Witches' Coven (alliance)

The Witches' Coven Alliance is an from.

The Formation of the Coven
Created on Day 16, Ciera and Kass were in the position of swing votes after post swapped Ta Keo lost immunity for the first time. Targeting either Spencer or Woo seemed to be the best move for the alliance as Kass ultimately became the swing vote. Despite their past during their first season, Kass and Spencer made up and Kass voted for Woo, blindsiding him.

The alliance became official at the merge in Day 17, as it gained Abi-Maria and Kelley Wentworth. Unfortunately, this also meant Kass and Ciera were going to flip against their old original tribemates, which put the foursome in a hard situation. After none of them could won immunity, they became the targets, mainly Kass and Ciera, for flipping against the majority, in a last call, the alliance tried to vote out Tasha with the help of Spencer, but in the end, they didn't succeed, and Kass was the one who payed the price, as she was eliminated over Ciera in a split 6-4-2-1 vote.

With Kass gone, the three remaining girls tried to think of something to stay in the game, and the answer was clear: Kelley had found an idol in the very first immunity challenge on Day 3, but they had to think when it could be the better moment to use it. None of them was able to win immunity, as Joe kept winning. Initially, they realized that once again Ciera's name was up in the air, however, Wentworth was also mentioned, as no one suspected the power she had. Fortunately for them, the opposite majority all voted for idol holder, Kelley, as she made a major power move, and played her immunity idol, negating the nine votes against her, and sending Andrew Savage home, leaving everyone shocked.

Witches and a Wizard
After showing the enemy the power they had, as well as destroying their solid core after Andrew's blindside, Abi, Ciera and Wentworth knew that they were on the bottom and targeted once again, so they tried to sneak into the enemies core. They did succeeded, and were able to find a temporary ally in Stephen, who was recently paranoid about how he was seen to the Witches' eyes, and if he was any possible target to them, but he resulted in being too annoying, but an ally whatsoever. Once again, they weren't able to win immunity, yet, they were making a plan with their "voting block" to eliminate Kelly Wiglesworth, as the now foursome saw her as a very social and likable player, with a solid under the radar gameplay, which was seen as threatening. On the other side, the scrambling opposite alliance had Kelley and Ciera as targets, one for her big move, and the other for flipping at merge. At the end, and during a rainy Tribal Council, Wiglesworth was eliminated in a 6-3-2 vote, getting votes from the Witches, plus Stephen, Spencer and Jeremy.

A Witch's Sacrifice
Once again, the Coven had been spared from the vote, but they weren't aware that the enemy also had an idol in their possession. They still counted Fishbach as one of their own, but they never knew he was paranoiac enough to flip to the Bayon core again. At the immunity challenge, the contestants were informed of a secret advantage that was going to be handed to someone, at the exchange of losing any shot at immunity, ultimately, none of the Witches dropped out, as they needed and wanted immunity more than anyone else, and Stephen ended up winning the advantage. Once again, Joe won immunity, leaving the alliance unsure of its future. Again, Ciera became the primary target of the opposite side. However, they realized Stephen was flipping back, and had enough votes to eliminate him, and save themselves. However, Jeremy used an idol on Fishbach, negating the five votes against him, and it ended with Ciera going with three of the remaining five votes, with the other two being for Kimmi.

The Hope Isn't Dead
Without Ciera, Abi and Kelley were in the worst case scenario they could imagine, as they were targeted and one of their "allies" flipped, yet, they were still willing to fight to the end, and hope was still alive. As a miracle, the reward folklore challenge involved a hidden clue to the hidden immunity idol, as in a shocking end, Kelley ended up finding it, and eventually, finding the idol at the bottom of Orkun's shelter. In a major shift of power, Joe ended up losing the immunity to Spencer, which "spared" Abi and Kelley from being targeted, as they, mainly Kelley, were relieved of being in a "safe" position again. Yet, Abi became the next target of the scrambled Bayon core, as the Witches targeted Stephen for being a flipper. Although, Stephen used his advantage in a desperate chance to try to stay, and it was revealed to be a Vote Stealer, which he used against Joe, preventing him from voting, and making Stephen able to vote twice. This plan failed however, and the Coven, along with Spencer and Keith, voted out Fishbach with four out of the nine votes.

Some Heart-Pounding Days
After the fallout of Stephen's blindside, Kimmi decided linking up with the Witches in order to potentially form an all female alliance with Tasha to weed out the males. Kimmi opted to vote out Joe with the help of the other females if needed to. At the reward challenge, Kelley won the Loved Ones Challenge where she had the choice to bring more people and their loved ones to join her on a barbecue reward, in which she did by selecting Abi, Keith, Joe and Kimmi, with a minor intention of lowering her target. This ended up being Wentworth's round, as she also won immunity for the females, as the male immunity was soon to be granted to either Joe or Keith. Anticipating for another Joe win, the alliance hoped that Keith won, which happened, after Joe's pressure dropped, causing him to faint and to drop out of the challenge. Though Joe tried campaigning to stay in the game, his threatening status ended up as his downfall as the alliance along with new member Kimmi, and the members of the majority excluding Keith voted Joe out in a 6-1-1 vote.

Time to Surrender?
With Joe officially out the game and the new all female alliance speculation growing intensely, Abi and Kelley continued to be targets for the majority. However, after Keith won reward and took Kelley and Spencer and his sole vote for Tasha at the previous Tribal Council looming over him, he became the primary target of her. This blossomed even more when Keith won the reward. While at reward, Spencer talked with Kelley and Keith about voting out Tasha over Abi who he thought the three could control up until the Final Four. However, back at camp, Abi was roped into voting with Jeremy, Kimmi, and Tasha against Keith because of his threatening status. Now knowing this, Abi felt she was going to the Final Three because of being the "goat" of the remaining castaways. Neither Abi or Kelley could secure immunity, yet, both felt safe because of Kelley possessing another idol, and Abi's volatility which she thought would carry her further. However, at Tribal Council Abi's personality is was what sealed her demise, as she was voted out in a 4-2-1 vote, leaving Kelley and in extension, Keith, by themselves.

Trivia

 * The name of the alliance was coined by Kimmi Kappenberg.
 * Despite Ciera and Kass forming the alliance, they were the first two eliminated members of the foursome.
 * Abi-Maria is the only member of the alliance to never be on Bayon before the merge.