125th Hunger Games

he 125th Hunger Games, or the 5th Quarter Quell, was notorious for the Quell conditions, and the shocking ending, which resulted in a long string of events, the effects of which can still be seen today!

Quell Announcement
The Quell was announced three days before the reaping. After the brutality and mass slaughter of the 100th Games, the announcement was a key event in Panem. The president's speech had been delayed three times due to safety concerns, and it was ultimately hosted without an audience for the president's safety. It is believed that everyone in Panem was watching this speech! The Quell announcement went as followed:

As a reminder that family turned against family, the parent that is the opposite gender to the reaped tribute will accompany their child into the arena, however, there will only be 1 reaped per district

In other words, if a Son was reaped, their mother would accompany, and if a daughter was reaped, their father would accompany

Tributes that do not have surviving parents will be exempt, however, their names will be entered into the reaping bowl TWICE as many times as it normally is in the following games

This announcement shook many parents of Panem who believed they had escaped the games, however, in the career district, the reaction was very different, with many parents jumping at the opportunity to have another chance at joining in on the games, much to the displeasure of their children!

Others immediately called it unfair, stating that it would be children against adults, however, these concerns were dismissed!

Tributes
12 parent-child pairs were reaped, resulting in a normal number of 24 tributes

Tribute Photos
(Will be added gradually)

The Arena
This year's Arena was known as "The S(t)inking Lands", as the arena was a Rainforest, in which there was a "City" in the trees, made up of multiple tree-houses connected by rope bridges. Each day, the water began to rise. By the end of the games, the only transport around the arena was these rope bridges, as the arena was so badly flooded. It was given the name "Stinking" due to an Insect found in a particular part of the arena, that when threatened, let out a horrible stench. Little did the tributes know, this smell could be used to fend of Mosquito mutts, some of which carried a deadly virus that could kill a bitten person in less than three days!