Crystal Kingdom Ep. 1

***Crystal Kingdom Ep. 1*** is the premiere episode of *Survivor: Crystal Kingdom*.

Welcome to Survivor: Crystal Kingdom, the fourth Survivor season in The Retirement Home ORG series. We have explored the past and uncovered secrets of the dinos, we have traveled to distant planets to endure the difficulties of space, we have tried to survive mysteries, bandits, and outlaws, but now we will venture into the magical and mystical kingdom of crystals. Let’s take a look at our cast.

The game will be 39 days of challenges, councils, twists, advantages, and social dynamics. Social relationships will be more important than ever as we announce the first twist of the season.

## The Disbandment Twist

To start off the season, you will be split onto six teams of three where you will compete in challenges and strategize. You will not be able to communicate with members of the other teams. However, when you lose an Immunity Challenge and head to Fairy Council, whether or not you were voted out, you will not be returning to your team.

Attending Fair Council after losing an Immunity Challenge means your team will be ***DISBANDED***! When you submit your votes at Fairy Council you must also designate which of the remaining teams you will join if you survive. If you do not submit a team name, it will be randomized for you.

You are allowed to discuss with other players what team you plan to join, but your decision is locked in with your vote and you cannot change your mind after Fairy Council.

## The Crystal Palace

You didn’t think we’d forget about idols did you?

In our fairy Crystal Kingdom, the most important thing is our beautiful castle. This is where Katie, Jess, and Ryan live (as well as the entire viewing lounge. It’s a very big castle).

In order to find idols this season, you will have to explore the Crystal Kingdom Palace in timed visits. These journeys will be quite open-ended. You will be told what you see in the palace but how you choose to interact with it on your quest for crystals is up to you. This is similar to an escape room in that you are given general information but it’s up to you to creatively figure out what to do! In order to win these timed visits, you will need to win reward challenges where you will be given tickets. You can use these tickets whenever you like throughout the season however they are not compoundable nor transferrable (meaning if you have two fifteen minute tickets, you may not do one thirty minute adventure).

You might be wondering what the crystals in the palace are for. The fairies have a long standing tradition of using crystals to cast spells. These spells can create beautiful, wicked, and wonderful items that might help you along in your journey. You can read about these spells **here** so you know what to look out for on your journey. You can also use the !spells command in your host chat to get a link to it.

The crystals you find in the castle are not transferrable to other players. You also may find things that are not crystals in your search…. but we can’t say anything else about that or it would ruin all the fun!

***Crystal Homage*** - Welcome to your first Reward Challenge of the season. This challenge is called ***Crystal Homage***. Winning reward means that you will earn tickets to go on an adventure to collect crystals. Only the top two teams will win. The two winning teams will win tickets worth **15 minutes each** in the palace.

As you all begin this journey it is important to pay respect to the powerful fairies of the past that give these crystals their power. Each of your teams is based on a color that comes from a crystal. Together your team must create a piece of art to dedicate to the fairy your crystal is based on.

This piece of art can come in any form; a song, drawing, video, poem, etc. You should incorporate your team’s color and the traits of the fairy.

After all the art pieces are submitted, our judges will give you points based on the following criteria:

* **Creativity** (10pts): For this category the judges are looking for interesting ways in which you incorporated your fairy and color.
* **Theme** (10pts): For this category the judges are looking for how well your art piece matches the vibe and identity of your fairy.
* **Effort** (10pts): The judges want to know that you actually put thought and time into creating this art piece and that it looks finished and polished.

The two teams with the most combined points after judging will win Reward! The rest of you get nothing. It is a harsh and cruel world.

Your art pieces are to be submitted in your team chat by tomorrow, ***Thursday April 1st @ 9PM EST*** and make sure to tag the admin team.

**Winner(s) (According To Finish):** Zafara & Shoyru

***Divide & Conquer*** - Welcome to your first Immunity Challenge! This one is called **Divide & Conquer**! There are three different parts of this challenge, each of you must pick one to compete in for your team.

It is up to your teams to determine who will compete in each part. Once all the scores are submitted we will compare you to the members of the other teams who competed in the same section. First place will earn 7 points, second place earns 5 points, third place earns 3 points, fourth place earns 2 points, fifth place will earn 1 point, and getting sixth place or not submitting earns 0 points.

Your three challenge parts are:

**Decoding**: You will often find some mysteries that need to be solved, and this time it comes in the form of a Crossword Puzzle. This puzzle comes with a twist, the answers are all given, but the words will only fit in one formation. There are highlighted boxes on the crossword that will give the letters needed to spell out the finishing phrase! Your score will be determined based on how fast you solve the puzzle and write the ending phrase in your host chat!
**Puzzling**: Sometimes everything you need is right in front of you, but it is just in a lot of pieces. This puzzle comes in the form of a Jigsaw Puzzle! Your score will be determined based on how fast you complete the puzzle and send a screenshot in your host chat!
**Sliding**: Even when you have all the parts in front of you to make something, it is not as easy as it seems. This puzzle comes in the form of a Slide Puzzle! Your score will be determined based on how fast you complete the puzzle and send a screenshot in your host chat!
The five teams with the highest combined scores will win Immunity! The losing team will go to Fairy Council and vote one of your members out Saturday night ***LIVE***! You have until ***9PM EST on Friday, April 2nd*** to finish competing.

**Winner(s) (According To Finish):** Shoyru, Meerca, JubJub, Zafara & Gelert