Iris

**Iris** was the Sole Survivor from Mythvivor: Mount Song.

## Mount Song

Iris began the game on the Fuxi tribe, where they unanimously voted out Kenny who was less active. While there, she built strong bonds. However, when the Song Jiang Swap occurred, she volunteered to join the Zhou tribe which would be attending tribal council. This tribe would lose again and again, but her strong bonds with Ravr and the former Shennong members kept her safe as they voted out the former Nüwa members.

In A More Flexible Situationship, Iris knew that they would be attending tribal council due to the tribe's lack of performance in the Scavenger Hunt challenge, and that there would be in a power struggle between her/Ravr from the former Fuxi tribe and Ceapi/Lachlan from the former Shennong tribe. She bid almost all of her money on an Extra Vote. This gave her the upperhand in the power dynamics, which helped send Lachlan home instead of Ravr. Her, Ravr, and Ceapi would often be referred to as the Zhou 3, and as both Ceapi and Ravr's #1 ally, she was the glue holding it together. The Zhou 3 would then swap together to Taishi where they met Ila and worked with her to vote out Lex.

At merge, she was targeted by Ryan for leaving him out of the Lex boot, but he was deemed untrustworthy and went home unanimously. At the following tribal council, the Zhou 3 attempted to work with Max, Chachi, and Alyssa to vote out Blank. However, when Ila played Ori's Steal A Vote on Ravr, Iris attempted to stick to the plan by using her Extra Vote. Unfortunately, Chachi and Alyssa chose to stick with Ila-Ori-Blank instead, sending Max out. With Max out, all eyes were on the Zhou 3, and Iris voted out her close ally Ceapi with the tribe.

Following this, she was able to recover when Alyssa, Blank, and Chachi flipped to work with her and Ravr to vote out Ila and then Ori. While she did get into a confrontation with Ori during this time, she was able to stand up for herself. Alyssa, Chachi, and Blank attempted to work together to flip again and vote out Iris. However, Ravr played his immunity idol on her, and they idoled out Chachi. When Ravr won final immunity, they voted for Alyssa, while Alyssa and Blank voted for Iris. Iris beat Alyssa in the second ever fire-making challenge in Mythvivor history.

At Final Tribal Council, the jury had a large respect for her game, and she was able to defeat Blank and Ravr in a 5-2-0. She also won a Host Favorite award from Norah for her willingness to play hard and speak her mind, as well as Best Duo with Ravr.

### Jay's Thoughts

It says a lot about a season when a very solid and deserving winner comes in at third on the player rankings list. Iris played just about every aspect of the game with sound precision and sheer focus. Iris made some very good bonds in the game, but none were more important and more game-sealing than her bond with Ravr. One of Iris’s smartest moves was volunteering to join the Zhou tribe, providing her with strong bonds, and then bidding on the Extra Vote, solidifying that her and Ravr had the numbers when Zhou’s original tribe numbers were 2-2. After Iris’s biggest mistake of the season at final 9, misplaying an extra vote and losing an ally in Max, she rebounded incredibly well and made important adjustments to her game. Part of winning is being able to navigate plans successfully, but oftentimes the truly deserving winners are able to navigate well after a plan didn’t go down successfully. After the Max boot, she voted correctly the rest of the way as one-by-one went Ceapi, Ila, and Ori before the final two rounds of the game sealed the deal on the outcome of season 6. With her back against the wall, Ravr played an idol on Iris, allowing her to eliminate Chachi, one of the biggest remaining threats in the game. After eliminating Chachi, she eliminated her other biggest threat in Alyssa via FMC after Blank gave Alyssa a chance to earn her spot at FTC. With Alyssa set on voting for Blank heading into FTC, Iris went an impressive five for six on the remaining jury members, winning 5-2-0 to become the 6th winner in Mythvivor history.

### Voting History

1 Iris played an Extra Vote.

2 Ravr played an immunity idol on Iris, negating all votes against her.

### Episode Title Credits

* "Ima Be a Lone Wolf Ready to Devour Her Prey"
* "No One Is Going to Stop Us"