Niyyah Hayes
The Therapist
WHERE THEY STANDEP 4
Reading the room out loud and staying clean doing it. Hasn't drawn a vote yet and it shows.
SEASON JOURNEY
total pts
Nobody writes their name
Hauls the gold carts past the Death Parade
DRAFT PROFILE
Number 2 of 22 on our preseason board, in tier S alongside 1 other player.
That is a bet on how many points Niyyah is worth to a fantasy roster, which is not the same bet as who wins. Points come from missions, shields, surviving the Round Table and calling a Traitor correctly, so a loud player who gets banished in episode six can outscore a quiet one who reaches the end.
Ranked before the premiere, from the cast announcement and nothing else. Nobody involved has seen a frame of the season.
BEFORE THEY PLAYEDWanted the cloak
Niyyah asked for the cloak before filming. That is appetite, not an assignment: casting decides, and plenty who campaign for it spend the season Faithful. What it does tell you is that Niyyah arrived willing to lie, which is the harder half to fake, and that a Faithful Niyyah is a player whose instincts point the wrong way at every Round Table.
What they told the cameras before filming, not a spoiler and not a prediction. Casting decides who wears the cloak.
IN THE CASTLE
A shared age, home state or trade is the first shortcut a Round Table reaches for.
- One of two players aged 29, in a cast running from 23 to 65.
Abby Lee - The only player in the castle from Indiana.
- Sixteen of the twenty-two said before filming that they wanted the cloak. These are the other fifteen.
Arisa Thomas
Ben McDonnell
Clyde Moser
Jay Vinnedge
Joe Vanella
Katie Fites
Kim Daily
Kriste Lewis
Logan Smith
Michael Foote
Shane Beatty
Sherry Kuehl
Tomica Adams
Victor Vollbrechthausen
Xavier Scruggs
Counted from the twenty-two announced players, not from anything that has happened. The season has not started.
BIO
A therapist from Indianapolis, and the most understated read in the cast. "I notice little things that others overlook," she says. "Sometimes what isn't said tells you the most." Her own plan starts with restraint: "I talk for a living, so one of my strategies is going to be to shut up." Therapy is a career built on exactly the skill this show pretends everybody has, which makes her either the best detector in the castle or its most obvious threat.
🎯 FANTASY TAKE
On paper the best-equipped player here. A therapist reads affect for a living and is trained to let a pause do the work, which is the single most effective Round Table technique there is. The problem is that everyone knows this, so the cast will treat them as a lie detector from night one, and the fastest way to neutralise a lie detector is to banish it.
STRATEGY
Expect them to be the first person the Traitors want gone, whichever role they draw.
Niyyah Hayes
The Therapist
"A therapist from Indianapolis, and the most understated read in the cast. "I notice little things that others overlook," she says. "Sometimes what isn't said tells you the most." Her own plan starts with restraint: "I talk for a living, so one of my strategies is going to be to shut up." Therapy is a career built on exactly the skill this show pretends everybody has, which makes her either the best detector in the castle or its most obvious threat."
PLAYER INFO
CONNECT
WHERE THEY STANDEP 4
Reading the room out loud and staying clean doing it. Hasn't drawn a vote yet and it shows.
SEASON JOURNEY
total pts
Nobody writes their name
Hauls the gold carts past the Death Parade
DRAFT PROFILE
Number 2 of 22 on our preseason board, in tier S alongside 1 other player.
That is a bet on how many points Niyyah is worth to a fantasy roster, which is not the same bet as who wins. Points come from missions, shields, surviving the Round Table and calling a Traitor correctly, so a loud player who gets banished in episode six can outscore a quiet one who reaches the end.
Ranked before the premiere, from the cast announcement and nothing else. Nobody involved has seen a frame of the season.
BEFORE THEY PLAYEDWanted the cloak
Niyyah asked for the cloak before filming. That is appetite, not an assignment: casting decides, and plenty who campaign for it spend the season Faithful. What it does tell you is that Niyyah arrived willing to lie, which is the harder half to fake, and that a Faithful Niyyah is a player whose instincts point the wrong way at every Round Table.
What they told the cameras before filming, not a spoiler and not a prediction. Casting decides who wears the cloak.
IN THE CASTLE
A shared age, home state or trade is the first shortcut a Round Table reaches for.
- One of two players aged 29, in a cast running from 23 to 65.Abby Lee
- The only player in the castle from Indiana.
- Sixteen of the twenty-two said before filming that they wanted the cloak. These are the other fifteen.Arisa ThomasBen McDonnellClyde MoserJay VinnedgeJoe VanellaKatie FitesKim DailyKriste LewisLogan SmithMichael FooteShane BeattySherry KuehlTomica AdamsVictor VollbrechthausenXavier Scruggs
Counted from the twenty-two announced players, not from anything that has happened. The season has not started.
RATINGS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
🎯 FANTASY TAKE
On paper the best-equipped player here. A therapist reads affect for a living and is trained to let a pause do the work, which is the single most effective Round Table technique there is. The problem is that everyone knows this, so the cast will treat them as a lie detector from night one, and the fastest way to neutralise a lie detector is to banish it.
STRATEGY
Expect them to be the first person the Traitors want gone, whichever role they draw.