In penance for their uprising, each district was obliged to offer up a male and a female between the ages of twelve and eighteen at a public reaping. 

These tributes were to be delivered to the custody of the Capitol, and then transferred to a public arena where they will fight to the death, until a lone Victor remains. 

Henceforth and forevermore, this pageant is known as THE HUNGER GAMES !

────── their blood is on your lips.