A vast outdoor arena rigged with Panem’s high-tech TV cameras as well as traps and challenges to test the tributes fighting each other to the death in the Hunger Games. An arena may contain anything f [..]

The initial fighting at the onset of the Hunger Games, as tributes race to a cornucopia, which contains crucial supplies such as food, weapons and medicine. Typically, there are a lot of deaths during [..]

A glamorous and protected city, where the ruling classes of Panem live. The Capitol’s citizens are interested in outlandish fashion, fabulous food and, of course, the Hunger Games.

A volunteer tribute who has trained for his or her entire life to participate in the Hunger Games. Typically, these tributes (known as Careers) come from Districts 1, 2 and 4, which are more closely a [..]

A location inside every Hunger Games arena that may initially contain essential supplies such as food and water, medicine and weapons. It’s the location of the bloodbath and feasts.

The time in Panem’s history when the Districts rose up against the Capitol, resulting in the destruction of District 13. The Hunger Games are the yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repea [..]

In addition to the Capitol, there are 12 districts in Panem, each with a different industry (such as coal mining or fishing), culture and standards of living. Districts 1, 2 and 4 are thought to be th [..]

If food is scarce and there isn’t enough action to placate Capitol viewers during the Hunger Games, the Gamemakers may announce a feast to lure the tributes to the Cornucopia to fight.

These Capitol citizens are responsible for producing the most exciting and entertaining Hunger Games possible – and they unleash untold havoc on the contestants inside the arena with just a push of a [..]

Both a punishment for the Dark Days and a celebrated obsession in the Capitol, each of the 12 districts must provide one girl and one boy, known as tributes, to participate in an annual televised batt [..]