Survivor: Bloodshed

***Survivor: Bloodshed*** is the first season of *Bloodshed Survivor*. The season was originally known as *Bloodshed Survivor* but was changed after the announcement of the second season to distinguish itself from the overarching franchise name. Stone became the very first Sole Survivor, defeating Jordan and Kitty in a unanimous 9-0-0 vote.

This season served as a test for future seasons to see if a project like this was possible. Because of this, the game ran much shorter than its successors.

## Production

This season was run entirely by Mista, the creator of the franchise. There were no applications this season and players were decided on a first-come, first-served basis. The season was advertised in many Discord servers including the *Bloodshed*, *Baconcraftia*, *Snowcrack*, *UHC Survivor*, */r/HermitCraft*, and *Rasslin* Discord servers. Through these servers, 18 players were gathered with 1 replacement.

## Format/Twists

* **Tribe** **Composition:** The eighteen players were randomly divided into two tribes of nine.
* **Exile Island:** The tribe that wins the immunity challenge also wins the right to send one player from the other tribe to Exile Island. This island, entirely separate from the existing tribe camps, will force the banished player to live on their own until the following immunity challenge. On this island, lies advantages that may help the player throughout the game.
	+ **Hidden Immunity Idol:** This advantage allows the user to negate any votes cast against them at Tribal Council. It must be used before the reading of the votes, meaning it can be misplayed. The player with the next highest votes will be sent home. It is valid until the final five.
	+ **Extra Vote:** This advantage allows the user to vote twice at the same Tribal Council. It is at the voter's discretion whether to cast the votes for the same player or two different players.
	+ **Jury Remover:** This advantage allows the holder, should they make it to the Final Tribal Council, to eliminate one person from the jury, meaning they may not cast a vote for a Sole Survivor.

* **Self-votes:** Should a player fail to cast a vote for a valid player before the votes are due, they would by default cast a vote for themselves.
* **Tribe Switch:** At the final sixteen, each tribe elected a tribe leader. The two leaders then became captains for new tribes. Selection alternated between tribes to ensure there was no strong tribe majority on either switched tribe.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** When there were twelve players remaining in the game, the two tribes merged into one tribe.
* **Post-merge Tribal Challenge:** In the second round as a merged tribe, the group split into two teams of five, with the remaining player being sent to Exile Island. The winning group would be immune from Tribal Council under the rules of tribal immunity.
* **Purple Rock Tiebreaker:** In case of a deadlocked tie and there is no consensus as to how the vote will go, the tied players will be rendered immune, subjecting the non-immune, non-tied players to a lottery of rocks. The player with the odd-colored rock will be eliminated from the game instead.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Three finalists faced a jury of nine. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.