Mason

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Mason was a contestant on Trevivor Season 1: The Nine Realms, and since then has served as a host on Season 2: Hades' Fury, Season 3: Camelot's Last Stand and Season 4: Wukong's Wrath. In S1, he was one of the biggest characters on the season, always providing entertainment. Unfortunately for him, this included sinking his own game by overloading on sacrifices at F9, leaving him helpless as he was then voted out.

## Trevor's Cast Assessment

*He seems real experienced as far as ORGs go, Jack hosted him so if they end up meeting up at some point I’m curious as to what that dynamic will be like. He appears to be good at challenges and he’s good socially, I just hope he doesn’t isolate himself too much on accident like on the first day, he seems to be forming good enough connections with his tribe though and could be a key figure later on.*

## The Nine Realms

Sorted onto the Nidavellir tribe, Mason immediately bonded with Kamil and Griff through being in tribe VC with them for a long while, and the three of them formed the first alliance of the season - The Norns. Aby B was also there for a while but didn't say much, and Pyro, Bella and Dawson all took part as well. While this was going on, Mason found the tribe idol clue, and while he briefly left the VC in order to finish the hunt, he was too late as Pyro had already claimed the idol. While disappointed, he rejoined the VC and discussed with Kamil and Griff who might have it, with Jmoney and Aby B as prime suspects, though they tossed around basically everyone except Pyro. Mason worried that he might end up as the third wheel in The Norns, and Griff rubbed him the wrong way a little with his tone in the VC, but he wanted to stick with them for the time being. This early majority was solidified after Nidavellir's narrow victory in the first challenge (Wrassling), as Einherji formed with Mason, Griff, Kamil, Pyro, Bella and Dawson. Mason also began to bond with Jmoney, and despite him being outside the main alliance, Mason felt he could be a very strong ally in the future.

The second challenge was Hnefatafl, a live battle in the arena. Griff and Kamil took the strategic lead for Nidavellir, and while Mason did not agree with some of their ideas, he stayed quiet due to not wanting to cause conflict. He did, however, stand out in the arena itself, as he and Dawson tried to get in Midgard's heads by spamming the chat with odd messages. This did not work, and Nidavellir lost, but when tribal opened with everyone but Emily and Colin in VC, they all agreed to vote for Emily as she was inactive. Colin was very worried that the vote would actually be on him due to this VC, but Mason went to him and told him what was going on to try and assuage his worries, and Emily was voted out unanimously in under 30 minutes.

The F18 tribe swap followed, and Mason was sent to Jotunheim along with Jmoney and Bella from Nidavellir, and Aidan, Logan and Sarah from Midgard. Mason immediately formed an OG Nidavellir alliance, and at this point saw Jmoney as his closest ally in the game. This was shown when the tribes were told that they had to sit out someone for the 24 Hour Scavenger Hunt, with the sit-outs all sent to Hel for the duration of the challenge. While Bella was originally going to sit out due to being ill and unable to help in the challenge, Mason - sensing an advantage was at stake - "accidentally" pinged the gods to send Jmoney instead. This ended up working out, as Jmoney did win an advantage - a Vote Steal - and upon his return told Mason about it, while telling everyone else that Aby B had actually won the Hel challenge.

During the Scavenger Hunt itself, Mason (and Logan) argued with Griff a few times in the arena, making Mason feel that Griff was now an enemy. The challenge came down to the wire, but Mason scored the final point, sending Vanaheim to tribal council. In the aftermath, Mason and Jmoney solidified their new bonds with Aidan and Logan by forming Da Boys alliance, and this alliance held strong when Jotunheim had to go to tribal council after losing the F16 Puzzle Gauntlet - with Mason scoring one of his tribe's measly three points by finishing second behind Kamil in the Masyu puzzle, ahead of Jack. While Sarah had initially looked to be the most on the outs, Bella had been ill for a few days, and this meant she was unable to be as active, which concerned Da Boys and ended up pushing the target onto her. Sarah tried to push for Jmoney, creating the SLAM alliance with Logan, Aidan and Mason, but Mason stood up for Jmoney and the three of them convinced Sarah to vote for Bella, eliminating her unanimously.

The game was then shaken up again at F15 by the trust rankings swap, and Mason was put on Niflheim (AKA the "most trusted tribe") along with Tyler, Adam, Aidan. Logan, Dawson and Kamil. Kristine had been sent to Hel for the full cycle due to being the #1 most trusted, and had the opportunity to find a puzzle that lead to a temporary idol. Due to a production slip-up, the clue was briefly visible to other players, and both Mason and Logan found it, solving the puzzle and being told "what you seek is nowhere to be found on your camp". Despite that, they became convinced that Kamil had found an idol from it, despite him being in the same camp as them. This helped lead to the creation of the Anti Griff Federation made up of the four OG Midgard's + Mason, as Mason was perfectly happy to vote out Kamil and Dawson due to bonding well with Aidan and Logan on Jotunheim, and also because he wanted to vote out people who could be allied with Griff later. A plan for the five of them to split votes between Kamil and Dawson in the event of tribal quickly formed.

That ended up coming quicker then expected, when Niflheim lost the Guess Who challenge. The plan was re-affirmed, and they decided to put the majority of the split on Kamil, as he was more active than Dawson in trying to lead votes, wanting to target Tyler. He created an alliance with Dawson, Mason and Aidan in order to try and do this, but Mason never considered flipping, and Kamil was voted out 3-2-2. After the vote, while Kristine arrived to join the tribe from Hel, Mason looked to try and smooth things over with Dawson, with the Anti Griff Federation wanting to keep him on their side come merge. They then won the 99 Bottles challenge, which was indeed followed by the merge.

Right at the beginning of the merge Mason looked to target Griff, believing he would be an easy boot, but was met with some resistance. His unfortunate luck continued, as while he was the first person to find the merge idol clue, he was unable to solve it. Sharing the clue with Tyler looking for help, Tyler immediately shared it with Adam, who solved it, receiving a half idol and giving the other half to Tyler. Neither of those two told Mason that they'd solved the puzzle, and Mason struggled along fruitlessly before eventually giving up. When Aidan shared with Mason, Logan and Jmoney that Griff was trying to lead a vote against Sarah, Mason tried once again to rally people to vote for Griff, but while this did not work everyone at least agreed that Sarah should be kept a little longer, and agreed on a plan to swing the votes onto Shannon.

Right before the immunity challenge, Mason and Griff had a public argument in tribe VC about events from the premerge, with neither of them hiding that they both wanted the other out whenever they could do it. The players then played Greed, where two people could claim F13 immunity at the cost losing their vote at the F12 tribal. Mason took it, along with Jack, and the plan to vote for Shannon went through as she was eliminated 11-2, with Griff in the minority. Despite not having a vote at the next tribal, Mason was included in two big alliances that prepared for an Adam blindside: peepee with Kristine, Aidan, Dawson, Jmoney and Logan, and Coleslaw which was the same but with Sarah swapped in for Logan. Due to both Mason and Jack not having their votes everyone in peepee was worried about the numbers being flipped back on them, and this paranoia combined with Kristine not realizing her temporary idol had expired led to Jmoney stealing Griff's vote. Despite Sarah then leaking to Tyler that there was a plan to vote out Adam, Adam was indeed blindsided 7-3.

Unsurprisingly, Mason entered F11 wanting to vote out Griff, and the tide was beginning to tilt in that direction due to Griff being in the minority on both the last two votes and having very few allies left. However, Griff won immunity in the Norse Trivia Video challenge, and the target was pushed onto Sarah due to her wanting to blindside Kristine. Mason, again being targeted by Griff, wanted to have some fun with this and joined a VC with Griff, Tyler and Kristine to confront Griff about why he was targeting him. This made Griff even more paranoid, thinking that Sarah had leaked his ideas to Mason. Near the end of tribal, Mason was also included by Jack (very worried that he was going to be targeted) in an alliance chat along with Kristine, Tyler, Dawson and Griff, where he pleaded with them to not vote him out. He also then announced in tribal council chat that the idol everyone believed he had (due to Pyro saying back at F18 that she'd given him one) was a complete lie. This left many confused, though Sarah was still voted out 9-1.

After Dawson won F10 immunity in Prisoner's Dilemma, there was to be one final showdown between Mason and Griff, as they were targeting each other relentlessly. To Mason's delight, virtually everyone landed on his side, and despite Dawson wanting to vote out Jack, Griff was eliminated 8-1-1. However, his celebrations would be short-lived, as the next challenge ended up ruining his game. It was Sacrifices, and both he and Jmoney accepted all of them, which included losing their votes at the following tribal council, and also not being allowed to talk in anything expect public chats until the end of tribal. A tiebreaker sacrifice of immediately going to exile until the end of the F8 cycle was made, which Mason declined and Jmoney accepted, giving Jmoney immunity.

As Jmoney headed to exile, this left Mason without immunity, without a vote, and without the ability to talk in DMs or alliance chats. Before the tiebreaker result was announced, both Tyler and Colin had wanted to vote for whichever of the two didn't get immunity due to them being an easy target, and a quite frustrated Mason was left just hoping that someone else could be targeted. Unfortunately for him, help was not forthcoming. Kristine and Aidan wanted to break up his duo with Jmoney, and Logan saw him as a potentially dangerous player should he survive this. The only person not a fan of for voting for Mason was Jack, who was very frustrated with how solid the majority group had been for the most part. However, he voted for him, seeing no other choice, and Mason was eliminated 5-2 with Dawson and Colin throwing their votes on Jack as a safety precaution.

## Season 1 Character Ranking

***2: Mason (9th place)***

*Despite being an early merge boot, Mason was one of the most memorable aspects of the entire season! He was the most laid back and relaxed player, however proved to have a lot of fire in him at times such as the scavenger hunt when he got half of his tribe's items WHILE AT SCHOOL?! Or him sprinting to a gas station just to get a picture of root beer, Mason was a character at heart who was just always there for others and was an incredibly friendly presence to have. Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention his incredible car videos, which genuinely brings a smile to my and many others' faces whenever I watch it. I feel like the car video Mason made sums his character up very well, he's not the most serious guy to exist, and he's not necessarily the best player out there either, but he's always gonna bring a smile to your face, and thats something I respect and enjoy about him a lot. Mason's rivalry with Griff is another unforgettable part of the season and his video confessionals gave a lot of insight, humor, and just brought up the season quality a ton.*

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## Trivia

* He had the highest trust rankings score at F15 of any OG Nidavellir member
* The only player in S1 to lose their vote multiple times, though he would be joined by Hollie, Kowboy, Mas and Cass from S2
* He had the best placement of any of the four players listed as episode one edgic contenders (the others were Adam, Pyro and Griff), and was tied with Dawson, Jmoney and Griff for the most times listed as an edgic contender of any of the OG Nidavellirs (three)
* Tied with Aaron from S2 for the biggest jump from game placement to character ranking placement (from 9th to 2nd)
* One of six players from S1 that became production members on future season, along with Adam, Bella, Kristine, Aidan and Aby B