Shep

**Shep** was a player in Mythvivor: Babylon. He is best known for his shocking joint tribal council boot which sent ripples through the rest of the season. He was also a player on Mythvivor: Rome - Fans vs. Favorites where he was known for getting swapped onto a tribe alone with former Fans tribe members, which went to every tribal council, leading to Shep's second downfall.

He has also been a host since Mythvivor: Tuvalu.

## Babylon

Shep started Mythvivor: Babylon on the Tiamat tribe. He built close relationships with most of his tribe, especially with Bubbles. Bubbles and Shep sat towards the top of the Tiamat hierarchy and they won their first tribal challenge.

However, in "The Secret Ingredient Is Lies," following a Mount Nisir choice and a challenge loss in Mythvivor Jeopardy, Tiamat found themselves at a joint tribal council with the Adad tribe. Thankfully for Shep and Tiamat, they were a larger tribe than Adad and had numbers 6-5. Shep made it clear to his tribemates: Bubbles, Niki, Dan, Ben, and Henry that if any of them considered flipping, they would throw the next immunity challenge and vote out the flipper. Shep told the members of Adad that this threat was present in Tiamat and offered to vote out the person at the bottom of their tribe, Steve.

Unfortunately, Henry had already spoken with the members of Adad and offered to flip to vote out Bubbles or Shep, as he saw them at the top of their tribe and himself at the bottom. Henry, along with Adad members, Becca, Joe, Koopa, Steve, and Tara blindsided Shep and the other members of Tiamat. This tribal council sent ripples throughout the game as many felt unsure about the identity of the flipper, which led to cracks within Tiamat and their future relationships with the members of Adad through the rest of the game. For Shep's shocking vote out, he was given the Most Robbed Pre-Juror Award at the reunion.

### Jay's Thoughts

It’s truly not often you see the second boot of the season find themselves this high on the list for a player ranking, but that’s just how much we all believed in Shep and his longterm game had he survived the stunning joint tribal. Shep set himself up incredibly well and bonded with just about everyone on his tribe. After winning the first challenge, he and his tribemates went to a joint tribal expecting to come out unscathed with a numerical advantage of six members to five. Unfortunately for Shep, Henry knew he was on the bottom and decided to make a big move early on, taking out a very strong player at only the second tribal council of the season. The move, despite being very early this season, had massive ramifications throughout the rest of the season, and that to me shows just how strong of a player Shep is.

### Voting History

1 Shep's tribe, Tiamat, attended a joint tribal with Adad.

## Rome

Shep began Mythvivor: Rome on the "Favorites" tribe because of the strong following of his confessionals and rootable nature in his first season. He survived three tribal councils by voting out Ravr, Cole, and Maibelle with his tribe.

However, in "Sometimes You’re Just Screwed," Shep was randomly swapped onto the Remus tribe. Shep was the only former "Favorite" to swap onto this tribe. The rest of Remus 2 consisted of 7 "Fans." This left Shep "swap-screwed."

Shep initially planned on attempting to follow Prophet, thinking that Prophet was on top of the former Fans tribe. SHe also wanted to work with Red. Shep saw Adelaide as a possible target to use to protect himself as Adelaide hadn't completed his part of their latest Head 2 Head Puzzles immunity challenge. In contrast, Shep had won his puzzle (a Logic Puzzle). Unfortunately, the majority of the tribe wanted to vote Red out. Shep voted out Red with the tribe to stay safe himself.

In "A Reptile Room," the players participated in a Jotto challenge in match-ups against the other tribe. Shep won his match-up, but the majority of his tribemates did not. Shep targeted Adelaide, as Adelaide was weaker in their previous challenges. Unfortunately for Shep, Max was particularly protective of Adelaide. While Add, Dumb, and Max considered voting out Prophet over Shep, and hoped Shep would target Prophet, they eventually chose to vote out Shep. At the reunion, Shep won the Most Robbed Award for the second season in a row due to his very difficult tribe swap that led to his demise.

## Trivia

* Shep is the first player in Mythvivor history to win the Most Robbed - Pre-Jury Award twice. He is tied with Anna for being the first person to win the Most Robbed Award in general twice as both him and Anna won the award for the second time in Mythvivor: Rome - Fans vs. Favorites.
* Both times that Shep was voted out, he was on a red tribe.