Tehblakdeath's District Games

Aeneas Kypreos, President of Panem
Today was a red letter day.

The announcement of the upcoming twist for the 500th Hunger Games was upon us, and it was my duty as President of Panem to head these duties. This nationally-broadcasted event rode entirely upon my shoulders at this stage. This burden to the nation was something I took pride in, and yet, it came with an inordinate amount of pressure.

Two months ago, my father, President Giorgio Kypreos passed away. He was 53. I, a then 14 year-old, and current 15 year-old, was thrust headfirst into the position.

The fate of this nation's favourite event, on a Quell year no less, rests entirely upon me. To tell you the truth, I don't even know if I'm ready. I'm just not confident enough that I can run this game smoothly while maintaining a sense of security in the midst of the power vaccuum after my father's death. Thanks to my loyal inner circle, we have already managed to thwart two coups and one assassination attempt on my life.

I live in a dangerous position. But...there's nowhere else I'd rather be. People are to bow to me. People are to see me as their next glorious leader. My first act to set me on the path towards this road of prosperity is reading out the selected Quell twist for this year's Hunger Games.

I take my first steps towards the balcony, with a child only a few years younger than me following behind, the Box of Quells in hand. Two guards shoulder me: one, a tall fellow who guarded my father during his later years, and my head of security, Duran Agrippa, and the other, a sharpshooter with a terrible knack for puns, Kinessa Katzbalger.

It is only possible to hope that these two can ensure my safety in any case. Without them, I am weak. Vulnerable. Exposed. Yet, that fragility gives me a certain inner rush. It keeps my mind fresh, honed like a steeled sabre, prepared for bloodshed and the violence innately linked with my position of power.

The doors ahead swing open, bringing me out of my thoughts and into reality once more. A haughty woman who I recognize vaguely as one of my father's many mistresses whispers me a simple 'good luck', as I cross the barrier between my compound and the exterior of the Capitol.

Bringing my hands down from tinkering with my bowtie, I take a step towards the microphone, adjusting its angle to properly suit my height. I tap it once, hearing the boom echo across the speakers laid out in the Capitol Square, where hundreds, if not thousands of loyal citizens eagerly await my announcement. As the noise registers with them, they begin to cheer my name. A raucous roar of "Aeneas! Aeneas! Aeneas!" comes in from all across the plaza, and a smile forms upon my lips.

"Greetings, loyal subjects, and welcome to the announcement of the twist for the Twentieth Quarter Quell, the 500th Annual Hunger Games. If you somehow did not know, I am Aeneas Kypreos, the 103rd President of Panem, and the rightful heir and successor to my belated father, Giorgio Kypreos." A large amount of applause starts in the crowd. I allow it to go on for several seconds, before clearing my throat as it subdues.

"I understand that this event is not about anything but Panem's beloved annual event, but I would like to take a moment of silence prior to the national anthem to acknowledge my father. I know that he meant a lot to the citizenry of this glorious nation, and I believe a short period of reflection would be for the benefit of us all."

The crowd falls silent in synchronization with me, and we wait for about 30 seconds, the only noise in the area being the twittering noises produced by a nest of birds nearby. The moment feels serene, unified, and calm, broken only by the beginning of "Horn of Plenty". I cover my microphone, softly singing along to the music in tune to the chorus of Capitolites below.

"Thank you." I speak once more as the song and crowd die down, closing in turn of one another. "Now, without further ado, I would like to summon Gaetan Rehder to present the Box of Quells to me, please." I look over my left shoulder as the young Rehder stands, carrying the Box as he'd done undoubtedly dozens of times before in dress rehearsals. His grip was tightly knit around the box. Good, I think to myself, a spillage would make a mockery of us, child.

He takes his place to my left, opening the Box gently. Looking to my right, I place my hand into the Box, softly rummaging until I feel a piece of paper that I think suits me. Pulling it out, I return my view to the crowd below, giving a short nod to Rehder to return to his seat, which he does upon the closure of the Box. The silenced of bated breath fascinates me, and the suspense hangs in the air, ready to be broken with my words as the weapon.

"Now, without further ado, and affecting the 500th Annual Hunger Games, this year's twist will officially be unveiled...now." I open the paper's fold, reading it aloud. "In remembrance of the power, the glory, and the prestige that the Hunger Games hold for the Districts, sixteen sets of tributes per District will be reaped into Phase One, compete in a minor arena for seven days, and then proceed to Phase Two, a larger arena with every survivor from Phase One."

A pin drops. The crowd is silent.

Then, a volcanic eruption of cheers plays out.

The Main Stuff
So, this is not a confirmation of a new Games series. However, it's more or less a project proposal and an inquest into seeing if anyone has interest in this, as well as seeing who the community would like to see.

What is this project, you ask? Well...

My proposition is simple: a reform of TMG/Anon's District Hunger Games, where each Games is filled by 24 (although I'm considering an expansion to 32 to further align with the Expanded Districts continuity) tributes from each District, where all of them engage in combat until a male and female remain. This will go from District 0 to 14 plus the Capitol.

I know the concept is a bit confusing, but just check Anon's blurb on the disclosed page.

So, I do have a few rules I want to establish.


 * One: Per District, I am not willing to accept more than four tributes per creator. For example, using my tributes, I would only allow the use of Tux Bowden, Uzi Kystrel, Amber Gale, and Sly Hawkus as my submissions for District 1, as they are four tributes created by me in the same District.
 * You can disregard this rule when submitting tributes, as I'll be the one to choose them. This means I have to vet them as well.
 * If a user was known to have used two accounts under two distinct identities during their time editing, I will qualify both accounts as being unique. Therefore, Amina and Erlend would be considered separate entities, although Kekai's two accounts would not.
 * Actually y'know I'll just combine all accounts under one lmfao it's easier.
 * If a user wrote a tribute before putting it up to Auction, the tribute is considered as the original author's tribute and not the claimant's, UNLESS the claimant made significant changes afterwards. For example, Venus Valentine would be considered Cait's and not mine, but Manta Li would be considered mine and not Sean's.
 * Collaborative tributes such as Carolina Blanchett and Sky Tronarc will be of a lesser priority, although note that I am still considering them.
 * Two: I am not accepting any of my own tributes for consideration.
 * Due to the Rule One clause regarding Auction tributes, I will accept Venus Valentine, Dawn Keifer, Alkaline Watt, James Dant, Lucianus Arinsworth, Stych Kelley, Seth Wildor, Norman Campbell, and Gale Freeman as their original author's tributes. However, I will again be disqualifying Manta Li due to me having significantly reworked him since claiming him.
 * Also, Garrison Hayles is disqualified from submission as I wrote his personality, although Sky Tronarc, who I only created the Rinmaru for, is not. This is because a personality is a lot more deep than an anime image is.
 * Three: Less of a rule and more of an ask, but please don't try and submit a bunch of your tributes. I want this to be a project that honours the wiki's legacy, so if you find interesting submittables like Alric Gould or BeDazzlia "BeBe" Makkie, I would much prefer you submit those over your own.
 * Still, feel free to submit a couple of yours too! I just don't want your whole comment to be linking your tributes only.
 * I'll also be scrounging for submissions myself, so don't worry about having to look through all...three thousand or so tributes for interesting ones.

As a final forewarning, if I commit to this project, it is of a far lesser priority to me than my design work commissions and Essence of Deceit are. Thus, it'll be on a backburner for my free time.

With all that said, who's into this as an idea?

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'''FUCK IT. WE DOING THIS.'''

Should probably make a new blog but here's the nominations! Follow the rules and we should be good to go.

Also, if you're an owner of any of these tributes and wish for me to find a replacement, please do let me know. These are a selection games made to honour the legacy of the wiki, and I don't mean to infringe upon any of your rights as authors and creators. I mean only the utmost respect with these selections.

The Game List
To read about every Games in this series, please click on their page links listed below.

District 2

 * * = I don't feel like the Capitol would have updated their records on Andrea, meaning to them, she is still recorded as being male. However, to honour how Joan wrote her character, Andrea will be referred to as female and use female pronouns in most cases. Not really sure if one of the tributes will end up being transphobic so.

District 3

 * * = I associate Frade the most with District 3.

District 6

 * * = Denver is considered one of Billie's tributes as he uses her infoboxes and not Alex's. Grayson and Melinda James, however, follow a more arbitrary rule, being split per creator as twins.
 * ^ = Saerin has an indeterminate gender. Which slot they take up is left up to the author's discretion. I decided to give them a female slot as it worked better with the rest of the assigned tributes.
 * Eli became the first user to hit the maximum on slots per District, as a mixed bag of his tributes made an appearance.

District 7

 * Samantha became the second user to hit the maximum on slots per District, as four of the five members of the Lorelle family made an appearance.
 * Bee became the third user to hit the maximum on slots per District, as three of the four members of the Rose family, plus Bee Clio, made an appearance.

District 8

 * * = Despite her page listing District 3, I know Eli has used her in District 8, and with how competitive District 3 was for slots, I took the risk to enter Zoey here instead.

District 11

 * * = While I associate Lyman with District 9, Thalia claimed him at the Auction, and made him an 11 Male, and thus I chose to assign him to his new District. Alongside that, she hadn't made any significant changes that I'm aware of to his character, and thus I assigned him to Kekai.
 * ^ = Although I'd love to use the authentic spelling and grammar for Ọṣun, because my keyboard doesn't support it, I will simply be referring to her as Osun.

District 13

 * Erlend became the fourth user to hit the maximum on slots per District, as I believe all of his District 13 tributes excluding Warwick Praxis, who was unfinished, made an appearance.

District 14

 * Cait became the fifth user to hit the maximum on slots per District, as a mixed bag of her District 14 tributes made an appearance

The Capitol

 * * = Alfred was male at birth and was thus entered as male.
 * Erlend became the sixth user to hit the maximum on slots per District, as I believe all of his Capitol tributes made an appearance. This was his second time hitting the slot cap.

After making all of these, I've got two notes: one, multiple District tributes are the death of me, and two, holy shit Charles somehow made, like, 200 tributes, and somehow 90% of them still feel unique and non-cliché.

There'd probably be even more Mist tributes tbh, but I really only threw in what was on the wiki. Flame Vapore, Spooks Royale, Iggy Coupe, and Yuno Gasai are just the tip of the bucket for names I know aren't on the wiki that I would have loved to have.