Clay

> ***“Lowkey kinda sad we’re not going to tribal, don’t tell anybody”***
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Clay was a contestant on Trevivor Season 2: Hades' Fury, and Season 3: Camelot's Last Stand. One of the most prominent members of Asphodel in S2, a somewhat unfortunate swap and not clicking well with his new tribemates led to him being eliminated in 18th. Brought back as a captain in S3, he was busy to begin the game and thus fell to the bottom of his drafted tribe, and was eliminated in 17th.

## Trevor and Aidan's Cast Assessments

**Season 2:**

*Clay is a great asset to have on your tribe, as he is great in challenges. That being said he has a tendency to get blindsided around the merge. Will he be able to pick up his social game and pull himself further in this game? Or will he be stuck getting turned on and being an early merge boot?*

**Season 3:**

*Clay was such a robbed figure in season 2, as I honestly believe his vote didn’t stem from anything he necessarily did, however the sacrifices challenge and the textbook definition of a swap screw ended up being his final nail in the coffin. He has more power here as a captain I think and I’m curious as to how he’ll try to improve this time around. I think he was a tad bit too OTT last time personally, and if he took a much more socially cautious approach this time I could see him getting much deeper in the game hopefully.*

## Hades' Fury

Sorted onto the Asphodel tribe, Clay - like just about everyone else - soon found himself annoyed with God's antics. He did quickly gravitate towards Mas and Tyler, and the three of them soon formed the first alliance of the season - MTC. However, the alliance soon had its first rumblings of discontent, after Tyler and Clay began discussing the (fake) idol clue sitting in their tribe's camp chat channel description. Publicly wondering whether it was real or not, and whether anyone had gotten anything from it, Mas was annoyed with this honesty and bluntness.

Despite this, Clay's standing as one of the tribe's early leaders remained intact. One thing he did not lead was the Design a Monster challenge, as Asphodel was a mess early on with just a few people contributing. Despite this slow start, they did eventually put together a pretty unique design, and they managed to grab second place and safety in the eyes of the judges. In the midst of this, God randomly gave Clay his obol because he felt like it, despite Pray expressing to him and Tyler that he would like to keep God in the game and go after Clay instead should they lose a challenge.

As Tartarus went to tribal, Clay was Asphodel's representative sent to the House of Hades, where he was joined by Hollie from Elysian. As the two of them had previous history, they were fairly open with each other, even going so far as to make an endgame pact with each other should they end up on the same tribe in the future. Clay, for his part, did not feel obliged to keep this. For their duel they competed in Make 24, which Hollie won, earning herself three obols.

The F20 challenge was Sacrifices, which really put Clay in a worse position. While he declined the second sacrifice (lose his vote at the next tribal he attended), four of his tribemates accepted it. The only others who didn't were Pray and God, who Pray had been planning on working with to vote out Clay if they had the chance. While Tartarus lost the challenge, this set up Clay to be voted out 2-1 if Asphodel went to tribal at a future cycle, though he did not know it. Since God had sent him his obol, he did not think that he would be targeting him. God, for his part, had sniffed out that Clay, Mas and Tyler were a trio and could be powerful. He shared this (among other information about his tribe) with Alex while the two of them were at House of Hades that cycle.

The next challenge was Greed, and God expressed interest in trying to grab it to send Asphodel to tribal, where he and Pray would vote out Clay. However, this did not end up happening, as multiple Elysian members were determined to get it themselves, with Alex and Kowboy incessantly spamming the arena chat once it was open, much to the annoyance of just about everyone else. Kowboy ended up grabbing Greed, beating Alex by 1 millisecond and sending Elysian to tribal. Clay was again Asphodel's representative in the House of Hades, where he faced off against Nick from Tartarus in Jotto. Clay won, earning five obols, and the two of them also exchanged some info, agreeing to work together should they end up on the same tribe.

A swap did occur next, and Clay was sent to Lethe with Mas and Tyler from Asphodel, Kowboy and Cass from Elysian, and Nick, Violet, Carp and Silence from Tartarus. This was quite a poor swap for Clay, as while MTC remained together, he realized he was the only one of the three who would have a vote should Lethe go to tribal. As well, the other six came together soon after the swap, wanting to eliminate an Asphodel member as all seven of them were still in the game.

The two new tribes faced off in Guess the God, and Lethe lost by just one guess. Cass was sent to the House of Hades, leaving the four Tartarus members as the obvious holders of the power in the tribe. Recognizing this, Clay approached Nick and Silence, wanting to work with the two of them on the vote. However, he tried to push a Carp blindside to them, arguing that if the Tartarus four stayed strong they would all be targeted as soon as the tribes were shaken up again. Pretending to be on board, Nick and Silence immediately leaked this to Carp, and the four Tartarus members + Kowboy made a plan to split the votes 3-2 between Clay and Tyler, with the majority on Clay due to being worried about him having gone to HoH twice already.

Eventually deciding that doing a 3-3 split would be preferable to a 3-2-1, Nick and Silence told Clay that the target was Tyler and that he should vote for him. At this point hoping to just survive, and having grown pretty annoyed with Tyler, Clay agreed, and voted for him. The 3-3 tie was achieved, and the revote happened very quickly without anyone deliberating over which of the two should go. On the revote, everyone except Kowboy (playing dumb by pretending he got confused as to what the plan was) voted for Clay, and he was eliminated 4-1. Clay had some heated final words, before leaving by saying he would be giving his obols to Tyler. However, he gave all seven of them to Mas.

## Camelot's Last Stand

Due to his big character and early exit in S2, Clay was brought back to serve as a captain in S3 along with Pyro. Joined by sixteen new players, the castaways were hit with the initial twist of a Day Zero - giving them the opportunity to speak with everyone before being sorted into tribes. Clay, as a captain, was given extra responsibility, as it would be him and Pyro doing a schoolyard pick at the end of Day Zero to draft the two tribes.

Unfortunately, Clay was busy the day of marooning, and so did not get online until later. This lead to most players hoping to be selected to join Pyro's tribe instead of his, as she was one of the social stars of Day Zero. When it came time for the draft, **Clay** selected Tanner first, and followed that by picking Hope, Simba, Rej, Xavier, Melas, Pola and Tommy. This group formed the Quimper tribe.

Clay immediately had his name thrown out on his newly-drafted tribe, as Simba wanted to target him right away should they lose. Tanner (Simba's early ally) didn't agree with this, but was also fine with letting Simba take the lead for the time being. Unfortunately for Quimper, they did have to go to tribal right away, as their Design a Coat of Arms challenge was a bit of a disaster. Failing to coordinate well, their eventual submission was blown out of the water by Stirling, and they had to vote someone out.

That person looked like it could be Clay, as he was still not as active as most of the rest of the tribe. However, he did have one thing going to him in having a decent relationship with Tanner, who held a lot of power in the newly-created majority alliance (which did not include Clay). Preferring to vote out Melas, Tanner took more control and helped steer the vote onto Melas over Clay. Everyone fell in line, and Melas was eliminated unanimously.

Clay finally began to make more of an impact in the game at F17, but it looked like it might be too late given how everyone else on Quimper except Tommy was in an alliance chat. In the 24 Hour Scavenger Hunt Clay was actually one of the most active Quimper members, staying up late and playing music in the arena chat. But while he put a lot of effort into the challenge, Quimper was blown out once again with Stirling winning 44-11.

Clay believed that his activity in the challenge and increasing how much he was talking with people would be enough to save him, but Simba was still gunning for him. Volunteering to be the decoy vote in order to sell the others on this plan, most everyone else was fine with not rocking the boat too much, with no one holding a super tight relationship with Clay. Xavier did briefly try and save Clay, throwing out Tommy's name as an option, but that did not go anywhere. Clay - told that the vote was on Simba - did not expect to be voted out, and was quite upset when he was, feeling betrayed and hurt that they would lie about the vote to him.

## Season 2 and 3 Character Rankings

**Season 2:**

**15: Clay (18th place)**

*You may be surprised to see Clay this high but honestly the guy's impact on the season during his short 4 cycles was remarkable. During his stay we got many, many sides to him. He was a game master at times, with him being arguably the top contender at his original tribe, he was an underdog during his stay on the swap tribe and towards the end his absolute wild scramble to stay alive at any cost was incredibly entertaining. To see it all end with his voteout was quite the sad sight because he was fighting tooth and nail to the very end. Throughout the season Clay was a relatable and just overall likable guy who had to face unfortunate adversity at the swap, which is why he's earned his place on this list.*

**Season 3:**

**16: Clay (17th place)**

*Speaking of Quimper, the man who drafted their tribe was also booted quite early, as Clay was unable to reach the heights his fellow captain did. Like October, he was busy to begin the game, though he did serve as one of the most entertaining players in the scavenger hunt, playing music, complaining about staying up late and then getting unanimously voted out for his troubles.*

## Trivia

* One of the first two returnees in Trevivor history, along with Pyro
	+ Pyro's 4th place finish in S3 means that Clay is the first and only person to be eliminated premerge twice
	+ Interestingly, both he and Pyro finished 18th on their original seasons, both on a revote following a 3-3 tie
* The only player in S2 voted to go to House of Hades twice
	+ Aaron also went to HoH twice, but one of them was as a tribe representative in a Hero challenge, and not a regular duel
* The first player in S2 to be eliminated after previously being listed as an edgic contender, lasting just 4 episodes
	+ In terms of episodes, that is the second-fewest lasted of someone previously listed as an edgic contender in any season, after Pyro (3) in S1
* His first two draft picks in S3 were Tanner and Hope, who finished 1st and 2nd on the season. He also selected Xavier, which means he drafted the entire FTC