Nakul

Nakul is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Ring of Fire.

## Ring of Fire Summary

Nakul’s game consisted of true loyalty through and through, but his slight misplays consistently landed him on the bottom of the majority alliance and concerned his closest allies. Starting in the beginning, Nakul and his game were not definitively outstanding in any sense. He was recognized as present and active, but never too much of a threat. Seemingly a neutral player, nobody was exactly sure of where he would land in the season.

Upon being divided onto the Nani tribe, Nakul’s position was uncertain, seemingly being on the outside of a core alliance consisting of Lorelei, Lillia, Jonathan, and Rocket. He created a trio alliance with Rocket and Jonathan as well, but he seemed to be a slight outsider. In the first vote of the season, Nakul was used as a vote to blindside D Noah, but proved to be a bit of a liability. Despite knowing that this vote was intended to be a blindside, Nakul accidentally leaked the plan to Piggy, D Noah’s only ally in the game, much to the dismay of his entire alliance. Piggy did end up working with them to blindside D Noah, but the damage of this blunder had already been done.

Following Ducky’s quit and Juni’s vote out, Nakul returned to tribal council with the Nani tribe once more. For the tribe, this vote was fairly simple - Piggy knew he was on the bottom and would be a liability upon reaching the approaching merge. Despite this, the alliance naturally did not want Piggy to have any confirmation of their plans, fearing that he had truly found an idol at the Volcano. However, Nakul once again leaked this plan to Piggy, once again to the dismay of his tribemates. Although it did not change the final vote count whatsoever and Piggy was voted out 5-1, it reestablished a doubt in his allies’ heads regarding how trustworthy he was.

Soon enough, Nakul reached the merge, and working alongside the 5 person former Nani alliance and Axis, he successfully participated in the blindside of Myth in a 6-4 vote. His strategy seemed to be to fly under the radar at this point, knowing that there were much bigger threats in the game remaining, especially his closest ally Jonathan. Using his vote blocker he had found on the first day of the merge, he ensured Travis’ elimination in an 8-0 vote. This was widely regarded as a pointless move by many, and further solidified his position on the bottom of the Nani alliance.

At the final 8, Nakul was left in the dark for the first time throughout the monumental plan to eliminate Jonathan with an idol in his pocket. Rocket, Lillia, and Lorelei all feared his close relationship with Jonathan and decided to rely on Clasper’s vote instead of Nakul’s, leaving Nakul to vote for Clasper under the guise of inactivity. After the votes were read, Nakul was terrified as to his future in the game, as he had just been left out of one of the most important votes of the season by the large majority of players remaining in the game.

In the next round, Nakul’s name was thrown out as an easy elimination, considering that his closest ally had just been eliminated and all idols had been taken out alongside him. However, the remnants of the former Nani tribe feared unity from the Pink tribe and instead eliminated Starz in order to solidify their majority.

At this point, Nakul was out of places to run and targets to hide behind. As the clear outsider remaining in the game, the other players feared that despite his reputation, he still stood a good enough chance to win the game that it wasn’t worth running the risk of keeping him in the game. The other two outsiders, Clasper and Axis, attempted a plan to overthrow Lillia, but failed as Nakul informed Lorelei nearly instantly of this plan. His refusal to keep another tribemate in the dark about the vote once again failed him, with Axis deciding not to follow through with the plan. As the saying goes, three strikes and you’re out - following Nakul’s third time disclosing his plan to an ally who should have been unaware, Nakul was eliminated from the game, 4-2. Despite this, he still was able to maintain his position in the majority alliance for a large portion of the game, but his lips were just a bit too loose to bring him to the Final Tribal Council. Nakul ended the season in 6th place, as the 4th member of the jury.