Australian Survivor: Congo - Origins

This is the first season of DuskEars' Fanon, written for the Australian Version of Survivor.

24 Average Australians compete in the greatest game on Earth, Survivor. Set in the blazing hot Ituri Rainforest, on the equator, castaways must battle the elements and each other for the A$1 Million prize and the title of Sole Survivor.

There are spoilers from this point on if you wish to read the season spoiler-free jump straight to the first episode. You Stay Over There.

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy.

Twists

 * Pre-Divided Tribes - The 24 contestants were pre-divided into 2 tribes of 12 before the game began.
 * Separate Hemispheres - The Jakar tribe's camp will be based on the south side of the Equator, while the Bhudu tribe's camp will be based on the northern side.
 * Non-Elimination Episodes - At pre-determined points in the game Castaways will vote at Tribal Council for something other than the elimination of a tribemate.
 * Banishment/Mutiny - At one point in the game a tribe will be offered the chance to mutiny and join the oposing tribe, for every member that mutinies the oposing tribe will have to banish people from their tribe to join the oposing tribe until both tribes are equal in number.
 * Exclusion - At one point the tribe that wins reward will be asked to temporarily vote someone off of the tribe, excluding them from the reward.
 * Hidden Immunity Idol - There is one Hidden Immunity Idol in play, it is well hidden and not known to the Castaways prior to the game beginning. It may only be used once and is not rehidden.

Castaways
NOTE - Only elimination votes are tallied in the votes count.

Night 14 Night 31
 * Johnny received 5 votes for Banishment.
 * Sylvia received 3 votes for Banishment.
 * Nicole received 2 votes for Banishment.
 * JoAnne received 1 vote for Banishment.
 * Tee received 1 vote for Banishment.
 * Carolyn received 4 votes for Exclusion.
 * Alexandra received 2 votes for Exclusion.

Season Summary
The game began with twenty-four average Australians separated into two tribes on twelve were dropped into the Ituri Rainforest in the heart of the Congo. The tribes proceeded to walk seven kilometres to camp, the Bhudu tribe began the walk slower while and took the time to get to know one another, while Jakar pushed hard to camp, causing several members of the tribe to get sick.

Despite their illness and an abnormally high amount of infighting, Jakar managed to win several early immunities and established themselves as the dominant tribe in the early portion of the game. They were not so lucky with the reward challenges, having to forfeit a challenge to replenish their rice after Tee Bone accidentally destroyed the tribe's supply.

Bhudu's early losses resulted in them forming a majority alliance that would control the early portion of the game, the alliance saw the end of adversaries Rebecca DuBois, Shannon Reed and Lindsey Zake for not fitting in, and one of their own, Paula Marsh for her volatile nature.

The Bhudu tribe won their first Immunity Challenge, along with reward in I'm So Twisted About, where they were informed of the option to mutiny and join Jakar. The twist was that after the mutiny the tribes had to be equal in number, so for every person who mutinied, Jakar would banish someone to join Bhudu. No-one took the offer to swap tribes, but Jakar banished Johnny King, who chose Racquel Ellis to join him, making the tribes even with ten members each.

The new Bhudu tribe enjoyed an early winning streak, winning two reward challenges and sending Jakar to their first elimination Tribal Council, where Sylvia Kensington was unanimously eliminated. Jakar managed to wrestle control back from Bhudu, sending them to Tribal Council twice in a row. The majority alliance broke down over Jim Dawson's plan to target the former Jakar members. Johnny was eliminated, sending Peter Charles into a tailspin, he accused Jim of lying on his wife's grave and refused to apologize to Hector Rosario over their broken truce, which ultimately led to his elimination.

Jakar faced Tribal Council for a second time on Day 25, where two warring factions, The Army, led by Nicole Thompson and The Strikeforce, led by Aaron Stanton vied for Shelley Vallis's vote to give them a majority. Shelley pitted the Strikeforce against Angie Campden and the Army against Tee Bone, her least favourite people on the tribe. Tee and Angie rekindled their friendship and bridged the gap between their alliance leaders, with the four coming together to blindside Shelley for over-playing her swing vote position.

At Bhudu another four-person alliance formed, when Racquel and fellow outsider Belinda Michaels teamed up with power duo Jim and Carolyn White to blindside tribe leader Hector. However, the alliance was short lived as when the contestants faced a chance to mutiny on Day 30, Racquel voted to leave, although the vote was unsuccessful the damage to her reputation was done. Belinda sided with old allies Alexandra Whittler and Bradley Kingford to blindside Racquel, leaving Jim and Carolyn all alone on a dwindling tribe.

The Game
1 - Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.

2 - Jakar forfeited the challenge in exchange for rice, it counts as a Bhudu victory.

3 - No elimination took place at the Tribal Council on Day 14 due to the Mutiny/Banishment Twist.

4 - Jakar elected to share a portion of the reward with Bhudu.

5 - The delegates that won the challenge for Bhudu elected to take the reward with them back to the Jakar camp as part of the summit meeting twist.

6 - Bhudu had the option of keeping reward or immunity, they kept the reward, handing over immunity to Jakar.

7 - No Elimination took place on Night 31 due to the Exclusion twist.

Confessional Count
Confessional Count transferred to a separate blog post.

Link [//survivorfanon.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DuskEars/Congo_Confessionals_Count https://survivorfanon.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DuskEars/Congo_Confessionals_Count]

Polls
Polls will be open until the end of the season. "Vote Early, Vote Often" - Debbie Wanner.

Who is your favourite Castaway? Aaron Alexandra Andy Angie Belinda Bradley Carolyn Craig Hector Jim JoAnne Johnny Kyle Lindsey Nicole Paula Peter Racquel Rebecca Shannon Shelley Sylvia Tee Thomas Who is the player of the season? Aaron Alexandra Andy Angie Belinda Bradley Carolyn Craig Hector Jim JoAnne Johnny Kyle Lindsey Nicole Paula Peter Racquel Rebecca Shannon Shelley Sylvia Tee Thomas Who is the best villain? Aaron Alexandra Andy Angie Belinda Bradley Carolyn Craig Hector Jim JoAnne Johnny Kyle Lindsey Nicole Paula Peter Racquel Rebecca Shannon Shelley Sylvia Tee Thomas

Author's Notes

 * Thanks to I Am Nothing and the Survivor Fanon Wiki for the Season, Contestant and Episode Templates.
 * All of my seasons are Fanfiction for Australian Survivor, rather than the U.S. version.
 * This is my first attempt at publishing any of my Survivor Fanfiction, any and all help and constructive criticism are appreciated.
 * Special thanks to my friend, Elias, who reads all of my content and corrects my many spelling and grammar mistakes.
 * Thanks to my partner, Lee, who helped me get started with code and logo creation (never again). [This was for the original logo]
 * All thanks for the current logo goes to the creator. [I'll add a link to their work as soon as I can].
 * Huge thanks to everyone who reads, votes in the polls and comments. It's so good knowing I'm not in this alone.