UTOPIA: Valhalla

Utopia: Valhalla

## DVD Cover

***UTOPIA: Valhalla*** is the second season of the *UTOPIA* series. The game began on July 10, 2020 and ended on August 16, 2020, when Sam was named the winner by a 5-2-1 vote over Adam and Jeff.

## Production

* Molly, Jenn, Pat, Rory and Taylor all returned for production team for U2
* Spencer (U1) joined the production team

## Tribes

### Starting Tribes

Joro - Adam, Juliana, Katelyn, Kyle, Michael, Sam, and Sebastian

Mani - Chris, Erica, Janine, Jeff, Marissa, Micky, and Spencer

Aegir - Casey, Christine, Jake, Jarrett, Marcelo, Mari, and Natalie

### Swap Tribes

On **Day 13**, the castaways swapped from three tribes into two of 8 by selecting armaments at random that were associated with specific tribes unknown to the players.

nuJoro - Adam, Erica, Jake, Jarrett, Katelyn, Kyle, Micky, and Sam
nuAegir - Casey, Janine, Jeff, Juliana, Mari, Marissa, Sebastian, and Spencer

### Merge Tribe

On **Day 22**, the castaways merged with 11 players remaining in the game.

Glasir - Adam, Janine, Jeff, Juliana, Kyle, Mari, Marissa, Micky, Sam, Sebastian, and Spencer

## Twists and Advantages

### Hidden Immunity Idols

* **Tribe Idols:** each beginning tribe had access to unlock the password to the Gateway and if they chose the pathway from Hel to Asgard, it would lead to a chance at a hidden immunity idol
	+ Joro idol was found by Katelyn
	+ Mani idol was found by Spencer
	+ Aegir idol was found by Sebastian
* **Swap Idols:** no addition idol was made available at the swap
* **Merge Idol:** a new idol was made available at the merge, unlocked by a castaway traveling through the Gateway
	+ one of the key steps was speaking a specific phrase during a tribal council
		- the phrase spoken was: *"Thor, God of Thunder, Son of Odin!"*
	+ merge idol was found by Jeff

### Dirhem Coins

* Each player began the game with **20 dirhem coins**, which were a piece of ancient Norse currency
* Each round, the player would privately bid a certain amount of coins anytime before competing in the Immunity Challenge. Amongst those on the *losing tribe*, whoever had bid the most coins will win the opportunity to **Arrive at the Gates of Valhalla**
	+ the earliest a bid could be placed was when the new round Immunity Challenge was posted, the latest was just before you competed in that rounds challenge
	+ coins were non-transferrable
	+ any bids from players on the winning tribes were refunded
	+ all bids from players on the losing tribe were debited from their accounts, including those who did not win the opportunity to ascend
	+ in the event of a tie for the highest bid, the person who bid the second-highest amount of coins would win the opportunity. If each person on the losing tribe bid 0, the person who submitted their 0 bid first would win the opportunity
	+ there was no limit to the amount of opportunities you could win

### Gates of Valhalla

* one person from the losing tribe each round would be given the opportunity approach the gates of Valhalla and select a twist that will be enacted at their tribe's Tribal Council
	+ this person's identity will never be revealed and they will also get a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol

#### **Twists**

* **HEIMDALLR:** the person who enacted this twist got to select two people on their tribe to vote publicly at Tribal Council, before everyone else went to vote privately. It was represented by Heimdallr, the norse god of warning.
	+ this twist was enacted in Round 2 by Mani
		- Janine picked Chris and Erica to vote publically (Erica, Chris, respectively)
	+ this twist was enacted in Round 4 by Joro
		- Micky picked Katelyn and Adam to vote publically (both for Micky)
* **HLIN:** the person who enacted this twist got access to an advantage... or disadvantage depending on how it was played. They would pick someone on their tribe but would not know how the twist would affect this person or the tribal until they went to vote. It was represented by Hlin.
	+ this twist was enacted in Round 3 by Joro, the menu reset for Round 4
		- Adam picked Katelyn, who was *yeeted* from Tribal Council and could not vote, but was also safe from the vote
* **HRETHA:** when this twist was enacted, everyone had the opportunity to complete a challenge. The winner of this challenge would win individual immunity for the round. The loser would lose their vote at tribal council. Both the winner and loser would be announced to the tribe publicly. Whoever enacted the twist would not be eligible to lose their vote, and if they got last place in the challenge, the person with the second lowest score would lose their vote instead. This twist was represented by Hretha the Victorious.
	+ this twist was enacted in Round 7 by Joro
		- Adam enacted this twist and Sam secured herself immunity, and Micky lost his vote
	+ this twist was reset for Phase 3
	+ this twist was enacted in Round 10
		- Jeff enacted this twist and Seb secured himself immunity, and Adam lost his vote
* **FREYR:** this twist did not impact tribal council. Instead, the tribe that had this twist enacted would get an advantage at the next immunity challenge. If there was a tribe swap before the next immunity challenge, the new tribe with the one who chose this twist would get the advantage. This was represented by Freyr, the god of prosperity, life and fertility.
	+ this twist was enacted in Round 2 by Aegir by Natalie
	+ this twist was not reset on Phase 2
* **NANNA:** the person who enacted this twist was given the option of not voting at their upcoming tribal council. If the option was accepted, whoever enacted the twist could "bank" this vote and be allowed a second vote at any future tribal council they attend. This twist was represented by Nanna, the goddess of reconciliation whose name loosely translates to "the daring one."
	+ this twist was made available when the menu reset for Phase 2
	+ this twist was enacted in Round 6 by Joro by Kyle
* **GERSEMI:** the person who enacted this twist got an advantage that will affect tribal. This advantage was able to be played until final 7. This twist was represented by Gersemi, meaning treasure.
	+ this twist was made available for Phase 3
	+ Sam enacted this twist in Round 9
		- the advantage was the ability to choose someone to skip a tribal council, including themself, forfeiting their vote, but also remaining safe from the vote
* **NOTT:** the vote count would not be revealed at Tribal Council. Instead, the names of players that are safe were revealed one by one - in whatever order the host decides - until the eliminated player was revealed. The person who enacted this twist got the privilege of being told the vote count (just the number, i.e.: 6-3-1) after the fact. It was represented by Nott, the god of night.
	+ this twist was made available for Phase 3
	+ Juliana enacted this twist in Round 11

### Advantages

* **Tribe Advantages:** each beginning tribe had access to unlock the password to the Gateway and if they chose to Asgard to Hel pathway, it would lead to a chance at an advantage
	+ the advantage was the ability to extort another player for up to 8 dirhem coins, if the player chose not to pay, they would forfeit their vote for that round
		- Joro advantage was found by Sam
			* Sam extorted Erica, who paid the coins
		- Mani advantage was found by Erica
			* Erica extorted Seb, who did not have any coins left to pay and thus forfeited his vote in Round 7
		- Aegir advantage was found by Juliana
			* Juliana extorted Micky, who chose not to pay and forfeited his vote in Round 9

## Cast List

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*votes negated by an idol

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## Highlights

* Katelyn and Spencer both went home with idols in their pockets