Comrade Black

Comrade Black is a contestant from Survivor: Italy and Survivor: Sri Lanka.
The fatal mistake of assuming the pint-sized general was all bark and no bite led to him becoming one of the most powerful figures of Italy. Making a flurry of social connections once swapped to Viaggia, keeping his core allies close allowed him to eliminate his looser allies, such as Levi and Jinx, with little remorse. Carving a warpath through the merge thanks the power stemming from both a Hidden Immunity Idol he found and a shaky truce with minority alliance figurehead Elmore until he was disposed of, Black and his core alliance seemed unstoppable - until the final eight council. There, a defecting Dorothy and Sophia banded with the remaining minority in a plot to vote out arguably the general's closest ally in Karen. With Rufus baiting him into wasting his idol on himself, Karen was swiftly eliminated, leaving Black to scramble to pick up the pieces. With Dorothy defecting back to his side, Kainé remaining there, and Blade Wolf having little other choice (despite trying to vote him out at the final five), however, Black managed to keep a steady hold on the rest of the game all the way to the Final Tribal Council. There, though, his tactical prowess was buried beneath shaky answers to the jury's questions along with lingering resentment from those he had a hand in eliminating, leading him to only tie for the runner-up position with three votes from Karen, Rufus, and DT.
When he returned for Sri Lanka under the disguise of Papa Blanc, Black was quickly back to his old tricks. He formed tight alliances with many members of the Ahasa tribe, along with reconnecting with old Italy ally Sophia. He also went back to crafting fake idols and advantages, fooling Ryuko and, much later down the line, Amanda. However, he didn't have as much control over the game as he did in Italy, made evident by being on the minority vote when his ally Sophia was voted out. Like many Ahasas, things went from bad to worse after the swap, leaving him in a minority against the original Vanattil tribe. Though he found an opening in the form of connecting with another original Italy ally, Kainé, his aggressive targeting of Char alerted the captain who managed to turn original Ahasa tribemates Phos and Fuyuhiko against him. Though he correctly played an idol on Kainé, another idol was played on Char, forcing a revote. With nothing left to defend him, Black was voted out.
==Survivor==
===Voting history===
<tabber>Survivor: Italy=
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; font-size:8pt; line-height:18px;" align="center"	Black's Voting History	Black's Voting History	Black's Voting History
Episode 	Black'sVotes 	Voted AgainstBlack 	
1 	 	 	
2 	 	 	
3 	colspan="2" 	 	
4 	 	 	
5 	 	 	
6 	 	 	
7 	 	 	
8 	 	 	
9 	 	 	
10 	 	 	
11 	 	 	
12 	 	 	
13 	 	 	
14 	 	 	
15 	 	 	
15 	 	 	
16 	 	 	
16 	 	 	
16 	 	 	
Jury Votesfor Blade	colspan="2" 	 	
 	 	 	
==Trivia==
* Black's luxury item in Italy was a parachute.
* Black's luxury item in Sri Lanka was a hypnodisc.
==Gallery==
Black full.png|Italy render
Black SL full.png|Sri Lanka render
BlackStats.png|Italy stats
BlackSLStats.png|Sri Lanka stats
Category:Male contestants
Category:Italy contestants
Category:Sri Lanka contestants
Category:2nd Place
Category:17th Place
Category:Characters played by Silence
Category:Idoled Out
Category:Returning players