Heiwa Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Alexys (Winner/22)

The Heiwa Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Japan.

This alliance was originally created on the Beauty tribe by a strong and underestimated duo of women. The tribe dominated in its original iteration and formed a tight alliance in order to remain united as the game continued. This was successful until the alliance was forced to turn on each other by the end of the merge.

## Members

     Dimitri (9-33)
 Affiliates(Day Entered)

## History

### Origins

The red Heiwa tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Japan*. Due to the Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty twist, Heiwa contained six former *Survivor* players who were assigned the 'Beauty' tribe. Alexys and Peighton, who were perceived as the weakest members of the tribe, made a Final Two deal over the course of the first few days. Alexys found the Heiwa Hidden Immunity Idol and shared this information with Peighton in order to solidify their close relationship. Heiwa was the strongest of the three original tribes, winning all four immunity challenges over the course of the first nine days. All six members of the tribe formed the Heiwa Alliance on Day 9 because they sensed an incoming tribe switch.

### Tribe Switch

On Day 10, the remaining fourteen castaways were switched into the three tribes whilst also being joined by four intruders. Alexys and Peighton remained on Heiwa whilst being joined by original 'Brawn' castaways Alice, Axel, Kristin and Shawna. Alexys and Peighton feared being in this minority position, but Peighton felt she and Axel had a connection because this was both their second *BBB* season. The new Heiwa tribe lost the first immunity challenge they had together, but Alexys and Peighton managed to bring in Alice and Axel in order eliminate Kristin.

The Heiwa Alliance had inducted two new members, but it appeared that they were less loyal to the alliance. When Heiwa lost the following Double Tribal Council challenge, Alexys and Peighton heard that Alice was trying to get the Brawns to work together and vote for Alexys. This plan was unsuccessful because Axel remained loyal to the Heiwa Alliance, which led to Alice's elimination. At the immunity challenge on Day 17, the Heiwa Alliance were worried that Shawna would make the merge if Heiwa won the remaining immunity challenges. In response, the alliance threw the challenge so they could vote Shawna out. After only three immunity challenges together, Heiwa was reduced to three members. The tribe continued to be down in luck and lost once more. The Heiwa Duo of Alexys and Peighton had the numbers at this tribal council and were forced to turn on Axel.

Meanwhile, original Heiwa castaways Aaron, Austin, Cami and Dimitri were switched to the green Chikara tribe. The pair had a 4-2 majority over Dion and Quentin from the other two original tribes. However, the Heiwa boys had a closer relationship with each other than with Cami because she was the only woman on the tribe. When Chikara was one of two tribes to attend the Day 14 Double Tribal Council, the Heiwa Alliance agreed to vote for Quentin. At tribal council however, the boys worked together and unanimously eliminated Cami.

### The Merge

The Heiwa Alliance of six then reunited when the three tribes merged at the Final Twelve. The alliance was worried that The Brains and the Intruder Alliance would work together and force a tie at the first merged tribal council. This was not the case and the Heiwa Alliance had the numbers to eliminate Harriet. Peighton found the merged idol the following morning and, like Alexys did on the Beauty tribe, shared this information with her closest ally. At the first of two eliminations on Day 27, the Heiwa Alliance had the numbers in order to eliminate Quentin and permanently dissolve The Brains. At the second tribal of the night, Jessica joined forces with the Heiwa Alliance and split the votes between intruders Dustin and Vikki. An idol was not played and Vikki was voted out.

### The Heiwa Duo

The Heiwa Alliance continued to hold a majority position over the Intruder Alliance at the Final Nine, where they eliminated Dustin at tribal council. It appeared that Heiwa would continue their dominant streak by eliminating Igor and Jessica next. However, Aaron was eliminated on Day 32 when Jessica told Igor to play his idol. Alexys and Peighton gave this information to Jessica so they could have loyal allies as the game progressed. This benefitted the pair when the Heiwa Alliance turned on each other at the following tribal. Alexys, Jessica and Peighton were in the minority, but Peighton played her idol. With the only other votes that counted, Dion was eliminated.

After two consecutive idol plays, the final six castaways were confident there were no idols left in the game. The tribe was split along gender lines, but the girls had a secret weapon because Alexys had the Heiwa idol in her bag. At tribal, the girls had the power because Alexys used her idol and Austin was voted out. Alexys and Peighton felt like they were in a powerful position at this point, but were threatened by Dimitri as the only remaining member of the Heiwa Alliance. The girls used Igor and Dimitri was voted out at tribal council. The plan was for the Heiwa Alliance to vote together and make Igor the final member of the jury. However, he won the final individual immunity challenge, so Alexys and Peighton were forced to eliminate Jessica. Despite these last minute setbacks, Alexys was well respected by her Heiwa Alliance jury and was awarded the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Dion's loyalty to the Heiwa Alliance makes him the first castaway in *Survivor* history to be in an alliance without every being a member of the tribe it originated from.