Nagarote Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Gail (Runner-Up/18)

The Nagarote Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Worlds Apart.

The alliance was established by a partnership that transcended the game itself. However, they soon gained numbers in preparation for the tribe switch and controlled much of the merge before being forced to turn on each other at the last hour.

## History

### Origins

The red Nagarote tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Worlds Apart*, where Laurie and Miles quickly made a Final Two deal because they knew each other prior to the beginning of the game. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge, the pair voted with the rest of the tribe to eliminate Rock who had become a liability in challenges after falling ill. Austin, Gail and Mickey however, formed their own alliance because they felt threatened by Laurie and Miles' strong partnership. At Nagarote's second loss on Day 11, the girls voted for Gail but the new trio had the numbers and they eliminated Laurie.

### Tribe Dissolve

At the tribe dissolve, original Nagarote castaways Austin, Gail, Mickey and Miles all remained on Nagarote whilst being joined by Blue Jay and Monica from the original Escameca tribe as well as Derrick from Masaya. On a tribe of seven, the four Nagarote castaways had the numbers after Miles assured the tribe that she would remain loyal to them despite losing Laurie. When Nagarote lost their immunity on Days 14 and 19, the alliance voted out original Escameca members Blue Jay and Monica respectively. During this time, Derrick became a member of the alliance as he began strategising against the original Escameca castaways with Gail in particular.

### Tribe Switch

At the Final Eleven, the remaining castaways experienced a surprise tribe switch. Derrick, Mickey and Miles remained on Nagarote whilst being joined by Lucy from the original Masaya tribe and Tiarn from Escameca. Derrick assumed that he and Lucy would join forces with the Nagarote Alliance in order to become the dominant group at the impending merge. However, Lucy wanted to work with Escameca because they currently held the majority. When Nagarote attended tribal council on Day 22, Mickey and Miles wanted to get rid of Lucy but Derrick convinced them to turn on Tiarn and she was eliminated.

### The Merge

The following morning, the castaways merged into the black Merica tribe. Derrick, Mickey and Miles reunited with original allies Austin and Gail, creating an even split between the Nagarote and Escameca Alliance. However, the Nagarote Alliance remained united whilst the Escameca Alliance split between original Escameca and Masaya castaways. This meant that the Nagarote Alliance had the majority at the first merged tribal council, where they made Callum the second member of the jury.

Despite working with the Nagarote Alliance for almost two weeks, Derrick decided now was the time to overthrow them in order to become a powerful leader of his own group. He approached Rick whom he had worked with on Masaya along with Byron, where it was agreed they would be going after Miles. Gail was getting suspicious of Derrick in the lead up to the next tribal council and convinced the rest of the tribe to split the votes between Derrick and Rick so that Escameca wouldn't turn on them. This led to a 3-3-3 tie between Derrick, Miles and Rick, where the majority of the tribe voted out Derrick at the revote.

After losing Derrick, the Nagarote Alliance still had the numbers and consecutively voted out Erin and Rick at the next two tribal councils. At the Final Six however, the alliance decided now was the time to turn on each other. Austin wanted to separate himself from his trio with Gail and Mickey, deciding it was in his best interest to form a new alliance with Byron, Lucy and Miles. They agreed on voting for Mickey. Unbeknownst to Austin and Miles however, Gail and Mickey were making their own alliance with Byron and Lucy in order to get rid of Austin. Ultimately, Austin was seen as the more volatile player of the alliance and he was voted out at tribal council.

Miles was scared that she would be the next target and decided to flip back to work with Gail and Mickey. When Byron won individual immunity, the trio looked after each other and voted for Lucy. It appeared that Byron was the clear target at the next tribal council against the Nagarote Alliance of three, but he won the final individual immunity challenge. Gail saw Miles as the easier player to beat against the jury and the pair agreed to vote for Mickey. Satisfied by this decision, Byron voted with the girls in making Mickey the final member of the jury. However, both Gail and Miles' games paled in comparison to Byron's underdog path to the end and they lost against him at the Final Tribal Council.