Embers and Ashes: The 76th Hunger Games

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Published:: 2025-06-14
Completed:: 2025-07-12
Words:: 430
Chapters:: 2/2
Comments:: 27
Kudos:: 6
Bookmarks:: 1
Hits:: 83

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Summary:

The Mockingjay is dead, and now so is President Snow. But death brings rebirth, in the form of the strict and controlling Romulus Snow, and a Games that will show the remaining eleven district exactly what their place is. The Capitol will showcase their power, once and for all, and these will be the most eventful Games yet.

Submit your own tribute fic, District One through District Eleven.

If you see this on FFN, it’s me. I’m not copying myself.
INTEREST TRACKER

District 1
M: open
F: closed
District 2
M: open
F: closed
District 3
M: open
F: reserved
District 4
M: open
F: open
District 5
M: open
F: open
District 6
M: reserved
F: closed
District 7
M: open
F: open
District 8
M: open
F: reserved
District 9
M: open
F: closed
District 10
M: open
F: open
District 11
M: open
F: open

Notes:

Hi I’m Lola, and I may be a feral sewer rat, but I don’t bite. This is my first time posting fic publically, so don’t eat me alive here.
I hope it’s interesting even if it’s short. I promise I’m working on making things longer.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Prologue I: Where it all Begins and Ends

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They say history is written by the victors. But what if the wrong side wins?

Katniss Everdeen dies with her bow at her side and a bullet through her spine. No one knows who fired. Some say it was a Peacekeeper, others whisper it came as part of a murder-for-hire. In the chaos, there are no names, only smoke and screams and the pandemonium that comes with watching death reap its victims.

One minute she's drawing breath to do what she came to do, then the next she's just gone. President Snow does not flinch. He smiles, thin and cracked, as her body hits the marble. He's won, and everyone might as well know it.

Rebel leaders are rounded up, executed, or disappeared. District Thirteen becomes nothing but a crater. Bombed so relentlessly the sky turns black, and the underground city stands no chance. No more resistence. No mockingjay songs. Just silence and death smiling wide from all sides.

They thought Snow wouldn't last long. Well, they were half-right. He dies that winter, buried in ice and blood and luxury. His heart finally gives out. All the stress, they said. He lived just long enough to put his country back together.

The Capitol mourns him like they mourn all heroes, with too many flowers and not enough poetic words. There will never be enough for the ruling class to say about their great ruler, the one who saved the country when those rebels fought to rip it all away.

But his legacy doesn't die with him. Romulus Snow is younger, sharper,taught and raised by only the best. Snow always lands on top, and he is more than ready to reclaim the glory of his family name.

He speaks in clipped sentences and never once raises his voice. And when he takes the stage the day after the funeral, flanked by white-clad guards and draped in the flag of Panem, he doesn't promise peace. No, he promises order.

"The rebellion was a disease," he says, "and diseases must be burned out completely."

The Games return, and Romulus vows to make sure their meaning is never pushed aside again. Blood will be spilled, not for unity, but for glory and truth. Tributes will die for the future. This time, no one will forget their place. And the Capitol will never lose again.

Chapter 2 Chapter Text

I’m discontinuing this fic due to low engagement, and not being able to find a place that welcomes it or me. I’m sorry to anybody who has given me submissions. I hope you can send them into another SYOT.

Notes:

This is a submit your own tribute story. All spots are open, and I will be taking kids from Districts One to Eleven. In this world District Twelve and District Thirteen both no longer exist. If you want a tribute form, send me a comment asking for it or telling me you want to reserve a spot.
Happy Hunger Games, and may the reading be ever in your favor!
~~Lola~~

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spider_in_the_fire, hisuianspecimen, Shebyr, and Steampocalypse as well as 2 guests left kudos on this work!

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hisuianspecimen on Chapter 1 Sat 14 Jun 2025 09:32PM UTC

this looks very promising, and I can't wait to see what this becomes.
anyway, how exactly would i submit a tribute?

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1. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Sun 15 Jun 2025 01:57PM UTC
  
  Which one do you want?
  On FFN I can do it through PMs, but here I’m guessing I’ll just have to have you comment when I give you one, and fill it in here.
  
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2. 1. hisuianspecimen on Chapter 1 Mon 16 Jun 2025 05:39PM UTC
    
    any career tribute, esp district 1 tho!
    
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  2. 1. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Mon 16 Jun 2025 07:01PM UTC
      
      Both from D1 are available! Lemme know which one you want, M or F, and I can give you the form for them. :)
      
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    2. 1. hisuianspecimen on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 05:39PM UTC
        
        could I have the girl? thanks!
        
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      2. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 07:55PM UTC
        
        Sure, and here ya go!
        Name:
        Age:
        District(1-11, Please also choose a backup district in case of excessive submissions/interest):
        Gender and Preferred Pronouns:
        Reaping slot(Male or Female):
        Sexual Orientation(if applicable):
        Appearance:
        Backstory:
        Personality:
        Fears:
        How do they feel about the Capitol?
        Friends:
        Family:
        Hobbies:
        Interests:
        Mental Strengths:
        Mental Weaknesses:
        Physical Strengths:
        Physical Weaknesses:
        Preferred Weapon:
        Reaped or Volunteered:
        Reaction/Reason:
        Allies? (Yes/no)
        Token(if they have one):
        Anything else you want to tell me?
        
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        hisuianspecimen on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 09:09PM UTC
        
        Name: Georgette Anatase
        Age: 18
        District(1-11, Please also choose a backup district in case of excessive submissions/interest): 1(backup would be a different character from D8)
        Gender and Preferred Pronouns: Female, She/Her
        Reaping slot(Male or Female): Female
        Sexual Orientation(if applicable): Aroace
        Appearance: Short, neat blond hair, fairly tall and well built, hazel eyes
        Backstory: A tribute pressured into being a career by her parents, rich jewellers who were as close to capitol as you got in the districts, who wanted to get closer by having a victor be their child. She herself has recently started working as a proper jeweller herself, and despite it's connections to her family, she does enjoy it.
        Personality: bright and bubbly on the outside, but also pretty brutal, and has a pretty short fuse. Refuses to talk about her family.
        Fears: Failing her family
        How do they feel about the Capitol? Believes their propaganda for the most part, but has some resentment to them for being the reason her parents want her to be a career.
        Friends: She's fairly popular among her old classmates and new fellow jewellers, but she isn't particularly close to any of them. There is however, a 13-year-old who's just started training to be a career and in a similar family situation to Georgette, who's developed a kind of sibling-like relationship with her.
        Family: An only child. I've already described her parents, so I won't go into that again.
        Hobbies: Pretty much all her free time was used at the training centre, so she's not really sure.
        Mental Strengths: you decide! (in other words, i don't know)
        Mental Weaknesses: you decide!
        Physical Strengths: fairly strong, decently fast, expert with a dagger
        Physical Weaknesses: Can be a bit slow
        Preferred Weapon: daggers
        Reaped or Volunteered: Volunteered
        Reaction/Reason: This is pretty specific, but when they draw the female tribute, she shoots a glance at her parents, and given that this is her last year to volunteer, they're glaring at her, so she succumbs and volunteers
        Allies? (Yes/no) your choice!
        Token(if they have one): A badly cut diamond necklace on a flimsy piece of string that she was the first piece of jewellery she made .
        Anything else you want to tell me? I do want her to die(god that sounds weird) in the end, but happily, as she didn't give her parents what they wanted.
        
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        orphan_account on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 10:20PM UTC
        
        Thank you!
        
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Steampocalypse on Chapter 1 Sat 14 Jun 2025 10:58PM UTC

i'd like to give a district 1 tribute!

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1. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Sun 15 Jun 2025 01:59PM UTC
  
  Boy or girl? :)
  
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2. 1. Steampocalypse on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 12:11AM UTC
    
    i'm thinking girl, but I don't care too much so you can base it off of what justahisuianspecimen wants!
    
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  2. 1. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 07:59PM UTC
      
      1F got claimed! Would you want 1M or switch to another district’s girl?
      
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    2. 1. Steampocalypse on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 10:11PM UTC
        
        can i take d3 girl?
        
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      2. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 10:21PM UTC
        
        Yep! Here’s a form.
        Name:
        Age:
        District(1-11, Please also choose a backup district in case of excessive submissions/interest):
        Gender and Preferred Pronouns:
        Reaping slot(Male or Female):
        Sexual Orientation(if applicable):
        Appearance:
        Backstory:
        Personality:
        Fears:
        How do they feel about the Capitol?
        Friends:
        Family:
        Hobbies:
        Interests:
        Mental Strengths:
        Mental Weaknesses:
        Physical Strengths:
        Physical Weaknesses:
        Preferred Weapon:
        Reaped or Volunteered:
        Reaction/Reason:
        Allies? (Yes/no)
        Token(if they have one):
        Anything else you want to tell me?
        
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Shebyr on Chapter 1 Sun 15 Jun 2025 04:48AM UTC

I'd love to submit a tribute!

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1. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Sun 15 Jun 2025 01:58PM UTC
  
  Yay! Which one do you want?
  
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2. 1. Shebyr on Chapter 1 Sun 15 Jun 2025 02:31PM UTC
    
    My first choices would be D2 or D3 female, but I can do either gender from District 1 through 4 or the District 7 female. (Main characters from a WIP I'm never finishing so I'm just reusing them here LOL)
    
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  2. 1. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Sun 15 Jun 2025 11:22PM UTC
      
      Do you want 2F or 3F more? I can maybe give you both if there’s low interest, but to start I wanna give everybody a chance to put one kid in. :)
      
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    2. 1. Shebyr on Chapter 1 Mon 16 Jun 2025 02:13AM UTC
        
        I'll take 2F!
        
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      2. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Mon 16 Jun 2025 06:59PM UTC
        
        Here ya go!
        Name:
        Age:
        District(1-11, Please also choose a backup district in case of excessive submissions/interest):
        Gender and Preferred Pronouns:
        Reaping slot(Male or Female):
        Sexual Orientation(if applicable):
        Appearance:
        Backstory:
        Personality:
        Fears:
        How do they feel about the Capitol?
        Friends:
        Family:
        Hobbies:
        Interests:
        Mental Strengths:
        Mental Weaknesses:
        Physical Strengths:
        Physical Weaknesses:
        Preferred Weapon:
        Reaped or Volunteered:
        Reaction/Reason:
        Allies? (Yes/no)
        Token(if they have one):
        Anything else you want to tell me?
        
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        Shebyr on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 01:36AM UTC
        
        Name: Beatrix Valda
        Age: 18
        District: 2, backup is 3 but I would want to submit a different character for D3
        Gender and Preferred Pronouns: Female, she/her
        Reaping slot(Male or Female): Female
        Sexual Orientation(if applicable): Lesbian
        Appearance: 5’5”, 120-130 lbs; her body indicates a high level of fitness, though with limited strength training. Her skin is warm toned and tanned due to being outside often, and prefers wearing warm colors (mostly red or pink) or black. Her hair is black and worn in the same style everyday; half up with pigtails (not sure exactly how to describe it, but if you look up the performer MOMOMETAL’s hairstyle, that’s what I’m describing). Her eyes are dark brown and often accented with sharp eyeliner.
        Backstory: Before the rebellion, Beatrix had been training for the Hunger Games. She blindly followed the Capitol’s propaganda for Career Districts that participating and winning the games were a huge honor and tributes brought pride to their Districts. Even during the 75th Hunger Games, she saw little wrong with putting the victors back into the arena, seeing it as another chance for them to bring honor. During the rebellion, her family hid in their house and only went outside unless necessary. She picked up drawing as a hobby during this time, using it as an outlet for her feelings. Whenever the Victor’s purge began and most of the victors in her District were killed, these drawings became increasingly more anti-Capitol, angry that she trusted their propaganda. After the rebellion, she quit training and became a recluse. When a Peacekeeper searched their house and saw Beatrix’s anti-Capitol drawings, she was given a job as a propaganda artist; while depicted to her as an accomplishment, she knew it was a twisted punishment.
        Personality: Beatrix has never been a social butterfly, preferring to keep people distant from her. While before the rebellion she allowed a few people into her circle, after she wanted to be left alone and shuts everyone out. She is highly intelligent and will use that to her advantage (whether by manipulation or simply just surviving). She likes having order, planning daily routines to keep herself sane during the rebellion and making time for her hobbies. She has a negative view on the world, believing that man is inherently evil and while she isn’t deliberately a bad person, she doesn’t make any extra effort to try and be a good one.
        Fears: Her biggest fear is the feeling of being betrayed again. Other fears include uncertainty/insecurity, poverty, loud sounds (a result of gunshots/bombs during the rebellion), and large animals (bears, big cat species, etc.)
        How do they feel about the Capitol? Against the Capitol after the second rebellion, but she'd be unwilling to risk her own life to resist or rebel
        Friends: Before the rebellion, she had two close friends from her primary school years that she kept touch with even after she began her training. After the rebellion, she became distant from these friends. Her one current friend is another propaganda artist; they bonded over their shared reason for having the job (anti-Capitol sentiments), and though they aren’t super close, Beatrix finds his company better than nothing.
        Family: She is the only child of a middle-class stonemason family. Both of her parents are alive and well, but she has limited interaction with them outside of having meals together; it’s not out of a matter of disliking them, but part of her general avoidance of social interaction post-rebellion.
        Hobbies: Beatrix will often take long-distance runs and hikes to clear her mind, and she picked up drawing during the second rebellion.
        Interests: Aside from her hobbies, Beatrix has a vested interest in the human mind and how it works (specifically in the acts of manipulation and propaganda).
        Mental Strengths: Beatrix is extremely skilled at manipulation, often able to make other people do what she wants while making them think it was their decision. She uses this skill for survival purposes or to achieve a goal, and doesn’t use it for fun. Furthermore she is very aware of her surroundings at all times, a skill she has trained through the years.
        Mental Weaknesses: After being easily manipulated pre-rebellion, she's become the antithesis of that, extremely distrustful of anyone she meets or anything she sees. These trust issues make her antisocial and unable to form long-term friendships.
        Physical Strengths: Beatrix is a fast runner and has high stamina as a result of her long-distance running. She is also highly flexible, stretching daily.
        Physical Weaknesses: She has limited muscular strength and as a result she struggles severely with close combat. Furthermore, she has the typical career tribute weakness of being well-fed at home, so her body doesn’t handle hunger/malnourishment well.
        Preferred Weapon: throwing knives
        Reaped or Volunteered: I’d prefer reaped, but if it makes more sense for her to have volunteered (I don't know what career districts look like in your post-rebellion world) then I don't mind her volunteering
        Reaction/Reason: if reaped, she's annoyed about it more than anything, thinking about how her younger self would’ve loved it. If volunteered, it's in an attempt to make her life feel "normal" again.
        Allies? (Yes/no) Yes but she doesn't have any emotional attachment to them
        Token(if they have one): A gold necklace with a raw (unshaped/unpolished) fire quartz pendant. No special attachment; she bought it at a market a few years back and likes wearing it.
        Anything else you want to tell me? I know a lot of this is hyper-specific so if there's anything you want to change/remove I'm perfectly okay with that!
        
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        orphan_account on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Jun 2025 07:54PM UTC
        
        Thank you! That was fast.
        
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spider_in_the_fire on Chapter 1 Thu 19 Jun 2025 01:09AM UTC

heya I'd like to submit a tribute! :D was thinking D6 male?

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1. orphan_account on Chapter 1 Fri 20 Jun 2025 12:59AM UTC
  
  Yep! Here’s the form for ya.
  Name:
  Age:
  District(1-11, Please also choose a backup district in case of excessive submissions/interest):
  Gender and Preferred Pronouns:
  Reaping slot(Male or Female):
  Sexual Orientation(if applicable):
  Appearance:
  Backstory:
  Personality:
  Fears:
  How do they feel about the Capitol?
  Friends:
  Family:
  Hobbies:
  Interests:
  Mental Strengths:
  Mental Weaknesses:
  Physical Strengths:
  Physical Weaknesses:
  Preferred Weapon:
  Reaped or Volunteered:
  Reaction/Reason:
  Allies? (Yes/no)
  Token(if they have one):
  Anything else you want to tell me?
  
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hisuianspecimen on Chapter 2 Sun 13 Jul 2025 06:59AM UTC

that's okay! at least you tried!

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Steampocalypse on Chapter 2 Sun 13 Jul 2025 06:21PM UTC

Oh my gosh I forgot about mine I'm so sorry
Do you have social media? Maybe you could reach out on a hunger games discord or something

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1. orphan_account on Chapter 2 Mon 14 Jul 2025 06:23PM UTC
  
  It’s fine. It’s not your fault anyway.
  I tried that. I found one that’s especially designed for SYOT stories, but they didn’t accept me.
  
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