Hae Da Fung

**Highest Placing Member**: Cherry (Sole Survivor/18)

Hae Da Fung was the merged tribe from Survivor: China.

Despite the overwhelming majority of *Australian Outback* veterans, the tribe was worked by an undercover castaway who pretended to be in the majority alliance only to dominate them at the very end. Their tribe colour was black.

## Tribe History

The Zhan Hu and Fei Long tribes merged into the black Hae Da Fung tribe on Day 18. Ashleigh and Karleigh were aligned with Bailey, Bella, Trey and Winston on the original Fei Long tribe, and the six joined back up with each other at the merge. The girls also brought along their new allies from the switched Zhan Hu, Aida, Caroline and Dion. This group of nine consisted of all the *Australian Outback* veterans and Caroline, leaving newbies Chord and Jade on the outs as well as solely isolated veteran Cherry whom none of his previous castaways trusted or were willing to work with. At the first tribal council, the outsider trio voted for Winston. The majority of nine originally agreed to split the votes between Chord and Jade, but the Fei Long Four (Bailey, Bella, Trey and Winston) reneged on the plan and voted for Caroline because they didn't want the switched Zhan Hu to have the majority over them by the Final Nine. When Chord played his Hidden Immunity Idol, these four votes against Caroline proved fatal and she became the first member of the jury.

The *Australian Outback* veterans crumbled following this betrayal, with a clear divide along the post switch Fei Long and the post switch Zhan Hu. Cherry was wary of his relationship within the tribe, which led him to finding the Hae Da Fung Hidden Immunity Idol. With this safety net, he ommunicated with fellow outsiders Chord and Jade that he would be trying to work with the post switch Fei Long in order to gain intel on their plans. Since he didn't have a connection to them previously, he was able to slip in comfortably and they agreed to vote for Aida. At tribal however, she played her idol. With the only second highest number of votes, Winston was eliminated by his former post switch Zhan Hu allies. Dion was concerned that Aida played an idol he had no knowledge she possessed. He confronted her about this, but Aida assured Dion that he found it on the original Zhan Hu before they were aligned and then didn't think it was important to tell him because they were in control. Meanwhile, Cherry continued his facade that he was aligned with the Fei Long Four (now three), and thought it would be good if someone else got intel from the Zhan Hu Four. Cherry spoke with Chord, and he agreed to fake aligning with the alliance, with the intention of allowing the two alliances to implode and avoid the alliances targeting either of the men or Jade. At tribal, Jade voted alone to keep appearances, Cherry and his allies voted for Karleigh but the majority now with Chord eliminated Trey.

    Cherry knew that his fake alliance with the Fei Long alliance was flailing, and he thought his next point of call was to start weakening the Zhan Hu alliance which Chord had inflitrated. Chord bonded with Dion during this time, where Dion revealed his concerns about Aida to him because she didn't reveal her idol. With this knowledge and some convincing, Cherry let Chord's fake alliance eliminate Bella. Bailey and Bella assumed Cherry would vote with them, but he knew they were getting picked off. He voted with Jade for Bailey in case the pair had an idol because he felt the facade of aligning with them was useless at this tribal. The Zhan Hu Alliance told Chord that the next target was Jade. This didn't sit well with Chord because of his connection to her and Cherry. Chord approached his trio and told them of Zhan Hu's plan, so it was agreed they should be targeted next at tribal. They brought in Bailey who had lost all her allies in addition to Dion, who was wary of Aida now because she didn't disclose the idol that she found. At tribal, this group of five blindsided Aida and she was made the fifth member of the jury.

Bailey began to notice that Cherry, Chord and Jade were a tight trio that had their heads in both alliances. She spoke with Ashleigh, Dion and Karleigh about her thoughts, and they all felt it was suspicious. They agreed to put their differences behind them for the time being, and voted for him at tribal council. However, he recognised the alliance formed against him and Cherry played his idol. With his trio exposed because of Bailey, they voted for her and she was eliminated with the second highest number of votes. It appeared that two trios were remaining on Hae Da Fung, and Dion thought he had a strong enough connection with Chord that he would flip to vote out Jade. However, Chord wanted to remain loyal to Cherry and Jade. Ashleigh and Karleigh remembered the deadlocked vote during *The Australian Outback* and feared that since Dion didn't have Chord, they would be forced to draw rocks once again. Ashleigh concocted a plan to protect herself and Karleigh. She told Karleigh to vote with Dion for Jade, and Ashleigh would flip to eliminate Dion. Cherry readily agreed to Ashleigh's vote, and thought it was the dumbest decision she could make because she was without power. Dion was voted out by the secret trio and Ashleigh at tribal council.

Despite their best efforts, Ashleigh and Karleigh were in the minority against Cherry's Secret Trio. When both of them couldn't win individual immunity at the next two tribal councils, Ashleigh was voted out before Karleigh soon followed. At the Final Tribal Council, Jade was heavily criticised for not making any moves and only following the plans that were created by Cherry or Chord. She did not received any votes from the jury, with many considering her the biggest coaster in *Survivor* history. The jury was torn between Cherry and Chord. Many were impressed by Cherry's move to create a fake alliance and then encourage Chord to do the same. However, they were both criticised for pretending to have a social and personal bond with the members of the jury which led to accusations of being disingenious. Chord was awarded the title of Runner-Up after earning four of nine jury votes from Aida, Bailey, Caroline and Trey. Cherry, for creating this fake alliance plan, was awarded the title of Sole Survivor. He won five of nine jury votes from Ashleigh, Bella, Dion, Karleigh and Winston.

## Trivia

* Hae Da Fung literally translates as "Big, Black Typhoon" in Chinese.
* Hae Da Fung is the first, and thus far only, tribe to have three words in its name.