Mafia: Legends

***Mafia: Legends*** is the twenty-fifth season of *The Mafia Series*. This season is the fourth to feature a designated all-returning cast, following seasons 10, 13, and 20. This season was publicized as being a smaller and more selective All-Stars season, celebrating the iconic 25th season of the series.

While during the season it was looked at as lower-quality due to some inactive returnees, following the season many players saw it as an endearing season. There were several strong strategic players present in the game. The end-game was especially exciting with a dynamic live ending, and the game results with only one survivor, the Mafia herself.

This game lasted from January 31, 2022 up to February 19, 2022. Despite some inactive players, the game follow a very active schedule, and there were many dedicated players. Legends were playing the game very hard from all different perspectives, but many of them never learned the Mafia's true identity until they reached the active (and argumentative) graveyard.

# ***Roles & Twists***

**Twists**
* **Revamped Sheriff:** Revealed only to the sheriff in their confessional, the sheriff received a revamp for the first time since game 3.
* **Strategic / Social Parties:** The 22 players were evenly divided into 2 groups of 11: strategic players (orange) and social players (pink). The strategic players are known for their high strategic play in previous game and assistance in the evolution of the gameplay in *The Mafia Series*. The social players are known for their unique personalities that have helped to develop the history of the series. There was *no* Two Societies or two separate games, all 22 players were participating together.
* **Day One Start:** The game started on day 1 with a special vote. Strategic players had to vote for a social player, while the social players had to vote for a strategic player. The player from each party with the most votes would be exiled for the next 24 hours during the night cycle. Those two players then had the opportunity to gain either an advantage or disadvantage. The players who were exiled could neither be killed nor perform any actions.
	+ **Exile Votes:** After day 1, the game continued under the normal format. However, after every execution for the first four cycles (including the exile on day 1), the day was extended for 24 hours after the execution trial for the exile vote, which is identical to what was described above.
* **Inside the Caves:** When exiled in the caves, the exiled players were tasked with performing a series of commands to explore the cave to possibly obtain an advantage or disadvantage. These are listed below.
	+ **Magnifying Glass - Advantage:** The magnifying glass could be used to search the vote of another player at the most recent trial.
	+ **Chalice - Advantage:** The chalice could be used to act as a heal for either the holder or another player - when it was used on them.
	+ **Grand Decider - Advantage:** From *Mafia: Chaos Caverns* and *Mafia: All-Stars II*, the Grand Decider gave the holder the sole power to eliminate someone of their choice at a trial.
	+ **Crystal Ball - Advantage:** The crystal ball could be used to allow one dead player to vote at any given trial. However, the dead player would still not have access to talk with any players that they could not talk to before that vote.
	+ **Glowing Rock - Advantage:** The glowing rock could be used to block two votes at any given trial.
	+ **Black Rod - Disadvantage:** The black rod automatically cursed the finder to essentially become a commoner for the next trial and night. They would lose all their abilities except for their vote (if they had one).
	+ **Instant Death - Disadvantage:** If a player walked down a certain path, they would be lost in the caves. It would be announced that they never returned to the town the next day, and that they have died.
* **Two Execution Votes in One Day:** For the first time in Mafia Series history, two votes took place on an in-game day. On Day 5, directly after the first execution, it was announced to players that they would all have another 24 hours to vote to *execute* another player (and not exile them).
* **Blitz Kill:** To compensate the Mafia, there was a blitz kill on night 6, allowing them to kill two victims.

# ***Game Summary***

With the introduction of the twist of the exile, both sides quickly decided to send the two volunteers, Nat and Nathaniel. Lots of claiming was done on the first day - leading to many of the greatest players in the history of Mafia to try to succinctly confirm as many roles as quickly as possible. The game was rather underwhelming at first... with declining activity from some veteran players due to boredom over the newer confirmation strategy.

On the first night, not too much notable happened. Stella, the head Mafia, tried to organize an elaborate plan that would allow her to survive but costing her teammates' lives in the process. Stella strategically claimed aristocrat (the only aristocrat claim in the game). Meanwhile, the well-hidden 3rd Party was working well together - though Amber was worried that she would be dragged along by Jelk and Piper as a third wheel. Stella attempted to make a strategic decision to kill **Havoc**, but she soon regretted it after seeing the town's criticism of a seemingly-emotional kill because of Havoc's double detective claim alongside Noah.

The town was adamant that the two knights had to go. Everyone was suspicious of having two knight claims (though no one seemed to remember that two knights appeared in *Mafia: All-Stars II*.) **Brainz** was the first person executed from the legendary season after others were convinced by Nathaniel's pleas to keep himself around. In two generally unanimous exile votes, Hades and Life were both sent. Upon returning, information of exile was beginning to be spread about the game, but it didn't seem to affect strategy too much. Around this time, Kam claimed to be a joker, but she gained suspicion by claiming to be following Sock, who had yet to claim despite trolling and annoying others.

**Nemo** was the next to be killed by the Mafia, as he seemed to be confirmed simply be being the only sheriff claim, though he hadn't used an interrogation. In a dramatic vote, there were plots to both take out Phoenix, a suspicious joker, and Nathaniel. Much to Eevee's discontent and disbelief, the majority voted to execute **Phoenix**, saving Nathaniel once again. Eevee, as the mayor, was trying to remain well-connected throughout the game. He and Aster attempted to protect one another, but it ultimately didn't work out as **Aster** was the Mafia's 3rd victim. Around this time, the town was focusing on exiling confirmed players to protect them from the Mafia. Cam, a monarch, and Malik were sent in the third round. Malik originally intended to keep his psychic role secret, but he eventually exposed himself and revealed his powerful role.

Sock upset others, particularly Hades, by his continuous trolling and sporadic activity. But despite his struggles, **Nathaniel** was unable to protect himself from the next vote. There were many eyes on both Kam and Sock... but Nathaniel was a vote pushed by Eevee because it made the most logical sense. Nathaniel proceeded to leave the longest final words in the history of Mafia by exposing all his conversations, intending to try his best to prove that he was not the Mafia. However, the town was simply annoyed and instead ignored these final words.

Malik and Cam were exiled again, for similar reasons as the last cycle. It was now the 3rd Party's time to strike. Jelk, a blacksmith claim, decided to poison **Eevee**. However, the Mafia decided to kill **Jelk** too, thinking that anyone could be protected by his supposed shield except for himself. Eevee was very critical of Jelk's decision to poison him, saying how it simply proved that Jelk was *not* the blacksmith because he failed to confirm himself anyways. **Sock**, after refusing to share his role, was the fourth executed. Stella was appalled by the fact that he would not follow her plan and not even claim to be a noble. There was then a twist announced that there would be *two votes*, so the remaining legends would have another 24 hours to vote for another player. **Kam** was promptly executed alongside Sock, leaving Stella to fend for herself.

It was proven that Malik and Cam had to be protected by the exiles... as **Malik** was killed by Stella next. Then, Amber, the witch, decided to take things into her own hands to kill one of the four powerful monarchs by poisoning **Cam**. For the last several votes, Amber had been trying to her align her own group by saying that other players such as Emmi and Swaggy were controlling everyone. She tried to pull in others like Nat, Meli, and Noah, who she viewed as more emotional players. When she tried to sway Stella to vote for Swaggy, however, Stella saw through Amber most likely being 3rd Party. Stella made sure to see **Amber** executed next.

**Meli** was killed next, despite not being able to be confirmed as now being a mayor after following Eevee as the apprentice. Then another twist was revealed that the Mafia had performed a blitz kill! Powerful **Nat** was killed alongside Meli, though neither of them were strong strategic forces. Emmi and many others were now suspicious of Piper since the game hadn't ended. Piper made one of the gutsiest moves in Mafia by revealing herself to be the maniac, and she dramatically threatened to blackmail both sides, but everyone instead just decided to execute **Piper**. While cheering on the Mafia in her final words, Piper dragged **Emmi**, breaking up the final monarch duo. Stella, seeing it as the best move for her to keep the suspicious players in the game, killed off **Life**.

Noah once again found himself as the tiebreaking vote in the decision that would determine the game. He became annoyed at Swaggy for reaching out to him for the first time in the entire game. So, Noah gave victory to Stella when he executed **Swaggy**. Stella killed **Noah**, and **Hades** was the final player executed due to not having a vote. In an amazing performance, **Stella** was crowned as the winner for the Mafia!

# ***Exile Voting History***

Strategic Party

Social Party

# ***Awards***

Because this season had more than ten players and three rounds of executions, awards were handed out at the end of the game. They were given to the following recipients.

# ***Trivia***

* The season was originally designed for 18 players, but then bumped to 20 players, and then bumped up again to 22 players so that Hoola could include everyone that he wished to have on the season.
* The following players were invited to Legends but did not participate for the given reason:
	+ Calvin (Declined)
	+ Dani (Received honorary invite only)
	+ Ella (Received honorary invite only)
	+ Dani and Ella both received honorary invites, assuming that they wouldn't want to play based on previous experiences in the server.
* Jack won the viewing lounge prediction game for this season.