Careers are fearsome...
Mockingjays whistling...
The Hunger Games have begun,
May the odds be ever in your favour.
∞
War--terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child. This is the uprising that abrupted our land; thirteen districts rebelled against the country that fed them, loved them, protected them. Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. So then came the peace, heart fought, only one. The people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born. But, freedom has a cost, and the traitors were defeated. We swore as a nation, we would never know this treason again; and so it was decreed that each year, the various districts of Panem would offer up two tributes, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honour, courage and sacrifice. The lone victor bathed in riches, which served as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness. This is how we remember our past, this is how stand guard of the future.
May the odds be ever in your favour, and let the 99th annual hunger games begin.