Tributes

Tributes are residents of the 24 districts of Panem who are forced/volunteered to participate in an annual Hunger Games. Except in special cases, such as for Quarter Quells, twenty-four children between the ages of 12 and 18 are chosen at random. Every district must give two tributes. The circumstances may be different if it is a Quarter Quell, like the 50th Hunger Games.  That year, each district had to send two boys and two girls to compete, thus providing a total of 48 tributes. A twist was also applied to the 25th Hunger Games, in which the districts, instead of choosing their tributes at random, had to pick their own tributes. In the 75th Hunger Games, the tributes were chosen, or "reaped," from the existing pool of victors. The chosen tributes will fight to the death in an arena, until only one remains