Griff

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Griff was a contestant on Trevivor Season 1: The Nine Realms. A big presence on the season and a very strategic player, he clashed a lot with some of the other players, causing him to be very visible the whole way through and contributing to his exit mid-merge.

## Trevor's Cast Assessment

*He seems to be a MASSIVE strategic threat, however he’s stated himself he doesn’t pick up well on social cues, I hope this doesn’t lead to his demise because he seems like a genuinely good dude ready to destroy this game, a BIG part of this is bonding and making connections with people however. He seems like they can adapt well to the game and know a lot about Norse Mythology, so let’s see how he can do matched up against the rest!*

## The Nine Realms

Sorted onto the Nidavellir tribe, Griff was at the forefront of the action early on, jumping into tribe VC minutes into the game with Kamil, joined very quickly by Mason. This trio almost as quickly became the first alliance of the season, The Norns, and stayed in VC for a while, with Pyro, Aby B, Bella and Dawson all cycling in and out over the course of the initial hours of the game. The Norns trio all found the tribe idol clue, but unbeknownst to them it had already been claimed by Pyro, leaving them with nothing except suspicions as to who might have it (they suspected basically everyone except Pyro).

Griff's strategizing began very early, as while still in the VC he suggested bringing in Dawson as another member for their alliance, and the first signs of his personality not meshing well with some others came when the VC was more full, with his attitude towards the game being perceived as bossy. However, he was still in zero danger. Nidavellir won the first challenge (the app Wrassling), and his position in the majority was solidified with the creation of the Einherji alliance with Mason, Kamil, Pyro, Bella and Dawson. When it came to the arena challenge Hnefatafl, Griff took charge, coming up with all their tribe's strategy along with Kamil, however they lost by a close margin. Fortunately, the vote was an extremely easy one, as the entire tribe minus Emily and Colin were in VC together when tribal opened, and they all agreed quickly on voting for Emily as she was inactive (Emily threw her vote on Griff).

The F18 swap truly shook up Griff's game, as he was sent to Vanaheim with Pyro and Colin from Nidavellir and Adam, Jack and Tyler from Midgard. The good news for him was that Jack wanted to flip as he knew he was on the bottom of Midgard, and the Sumerbrandr alliance of the two of them and Pyro was formed. The bad news was that Colin wanted to flip as he knew he was on the bottom of Nidavellir, and just as quickly formed an alliance with Adam and Tyler. When the tribes were told they had to sit someone out of the upcoming Scavenger Hunt challenge, and that all the sit-outs would be sent to Hel for the whole challenge, tension arose. Colin wanted to sit out, but Griff, wanting someone he trusted more to go, pressured the tribe into sending Pyro instead. This put a target on him and Pyro as a perceived duo, which would have major ramifications when Vanaheim had to go to tribal after losing the challenge.

During the challenge, Griff argued a lot with Mason and Logan of Jotunheim, as their tribes were locked in a battle for safety. Tyler took this as an opportunity to cause a public fight of his own with Griff, making it seem like he'd vote for him should they go to tribal, while in actuality wanting to blindside Pyro. This increased tension spilled over into tribal, which was the spiciest of the pre-merge. After Colin messed up Tyler's 3-2-1 plan by telling Jack about it, Jack immediately shared this with Griff and Pyro. To try and clean this up, Tyler formed the Animal Control alliance with Adam, Griff and Pyro, where he told Griff that Jack wanted to vote for him. Pissed at Jack, Griff spilled that Jack had been feeding them everything he was told by Tyler and Adam. Tyler took this spill to Jack, which further drove a wedge between the two, but despite not liking each other much they both stuck with Pyro and voted for Colin, causing a 3-3 tie as the other three voted for Pyro.

Griff, who had gone to sleep right after casting his vote, was thus offline for the majority of the revote. Pyro tried her hardest to throw him under the bus, attempting to convince Tyler and Adam that they were not a duo and that if they flipped on Colin she would vote out Griff next. However, neither of them wanted to do that, and after Griff did get back online, he was pressured into flipping on Pyro to avoid a rock draw, which he did, sending her out 3-1. Pyro then complicated things on her way out, stating that she had found the Nidavellir idol (true), and that she had transferred it to Jack (false).

While tensions remained high after the vote, Vanaheim did not have to go to another tribal, as Saish's quit was followed by a victory in the F16 Puzzle Gauntlet, where Griff scored one point by coming in second in the KenKen puzzle, falling short of Dawson's time but beating Sarah. Griff also managed to improve his relationship with Tyler somewhat, through a VC he had with him and Colin. But while Griff felt like he could now also trust Colin the exact opposite was true, as Colin did not trust him at all. Those two stayed together once again in the F15 trust rankings swap though, sent along with Jack to Alfheim (AKA the "least trusted tribe"), joined by Shannon and Aby B from Muspelheim, and Jmoney and Sarah from Jotunheim.

Griff immediately went into strategizing mode, rounding up Colin and Jack and formulating a plan with them to bring in Jmoney and Sarah to split votes between Aby B and Shannon in order to flush an advantage that Pyro and Jmoney had told everyone she had won in Hel back at F18 (in reality, Jmoney had won it - a Vote Steal). The plan was not put into action at F15 as Alfheim won the Guess Who challenge, and after they got demolished in 99 Bottles the next cycle a wrench was thrown in by the fact that Shannon was given individual immunity for contributing the most in the challenge. Not to be deterred, Griff immediately went to work once again, now convincing Aby B and Shannon that the votes would be split between Jmoney and Sarah. The two of them believed this, and Aby B was quickly voted out 5-2 with the majority all putting their votes on her.

The merge came next, and Griff quickly went to Tyler and Adam, wanting to target a Jotunheim first, seeing them as the tightest of the swap tribes. He suggested Mason, their beef from the Scavenger Hunt carrying over to their now-budding feud, but Tyler shut this down and instead suggested Sarah, which Griff agreed to and then tried to push with everyone else, looking to bring in Colin, Kristine, Dawson and Shannon with them as a majority group. He also wanted Jack to vote for Sarah, and considered trying to get a couple people to throw their votes on Jack in case of an idol.

Meanwhile, Mason was targeting Griff, believing he would be an easy boot, but while he pushed strongly for this it did not gain much traction, as Griff was seen as a potential shield at that point. Before the challenge, Griff and Mason publicly clashed in tribe VC, having a major argument about events from the premerge, and not hiding the fact that they wanted to have nothing to do with each other moving forward. After both Mason and Jack won immunity, Griff's plan for a near-unanimous vote on Sarah was flipped by a group that included Kristine, Dawson, Aidan, Logan, Mason and Jmoney all preferring to keep Sarah as a number and instead vote out Shannon. Tyler and Adam were both perfectly happy with this, and Griff ended up being the only person who voted for Sarah besides Shannon, with Shannon voted out 11-2.

After this, Griff continued to try and target the Jotunheim members, talking with Tyler, Adam and Colin about now wanting Jmoney gone due to fears that he could have indeed won something from Hel. While Colin was left frustrated with Griff's bossy tone despite his lack of power, the other two felt it made sense to keep him happy so they could have him as a number for the time being. The F12 challenge was noitcaeR, and Griff made the final round along with Adam and Logan, where in an extremely close 4-3-3 final score Logan won immunity. At tribal, Griff again did not get his way as a plan to blindside Adam was in full swing, and due to paranoia Jmoney used his Vote Steal to steal Griff's vote. Despite this, and despite Sarah leaking the plan to Tyler, Adam did not play his idol, and was voted out 7-3, leaving Griff as one of the confused minority.

Griff's time in the game appeared to be in major jeopardy, as a heated VC post-vote with Tyler and Colin left those two both happy to vote him out next, but Sarah looking to target Kristine put some heat on her, and Griff pulled out an immunity win in the Norse Trivia Video challenge, taking him off the table. Believing that Logan was the biggest threat in the game, Griff looked to pull together a majority to vote him out, though that did not gain much traction. It did lead to Logan posting a fake idol in tribal council chat, and this spooked Griff enough to where he wanted to push a Mason vote instead, and this then led to one of the odder moments in the game. In a VC with Kristine and Tyler, Mason suddenly joined to ask Griff why he was targeting him, because he thought it would be funny. This caused Griff to be even more paranoid, and he believed that it was Sarah who had leaked that he was targeting Mason to him, due to her doing similar the previous cycle. This got him on board with a Sarah vote, and she was eliminated 9-1.

With both Griff and Mason gunning for each other 100% at this point, the next vote was set to be a showdown between the two. After Dawson won immunity in Prisoner's Dilemma, just about everyone knew that one of the aforementioned two had to go, as while Dawson tried to push a Jack vote in an effort to try and build up more of a resume, no one else was on board with it. Unfortunately for Griff, the others felt that Mason staying in would be more beneficial for them, and he was voted out 8-1-1, with Dawson throwing his vote onto Jack.

## Season 1 Character Ranking

***11: Griff (10th place)***

*Griff was quite the controversial figure on the season, and he had quite the rough path trying to overcome the major adversity of everyone in the post merge disliking him. Despite this, Griff was still honestly the most intelligent person out there if I'm being honest, however there were many MANY moments where he overthinks these massive plans and nothing really worked out for him. It was both funny and sad to watch, and it made him quite rootable in the spectator's eyes. His rivalries with Mason and Logan were highlights of the season to watch as they would all argue over the most pointless stuff to be honest, and it was hilarious. Griff was a hardworking, intelligent character who just unfortunately had bad read on the game however, resulting in his somewhat early elimination.*

## Trivia

* The first player in Trevivor history to have their vote stolen or blocked for reasons outside their control
* One of only five Nidavellir members who made merge, and the first of that group to be voted out
* On the wrong end of the two most lopsided non-unanimous votes of S1: F13 (11-2 on Shannon) and F10 (8-1-1 on him)
* Listed as a contender on edgic three times, tied with Dawson, Jmoney and Mason for the most of any of the OG Nidavellirs