The second quarter quell became a legendary games. Studied and relived for generations of competitors and citizens of Panem as one of the most intense and bloody games created. Coriolanus Snow read off a card that was left 50 years ago by the original creators of the Games, stating that as a reminder that two rebels died for every Capitol citizen, twice the number of regular tributes were to be sent into the Games: two girls and two boys per district, for a total of 48. Competitors entered the arena that was lethally poisonous, including the plants, the water , the butterfly stings, and even the scent of the flowers when inhaled too directly. The only sources of safe food and drink in the arena were the rainwater and the food from the Cornucopia. This was also the year that another famous District 12 tribute fought his own battle to win in the arena. Haymitch Abernathy. The 16 year old boy from the Seam. Son of a Coal Miner. Winner of the 50th Games.
