Nile River Valley

**Nile River Valley** was the second season of Mythvivor. The season began on March 1st, 2022 and ended on April 5th, 2022.

The season began with three tribes of 6 people each. They merged into one tribe when 11 players remained (along with 1 player who returned to the game via Phoenix Rock). The season ended with Coffee defeating Jack and Chiruvi in a 5-2-0 jury vote, becoming the first woman in Mythvivor to win Sole Survivor, as well as Fan Favorite. Jack won Player of the Season.

## Season Structure

* **Starting Tribes:** This season began with 3 tribes of 6 people each.
* **Tribe Swaps:** There were no tribe swaps this season.
* Phoenix Rock gave players who were voted out in the pre-merge an opportunity to battle it out in a final challenge at the merge where the winner would return to the game. The returnee was also given a Safety without Power.
* **Merged Tribe:** The merged tribe consisted of 12 people (including the Phoenix Rock returnee).
* **Final Tribal Council:** A final three faced a jury of 8.

### Advantages & Disadvantages

* **Grid Search:** The pre-merge advantage hunt was completed via the Tomb of Secrets. This grid contained:
	+ 2 Eyes of Horus - Immunity Idols
	+ A Lotus - Extra Vote
	+ A Feather of Ma'at - Vote Sight
* **Camp Search:** An immunity idol was hidden in the server at the merge.
* **Auction:** At the final 12, the cast participated in an auction. Available were:
	+ Individual Immunity
	+ Emoji Disadvantage
	+ Forced GIF Disadvantage
	+ Self Vote
	+ Crook and Flail

## Season Summary

### Ace's Thoughts

#### Pre-Merge

Honestly the pre merge of Season Two was quite interesting at some parts and less interesting at other parts. The Atum Tribe and the Khepri Tribe were mostly of one mind with the first boots from their tribes being those who were inactive. It was the Horus Tribe that brought the heat with a wild idol play and a lot of backstabbings. We got to see some interesting tribe dynamics though and the dynamic of not having a swap until the merge forced people to consider voting people out they might not otherwise.

#### Post-Merge

The merge was very interesting at first with a few idol plays causing the majority alliance to lose some members. There were also interesting dynamics in that while you would think people would stick to tribal lines there was a lot of people making cross tribal alliances and bringing everyone they trusted together. Honestly gave me Season 42 vibes in that regard. However after the idol plays were complete, the rest of the season followed a rather basic pattern. The only interesting part of the end game was watching Coffee and Jack struggle on loyalty versus an easy win which was kind of an iconic storyline.

#### Overall

This season had a lot of ups and a lot of downs. There were some people we cast that ended up disappointing me but people we cast that surprised me in the best way. There were a lot of diverse personalities and everyone was really respectful of the hosting team. Thanks for being patient with the hosts doing all of this while doing full time jobs and all that. And while it wasn't as super exciting as season one it was still an all around great season.

## Trivia

* Nile River Valley is the only Mythvivor season to not have any tribe swaps.
* Nile River Valley is the only Mythvivor season where a player who had been voted out was able to return to the game.
* Nile River Valley is the only Mythvivor season where there are episodes without an episode title.

## References

* The season logo created by Ace.
* The voting chart created by Parker