Nakúm Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Nick (Winner/16)

The Nakúm Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Guatemala.

A tight partnership was created on the original Nakúm tribe, which soon extended to include two strong physical players. They dominated the pre-merge, largely due to the alliance splitting in half at the switch before including almost every post-merge castaway. In the end, the eventual winner broke his original partnership to win the game.

## History

### Origins

The yellow Nakúm tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Guatemala*. Nick and Harry Amelia immediately formed a strong connection, even to the point of making a Final Two deal. They made a tight alliance of four after bringing in Aaron and Jade, whom the pair considered strong physical players. The other four castaways on Nakúm formed a counter-alliance in response. Eileen was blamed for causing Nakúm to lose the second immunity challenge, causing Eileen's own alliance to turn against her. Eileen felt betrayed by this move and approached the Nakúm alliance of Aaron, Harry Amelia, Jade and Nick to work with them. Now in the majority, the alliance of five eliminated Sam.

### The Switch

A tribe switch occurred at the Final Thirteen. Harry Amelia and Nick were switched to the blue Yaxhá tribe along with outsider Danny. They joined Harry, Karina and Kurtis from the original Yaxhá tribe. Harry Amelia and Nick were concerned that they would be targeted because they were perceived as a power couple. This was not the case however, as Harry was willing to work with the duo because he considered Karina and Kurtis as untrustworthy allies. After losing the immunity challenge on Day 12, this trio with the addition of original Nakúm member Danny, voted for Kurtis.

Meanwhile, Nakúm alliance members Aaron, Jade and Eileen remained on Nakúm along with outsider Harriet. They were joined by Jasmin, Jay and Tully from the rival Yaxhá tribe. Both the Nakúm alliance and the original Yaxhá castaways had three members and saw Harriet as the crucial swing vote. Luckily for Nakúm, Jasmin didn't have a strong relationship with the original Yaxhá tribe and she decided to work with the Nakúm alliance. After losing immunity on Days 14 and 16, the Nakúm trio along with Harriet and Jasmin voted out Jay and Tully respectively.

### The Merge

At the Final Ten, the Nakúm and Yaxhá tribes merged into the red XHAKUM tribe. Harry Amelia and Nick from the switched Yaxhá tribe reunited with Aaron, Eileen and Jade from Nakúm. The two halves of the Nakúm alliance also brought in Danny, Harriet, Harry and Jasmin whom they worked with throughout the switch. This strangely left Karina as the only castaway not affiliated with the Nakúm alliance, but Aaron wanted to make a big move against his core group. He approached the original Yaxhá castaways with the prospect of blindsiding Harry Amelia. They all agreed, but Harry relayed this information to Nick. Whilst Aaron and outsider Karina voted for Harry Amelia at the first merged tribal, the rest of the tribe blindsided Aaron.

Nick was extremely fearful that the tribe was comprising his Final Two deal with Harry Amelia and found a Hidden Immunity Idol. The original Nakúm castaways started to turn on each other, with Eileen and Jasmin being particularly vocal about getting rid fo Danny and Jade respectively. The remaining loyal members of the Nakúm alliance voted together for Eileen, making her the first member of the jury. With this current majority, Danny was voted out at the following tribal council. Harriet and Jasmin had worked with each other since the tribe switch and the Nakúm alliance began to worry that they had removed themselves from the core group. At tribal on Day 27, Nick played his idol out of fear the girls had the numbers but they didn't and Jasmin was eliminated.

### Core Nakúm Three

With only six castaways remaining, Harry Amelia, Jade and Nick made a pact to take each other to the Final Three. With both Harriet and Harry in their back pockets, the trio agreed now was the time to get rid of their 'dead weight'. Harry Amelia and Nick, who had a Final Two from the very beginning of the game, also secretly wanted to keep Karina around for as long as possible because she was considered a goat over Jade whom they considered a huge strategic and physical threat. At tribal council on Days 30 and 33, the Nakúm three made Harry and Harriet the fourth and fifth jury members.

On Day 36, Karina surprisingly won the final four immunity challenge. This didn't faze Harry Amelia and Nick because they were going to vote for Jade. However, Jade managed to convince Karina to work with her and the pair voted for Nick. Jade and Nick were forced to make fire after another tie at the revote, where Nick defeated Jade. When Nick won the final individual immunity challenge, Harry Amelia thought she was guaranteed a spot at the Final Two. However, Nick felt like it would be difficult for the jury to vote between either him or Harry Amelia at the end, and he would be almost guaranteed a win against the perceived 'goat' Karina. Despite his bond with Harry Amelia, Nick voted her out on Day 38. Nick's read on the jury was correct and he was voted the title of Sole Survivor against Karina in a 6-1 vote.