Darlington Alliance

Christian Davis

The ***Darlington Alliance*** was the ineffective alliance on Heroes vs. Villains.

Composed of two returning players and five new players. This alliance faced terrible odds being split right off the bat with four players on the Rojo Tribe and three on the Azul Tribe. After controlling the first vote of the season the alliance was decimated one by one until they were all gone.

## Members

Seth Johnson - 15th Place (Vote: 6-2)

Michael Garcia - 14th Place (Vote: 4-3)

Kaleb Ward - 13th Place (Vote: 4-3)

Elizabeth Holland - 12th Place (Vote: 5-1)

**MERGE** -----

Conner Hackett - 11th Place (Vote: 10-1)

Bri England - 10th Place (Vote: 8-1-1-1)

Bailey McDonald - 9th Place (8-1)

## History

Before even arriving on location, Michael created and had a preexisting alliance with Conner Hackett, Elizabeth Holland, Kaleb Ward, Bailey McDonald, and Seth Johnson. When they arrived they used their connections and aligned with Bri England as well to form a major 7 person alliance.

However, when the game actually began all were separated first by label: Elizabeth, Conner, and Michael being on the Villains Tribe, while Bailey, Seth, Kaleb, and Bri being placed on the Heroes Tribe. Luckily for them, these tribes were not how they were starting the season. The first and original tribes were as follows: Bri, Michael, Elizabeth, and Kaleb on the Azul Tribe and Bailey, Conner, and Seth on the Rojo Tribe.

After the Azul Tribe lost the first challenge, Michael, Elizabeth, Kaleb, and Bri teamed up and decided to gun for Dion. However, they knew that would only cause a tie. So the alliance set their sights on flipping Kathy over to their side. Bri managed to convince her so the five of them could vote out Dion. This would be the only time the alliance had something go their way.

The following challenge was won by the Azul Tribe, and this sent the Rojo Tribe to tribal council. There, Christian noted that Seth was paying a little too much attention to him when looking for idols and vice versa. Seth tried to garner enough votes to take out Christian, but they ended up aiming for Kyle instead... or so they thought. Unfortunately, everyone on the Rojo Tribe saw Bailey and Seth as a power couple and voted Seth out 6 to 2 with Conner seeing no use in fighting the losing battle and voted alongside the majority.

Before the following challenge, a tribe swap shook up the game and split the players once again. Once the Villains Tribe lost the following immunity challenge, Michael, along with Elizabeth and Conner, tried to grasp onto anything to keep them safe. Michael tried convincing Christian that they should all vote for Nathan, but realizing Christian was too sneaky he went back to Kathy and tried to make her think they were voting for her in order to convince her to vote with them. Michael, Conner, and Elizabeth all decided they should vote out JP and thought Kathy would follow. That tribal council, their efforts proved fruitless as Michael was voted out in a 4-3 vote.

The following tribal council found the Heroes Tribe on the losing side. Knowing that their numbers were up, Bailey and Bri decided to put the target on Kaleb. Jake, being close with Bri from the previous Azul Tribe, decided to help. At tribal council, Bailey and Bri, along with Kyle and Darius ,sent Kaleb packing in a 4-3 vote.

At the last immunity challenge before the merge, the Villains Tribe ended up losing once again. With all hope lost, Conner linked up with Christian, Nathan, JP, and Kathy to vote out Elizabeth. Knowing she did not have the numbers, Elizabeth cast her vote against Nathan, but ended up going home in a 5 to 1 vote.

At the merge, the numbers were completely stacked against the remaining three members. Before the the first individual immunity challenge, there was a glimmer of hope when it was announced that anyone could drop out of the challenge for a chance to get an advantage. Bri ended up dropping out along with Cody. They both picked a card out of a hat, with a specific card leading to the player winning the advantage, and Bri ended up winning it. To her dismay, it was only an extra vote which she knew wouldn't get her very far. After Christian won the first individual immunity challenge, the girls knew everyone was going to be gunning for Conner, and he was voted out in a 10-1 vote.

After losing the next individual immunity challenge Bailey and Bri had no choice but to turn on each other. The vote was tilting back and forth toward each other, and unfortunately it ended up landing on Bri. As a last ditch effort, she used her extra vote, which proved to be useless as Bri went out by a vote of 8-1-1-1, with Bailey voting for JP and Bri voting for both Kathy and Bailey.

Unfortunately, the bad news didn't stop there. It was a double tribal council, and Bailey knew her game was coming to an end and wanted to be done. Her prediction came true, and she got voted out unanimously by everyone still in the game.

At Final Tribal Council, Bailey, Bri, and Conner all questioned the final three one by one. In the end, Conner casted his vote for Kyle, while both girls casted their votes for eventual winner Cody.

## Trivia

* Every time a member of the *Darlington Alliance* returned to the game, they received a much better placement in comparison to their previous placements.
	+ Michael would return to play in *Survivor: Twist Manor* and would receive a placement of 10th place in comparison to his previous 14th.
	+ Seth would return to play in *Survivor: One World* and he would receive a placement of 5th place in comparison to his previous 10th and 15th.
	+ Bailey would return to play in *Survivor: One World*, and she would end up not being voted out at all and even won the season, placing 1st in comparison to her previous 9th.