Astervivor: Marble Cave

***Astervivor: Marble Cave*** (also called *Astervivor: Marble Cave - Trust in Your Leader)* is the third season of *Astervivor*.

Marble Cave is quite often said to be a little bit of a drop in quality compared to the other early Astervivor seasons. After the slightly lacking Mediterranean, Marble Cave featuring a very quick pace, interesting twists such as the Schoolyard Pick elimination, and more drama than any other season, however it also had a predictable Pre-Merge and Merge portion, with the winner playing an extremely dominant game from the very beginning. Karma was crowned Astervivor Royalty, defeating TheSunisTemporary in a 6-2 vote.

## Production

Production on *Marble Cave* was also a chaotic one, much like *Mediterranean,* however, there was a lot of early twists considered to be done for the season. Tribe Captains was decided upon immediately, as well as the first three days of the season. Once again, Exile Island was considered for the season, but was cut due to the hosts preferring the Marble Cave as an Idol System. Extra Votes and Vote Steals were added late into the season's production as a way to spice up gameplay.

Casting for *Marble Cave* was opened up on October 9th, 2021, and closed on November 12th, 2021. There were 21 applicants, 18 being marooned as castaways. Due to the scrapped castaways being too controversial to put in, and the season wanting to have 19 castaways for the Schoolyard Pick twist, players from the first two seasons were judged for potentially returning. First was Justin, who joined after his robbery in *New Zealand,* and with his type of game, the hosts thought he had enough potential to add in. The other person contacted was happy havoc, who was cut due to not really fitting the season's theme.

## Hosts

There are a total of 4 hosts in *Astervivor: Marble Cave*.

## Format

* **Starting Tribe Composition:** The 19 castaways were divided into 1 tribe of 19.
* **Chosen Tribe Composition:** The 19 castaways were divided into 2 tribes of 9, with Noah being not chosen for tribes.
* **Anarchy Round:** At the final 15, the two tribes combined back into Inmolarse to vote out a single player.
* **Tribe Swap:** At the final 14, all the castaways were divided into 2 tribes of 7.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** The final 11 castaways were merged into one tribe.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Two finalists (Karma and TheSunisTemporary) faced a jury of nine. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

## Features

### Twists

* **One World:** The tribes were divided into one singular tribe at multiple points during the game.
* **Returning Player:** For the first time, a player returned to have another shot at Astervivor Royalty.
* **Tribe Captains:** Tribe Captains were elected on Day 2 of the season. These Tribe Captains had a variety of abilities to help assist them during the game, such as picking tribes and sending someone on Day 3, sending Stowaways to spectate their other tribes camp, electing who sits on their tribe, and having priority to the Marble Cave. If voted out, another election would take place during the tribe's next challenge.
* **Schoolyard Pick:** On Day 3, the Tribe Captains were allowed to choose their tribes in a Schoolyard Pick. However, as there is only 19 players and 2 tribes of 9, this meant that one player will be the ‘last pick’ and become a Pre-Juror.
* **The Marble Cave:** When requested, players could leave their tribe chat and go to the Marble Cave. Up to two people could go into the Marble Cave at one period of time, allowing cross-tribal communication. It was also the only place to hunt for idols. Every 15 minutes they spend in the cave, they get another idol search. They are allowed to spend a maximum of 3 searches, as after 30 minutes in the cave, they would be kicked out. They are only allowed to go into the Cave once per day. If a Tribe Captain attempts to go into the Cave though and there are already 2 people, a random person would be kicked out. This twist lasted until the Merge, when the Marble Cave was destroyed due to a rainstorm.
* **Stowaways:** When a tribe won an Immunity Challenge, the Tribe Captain were able to send a Stowaway, allowing them to go see the Tribal Council and Tribe chats for the next hour.
* **Two Tribes, One Tribal:** On Day 13 of Marble Cave, both tribes would have to go to tribal council and vote out one person from the game. These castaways temporarily merged to the Inmolarse tribe to vote out this one person.
* **Tribe Swap:** On Day 14, both Confianza and Liderazgo went through a Tribe Swap, reshuffling their tribes.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 28 of Marble Cave, castaways on Todopoderoso had to vote out two members of their tribe instead of one. Hidden Immunity Idols would make the player immune in those two votes.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** Found after finding 3 crystals in the Marble Cave and purchasing it, Hidden Immunity Idols, when played, would negate all votes at a tribal council. These were valid until the Final 6. In a change from their original version, Hidden Immunity Idols are bought by a currency and are rehidden after use.
* **Vote Steal:** Found after finding 2 crystals in the Marble Cave and purchasing it, Vote Steals, when played, would steal a vote from another player, allowing the player with the Vote Steal to vote twice, and making the person with their vote stolen unable to vote. These were valid until the Final 5.
* **Extra Vote:** Found after finding a single crystal in the Marble Cave and purchasing it, Extra Votes, when played, would allow the player that used it to cast an Extra Vote at a Tribal Council. These were valid until the Final 5.