Koror Alliance

**Highest Placing Member**: Heron (5/19)

The Koror Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Palau.

Originally created by three strong women in order to combat the physical threats of their tribe, they soon got cocky and brought in outsiders for the numbers. Straying from their ultimate goals fractured the alliance and in addition to a number of blindsides, crumbled under the pressure of the merge.

## History

### Origins

Gabriel, as the leader of the brown Koror tribe of *Survivor: Palau*, had a strong relationship with the other alpha males. This greatly worried Heron, Katie and Lora because they felt like they were going to be easy targets. The trio formed a tight counter alliance and as strong social and strategic players, their first plan was to bring in Grayson as a crucial swing vote. They felt like Grayson was on their side, but it was not proven because Koror won all challenges for the first nine days sans a reward challenge on Day 4.

### Loyalties Proven

Both Koror and their rival Ulong tribe on Day 10 were forced to attend a Double Tribal Council. Thought Heron, Katie and Lora created the alliance in order to target the alpha males, they were nervous about the showmance that was forming between Luisa and Quentin. At tribal council, the trio and Grayson had the majority and Luisa was eliminated.

### Loyalties Questioned

Following Luisa's departure, the girls scooped up outsider Quentin and now had a five person majority on a tribe of nine. Grayson wanted the power to be in his hands, and felt like he lost his voice because Quentin had joined his alliance with the women. He had a huge argument with the women and they were questioning whether they wanted to continue working with him. At Koror's first immunity challenge on Day 14, the girls and Quentin blindsided Grayson.

Despite these obstacles, the girls were still hell bent on getting rid of the alpha males group which was led by Gabriel. Quentin was feeling more comfortable in his alliance and began flirting with Heron, which irritated Lora. She thought another power couple would ruin her alliance and approached Katie, who brushed it off. At their second consecutive loss, the Koror Alliance voted for Zach. However, Lora was worried about Quentin and flipped her vote to work with the men and blindside Quentin.

### Katie's Flip

Katie felt like Lora's choice to flip was spineless and was unwilling to hear any reasoning or apologies from her. When the merge came on Day 20, Katie was sick of working with the rest of Koror and flipped to the Ulong Alliance. The Koror Alliance meanwhile brought in their nemesis Dalton, Gabriel and Zach in order to have the perceived majority over the four original Ulong castaways. Though the original plan was for the group to vote for Xenia, the men had a good relationship with Lora and convinced her to turn on Heron. None of this mattered however, because Katie's flip gave the Ulong Alliance the majority and Zach was voted out. At the following three tribal councils, Lora, Dalton and Gabriel were voted out and all joined Zach on the jury. Though Katie and Heron remained in the game, they were working with the Ulong Alliance and were forced to turn on each other because there were no remaining members of the Koror Alliance.