Felix Colibri

***Felix*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Yemen

## Yemen

Felix, like many fallen angels before him, was taken out simply because his chances of winning were so high nobody else stood a chance. His game received a lot of mixed signals, but up to you to decide how you think he did.

Starting off strong on the extroverts tribe, Felix immediately worked on his connections with multiple people, notably Alison, James and Matt, going as far as claiming James as a temporary ride or die. And as they lost the very first challenge, he decided he would cause a little chaos and throw a vote on Cass while everyone else voted out Tony. But with this, Alison fell far from his trust rankings as rumors began to fly that Khamp and Alison already knew each other (Ironic because Felix also knew another castaway) with Felix jumping onto this, showing that Khamp would be his next target. Staying safe until the final 17, Felix set to work on just being overall loveable and trustworthy to his tribemates. And with Alison and Khamp being targeted, Felix made sure his piece was heard and  "flipped", sending Khamp out of the tribe, and quickly onto damage control until the swap.

Swapping onto Munfatih, with an easy 3-2 majority and a pre existing connection with Neb, Felix seemed to be set on this tribe. But first they had to win and keep the numbers. Unfortunately, winning was not in the near future for Felix and his allies. Losing the next two tribal challenges, the first was relatively easy as Seal was inactive and unhelpful. But the second tribal, Felix's close ally Neb appeared to be on the block, but reassuring Owen that he was okay, Matt and Felix flipped, eliminating some tribal lines and boy were they glad to do so, as Neb was a big help in winning the next immunity challenge, and it would have been an awkward tribal with a tight trio being forced to eliminate their own. Luckily, they were able to stay safe until the merge, and Felix was confident in his social ability to take him all the way.

Once he merged, Felix stepped it into high gear, reaching out to old friends and new allies, comparing notes on how the swap had gone, and trying to keep his trio under wrap. He immediately started spreading around the Alison idol fear, whispering to people that she had it, and really becoming close with Zak, again declaring a ride or die within just days of meeting someone. His seeds began to blossom, as Alison was about to go home with idols in her pockets, but James, a close ally of Felix's, intervened and caused the secondary target of Josh to go home. And soon after, Felix caught whiff of a potential Felix blindside, blaming his ex-ally James. Felix was misted by Zak into thinking that Matt, someone who trusted Felix, was really against him, but it was too late when Felix realized that perhaps his name was never out there (it was), and this was a trap by Zak, pleading to Joshua to switch his vote but to no avail, as friend turned enemy, turned friend Matt was eliminated leaving Felix scorned on multiple fronts.

Going into the Final 8, Felix was well aware that he was duped by Zak, which also brought in most of the controversy with his game, as he reverted to guilt tripping and emotional manipulation in order to get back to the top of the game, exclaiming he was the master of that move. And then the impossible happened. An unlikely group that had been at each other's throats banded together of their mutual target of Zak,  avenging Matt, and leaving the spot of Mastermind open for the taking.

Sadly, this would be the last time a vote had gone Felix's way, as his control crumbled under the duo of James and Alison, two people he had targeted immensely.  This could be argued as the worst round for Felix, as he did not lose one but two close allies. Here we saw that his closeness to Abby was not just game, and when she gave him her immunity necklace and requested to be voted out because of their connection, Felix was torn. Fulfilling her wish, Felix, Joshua, and Neb sent her off into the night, but James, Alison and Cedrick had other ideas, stealing a vote and leave Abby in the game while Joshua was the one leaving to ponderosa. But Abby, angered by the indeceny of not voting her out, yet another object of controversy in the season, quit and Felix found himself in another tribe of 5, but this time he was on the bottom of the 3-2 split.

Knowing it would take a miracle for him to make final tribal council now, he proceded to do anything and everything to stay, making lies and throwing his only ally Neb under the bus, desperate for just a toe hold. And he received his miracle in the form of Cedrick, who agreed that Alison and James had run the game long enough, flipping on them, trying to send out James in a 3-2 vote but the idol that he originally targeted Alison for finally reared its ugly head, and Neb was taken out over Felix for his challenge ability, and now Felix faced just one more obstacle between winning the season or losing it all.

Felix, knowing he could not win the literal trials that faced him, set to work on doing what he did best, using his social bonds to convince others to follow his plan. And as James won the final challenge, he needed to flip him and Cedrick in order to stay in the game. Cedrick, thinking that Alison and James would vote together, granted Felix fire by voting Alison. James viewed Felix as his biggest threat to the crown, rightfully so, and knew flipping on Alison would be the difference between losing and winning, and refused Felix's plan. When Cedrick granted him Fire, Felix was swiftly dealt with and sent to the jury.