23rd Hunger Games

Arena: Woodland lakes

Notable animals: Tame jabberjays

Main event: Oxygen drop

Length: 10 days

Victor: Cirrus Quell (age 17): District 7

Along with the tenth games, this year's games are no longer shown on Capitol TV and have generally been erased from Capitol records.

Preceded by: 22nd Hunger Games

Followed by: 24th Hunger Games

The Games
During the bloodbath, Cirrus narrowly avoided death at the hands of Arkon (1), who managed to take his jacket. After the surviving tributes fled from the cornucopia, they explored the arena and found places to hide from each other.

Alliances often shifted throughout these games, with several tributes attacking each other, before working together when confronting other tributes.

With fourteen tributes remaining, the game-makers announced that the levels of oxygen would be dropped in the arena, with masks being provided in the cornucopia that would allow tributes to breathe. Cirrus narrowly managed to retrieve a mask, but four other tributes were not so lucky and were killed at the hands of the careers.

The next day, Cirrus rescued Gem (10) and made an alliance with her. The next day they were joined by Scout and Mason (both 9). The group was completely exhausted and agreed to take turns sleeping and keeping watch.

The game-makers soon manipulated tributes into the same area and the next day, a bloody showdown occurred. Allies suddenly turned on each other until only Cirrus and Arkon were supposedly left. However, a dying Scout shot Arkon with a cross-bow, leaving Cirrus to win. Once Scout lost consciousness and died, Cirrus had a breakdown and killed himself.

After the Games
This was the first suicide of a victor in or out of the arena and this open act of defiance led to Cirrus Quell's name, along with records of this year's games being scrapped from history. In penance for this act, The Capitol decided to introduce the "Quarter Quell", with a special rule change being implemented into every 25th year of the games, starting with the 25th games that occurred two years later.