Alyssa

**Alyssa** was the Player of the Season and Fan Favorite in Mythvivor: Mount Song.

## Mount Song

Alyssa began the game on the Fuxi tribe, where she formed a particularly strong bond with Ryan. They unanimously voted out Kenny who was less active. When the Song Jiang Swap occurred, she joined Xia, which was able to perform well enough in challenges to avoid tribal council. Alyssa would then join the Shaoshi tribe with 3 of her fellow former Xia members, Ori, Blank, and Max. When a 1-on-1 cross-tribe chat became available to bid on through the Currency Twist, Ryan bid on it, and used it to create a chat with Alyssa, which helped them coordinate. While Alyssa and the former Xia members on the Shaoshi tribe did initially consider voting Blank out at the final 11 right before merge, Chachi targeted Maibelle particularly strongly due to events on the Shang tribe, and Alyssa joined them in voting out Maibelle instead.

While Alyssa did want to continue working with Ryan at the start of merge, it became more challenging as the tribe began to see him as overplaying. Following Ryan's boot, two factions began to form: Blank/Ila/Ori and Ceapi/Iris/Max/Ravr, with Chachi leaning towards sticking with the latter. With Ila playing a Steal A Vote on Ravr and Iris playing an Extra Vote, Alyssa was in the middle. She had the option to tie it with her former Xia tribemates or join the consensus forming against Blank. She chose to join her former Xia tribemates, letting them know about Iris's Extra Vote to better prepare them for a tie. A few minutes before tribal council, Alyssa convinced Chachi to avoid a tie and join her in voting out Max, leading to Max's vote-out. She then worked with the same group to vote out Ceapi.

Following Ceapi's tribal, Alyssa flipped with Blank and Chachi on Ila and then Ori. She then attempted to flip with Blank and Chachi again on Iris. However, Ravr played an immunity idol on Iris, idoling out Chachi. Due to Alyssa's strong bond with Blank, he voted with her against Iris at the final 4. Unfortunately, Alyssa lost her fire-making challenge against Iris, making her the final member of the jury. At Final Tribal Council, she voted for Blank because of their close bond.

As a result of her control and social game, she was awarded Player of the Season. She also was awarded Fan Favorite, as she constantly entertained the fans with her anecdotes about the game at large and Taco Bell. She was won Best Alliance with Blank, Ila, and Ori and Host Favorite from Jay.

### Jay's Thoughts

Never underestimate the power of Taco Bell in these games. From the very get go of the game until her very final day, Alyssa was in complete control this season. She formed incredible alliances early on with Iris, Max and Ryan, then with Ori and Ila after the first swap. Great players can always manage their emotions well and get over things quickly for the sake of their games, and that’s what Alyssa did with Chachi after he went all out to eliminate Maibelle. The presence of mind to do this setup her endgame absolutely beautifully. As much as Alyssa loved Ryan, she did what was best for her game by letting him go after he went full chaos mode at the merge. At final 9 she truly made her mark on the season. Her relationship with Ori and Ila came in handy, as Ila won immunity and Ori had possession of a steal-a-vote that he gave to Ila to use on Ravr. Her relationship with Iris gave her the intel that she was going to use her extra vote at this tribal. Her relationship with Chachi let her know that Chachi was very in between the two sides, and they could dictate the direction of the game based on which way they went. She flipped Chachi to vote out Max with her. Despite the blindside, she made amends with Iris, a decision that very well could’ve saved her later on this season. At the next three tribals, she was on the right side of eliminating threats like Ceapi, Ila, and Ori. At the final five, she convinced Blank to vote with her and Chachi, but the efforts were all for naught as Ravr played his idol for Iris. Despite losing Chachi, she kept Blank on her side, which gave her a shot at firemaking after Ravr won immunity despite her being seen as the biggest threat.. Iris defeated her in fire, making our Player of the Season our fallen angel, and earning her the number one spot on this season’s player rankings.

### Voting History

1 Ravr played an immunity idol on Iris, negating all votes against her.