around her, killing her.

Coalette Simmons, District 12 Female; 15th, Killed by coyote mutts, Day 4

Day 5, a big contender was murdered by Chip and Axelle. They'd been tracking the 18-year old for 2 days, and finally they had zeroed in on him, and Axelle emptied an arrow into his abdomen before Chip stormed over and bashed his head in with a mace.

Draymond Feller, District 2 Male; 14th, Killed by Axelle and Chip, Day 5

Day 6 was deathless. Day 7 had two deaths, in which three loners faced off, all armed with small, serrated daggers. After a minute of fighting, one fell as a blade pierced his jugular.

Conor Tate, District 5 Male; 13th, Killed by Cowa, Day 7

The killer of Conor now was weaponless, her blade stuck in Conor's corpse, so she was easily felled by the third tribute in the trio that had been skirmishing.

Cowa Lee, District 10 Female; 12th, Killed by Cloth, Day 7

Day 8, Chip and Greason chased another tribute right into the giant chasm in the southwest quadrant of the arena. He tumbled down there, his body being broken into bloody scraps once he hit the bottom, three hundred feet below.

Whale Thomas, District 4 Male; 11th, Killed by Greason, Chip, and chasm, Day 8

Days 9 and 10 were deathless, so the Gamemakers stirred up fires to drive the tributes together into two groups. The one group, everyone slowly backed away from each other, refusing to fight. In the other, however, was Venera, Greason, Axelle, Chip, Gladys, and Fruit. Venera risked the flames and got mildly singed so she would not have to fight, but Greason, Axelle, and Chip slaughtered Gladys and Fruit, who were trapped by the flames.

Gladys Donnahugh, District 5 Female; 10th, Killed by Chip, Day 11

Fruit Caryso, District 11 Female; 9th, Killed by Greason, Day 11

That left the Top 8: Venera Raechelle from District 1, Gus Yardio from District 1, Corda Williamson from District 3, Chip Eraser from District 3, Axelle Dariant from District 6, Greason Trails from District 6, Cloth Topper from District 8, and Jonah Rosenburgh from District 9.

The next day, a boy drank from the small pond to the north. The water had been poisoned by the Gamemakers, and he hadn't used iodine to wash away the diseases in it. Within two hours of drinking, the fast acting dysentery killed the boy.

Cloth Topper, District 8 Male; 8th, Dysentery, Day 12

Day 13, two District partners met up accidentally in the north prairie, and the stronger one killed the other.

Gus Yardio, District 1 Male; 7th, Killed by Venera, Day 13

Day 14 was deathless. Day 15, two kills happened. One was caused by Axelle, Greason, and Chip, while the other was from natural causes.

Early in the morning, Greason awoke to see a tribute trying to steal supplies from the Cornucopia. He speared the boy in the chest.

Jonah Rosenburgh, District 9 Male; 6th, Killed by Greason, Day 15

Around noon, a girl died in the southern mountains after a landslide occurred and she was crushed by the debris.

Corda Williamson, District 3 Female; 5th, Killed by landslide, Day 15

Day 16 was deathless, and Day 17 the Gamemakers pushed everyone into the south prairie via wildfires. The alliance of three banded together one last time to dispatch of the only other tribute outside of their alliance.

Venera Raechelle, District 1 Female; 4th, Killed by Greason, Axelle, and Chip, Day 17

It was then that the 3 remaining tributes realized that it was only their alliance left, and that they would have to kill each other.

Chip made the first move, bludgeoning Axelle to death with one quick sweep of his mace.

Axelle Dariant, District 6 Female; 3rd, Killed by Chip, Day 17

Chip stood, turning to Greason.

"Shall we have a fair fi-" he began, but the he looked down to see Greason's spear sticking through his stomach and out his back. He gurgled out blood and tried to form some words, but he failed and fell limp on the spear.

Chip Eraser, District 3 Male; 2nd, Killed by Greason, Day 17

"Greason Trails of District 6, you are the Victor of the 10th Hunger Games!" Boliviana's voice squealed across the speakers. Greason, resigned, just tugged his spear out of Chip's body, looking ruefully at the bloody bodies of his comrades.


Aftermath

Greason brought home Victory to his Victor-less home District of District 6. He was a worthy Mentor, and the only Victor from District 6 who would abstain from morphling as a way to solve his problems. He would Mentor dozens of tributes who would often die earlier on in the Games, although several would make it far or win under his lead. With his win, only Districts 8, 10, and 12 lacked a Victor.

Greason would live a nice life, living to age 84 and dying six months after the 76th Hunger Games. He would marry twice and have three children in total.

The payouts were okay for his Victory, as 20% bet on him.

His Victory Tour was nothing outside of the norm, although District 3 showered him in rotten food when he let a comment slip that Chip hadn't been the nicest ally. District 6 loved him, and they were elated that they hadn't come in 2nd for a third time in a row, and that they had gotten 2 of the Top 3 tributes that year.


Victor's News

Greason moves into the Victor's Village of District 6.

Chaplin marries his long time girlfriend, Sonoma Cleric.

Guild becomes re-engaged to Capitol socialite Timmia Jetsin.


List of Victors

1st: Kelan Thather, District 4 (1, 1 Male)

2nd: Dillon Tripp, District 9 (1, 1 Male)

3rd: Tugra Ertra, District 5 (1, 1 Female)

4th: Noor Tuskararus, District 2 (1, 1 Female)

5th: Ishania Patel, District 7 (1, 1 Female)

6th: Guild Tonneroy, District 1 (1, 1 Male)

7th: Chaplin Nastaro, District 3 (1, 1 Male)

8th: Irmentrude Marley, District 5 (2, 2 Female)

9th: Vissarion Chamantel, District 11 (1, 1 Male)

10th: Greason Trails, District 6 (1, 1 Male)