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This is the thread for joining the upcoming Hunger Games story. Make a post here to introduce your character and their selection as a Hunger Games tribute.
Rules:
- Nearly all of the characters will die. Don't join unless you're comfortable with your character dying.
- Only one character per author to start with; that might change if few enough authors join.
- Due to the nature of the Hunger Games, it's easy for your character to leave the thread at any time. (Although I'd appreciate if you DM me and tell me you want to leave the thread, so that I can promptly execute your character.)
- Characters should be from Panem; no multiversal travel or superhuman powers. You can create a Panem-based alt of an existing character template.
- Say in your initial post which district your character is from, and check the other posts to make sure you're not taking someone else's spot. (There's one male and one female from each of the twelve districts.)
- Districts 1, 2, and 4 are reserved for the Career pack. If none of the authors want to write a Career, they'll just be NPCs for whenever the story requires a convenient death.
I don't yet know what the schedule will be for the main story; it'll probably start out semi-asynchronous and then break down into subplots as characters run into each other.
If you aren't familiar with the Hunger Games canon but are nevertheless interested in joining the story, here's a background summary of the setting (with partial spoilers, but not plot-related ones):
Hunger Games setting info
The Hunger Games series is set in a postapocalyptic future in the country of Panem. Panem is divided into twelve districts, plus the Capitol. 74 years ago, the Capitol crushed a rebellion by the districts and took back control of the nation, and as a punishment and reminder to the people, they created the Hunger Games. Every year, two tributes from the teenage population of each district are randomly selected to enter a massive televised fight to the death.
Each district has a particular specialty of production: District 1, jewelry and luxury items; District 2, masonry and weapons; District 3, electronics; District 4, fishing; District 5, electricity; District 6, transportation; District 7, lumber; District 8, textiles; District 9, grain; District 10, livestock; District 11, agriculture; and District 12, coal mining. Most of the products are taken by the Capitol, so while the people of the Capitol are immensely wealthy, most of the districts are very poor, and their populations often starving. In the poorest districts, many children have no choice but to enter contracts called tesserae, in which they receive a small amount of extra food in exchange for an increased chance of being selected as a tribute.
Teens are also allowed to volunteer as tribute and replace the randomly selected one. The winner and their district get extra food until the next Hunger Games, so many people - nicknamed "Careers" - train in combat for years beforehand and then volunteer in the hope of winning wealth and glory. In fact, in about half of Hunger Games, an alliance of Careers work together to wipe out everyone else, and then fight among themselves to determine the final victor. Districts with frequent Careers, such as 1, 2, and 4, have become comparatively wealthy, and have a closer relationship with the Capitol than poorer and less successful districts, such as 11 and 12.
The 24 tributes are taken to the Capitol, where they spend three days training with weapons and other survival gear. They also try to impress wealthy donors, who bet on the games and can spend large amounts of money to give tributes extra supplies when they are in the arena. This process involves demonstrating combat ability before a board, as well as interviews and flashy costumes. Hunger Games mentors often impress upon the tributes that one of the most important part of the Games is acting ability, and creating a narrative that draws the attention of potential sponsors.
The Games themselves take place in a large arena which is styled differently each year - a desert, a forest, a ruined city, etc. The tributes start in a small ring around the very center of the arena, which stores a massive supply of weapons, gear, and food, called the Cornucopia. Smaller packages of gear are scattered around it, and get progressively more useful the closer they are to the center. Since most people start by rushing towards the center, many tributes often die within the first few minutes of the Games.
After the initial fight, the tributes must spend weeks trying to survive, until all but one are dead. Tributes try to kill each other, of course, but the other threats are just as dangerous - wild animals, seemingly edible plants that turn out to be poisonous, and especially lack of hydration. In addition, if enough time passes without anything interesting happening on screen, the engineers of the Games will create new challenges to spice things up - poisonous fog, for example. At the end, they may try to lure the remaining tributes together for a final battle.
