[the phantom]

Well- no matter who gets lynched today, this will definitely go down as one of the most fascinating/entertaining rounds of voting ever.

One thing that I am wondering about- why did Fea vote for lmp over Eomer? She voted for Eomer yesterday so why didn't she do it again?

Perhaps she only voted for him on day one because she knew that he was waiting to break the tie with his vote and that he would not actually die. In other words, it was an opportunity for a wolf to vote for another wolf when the voting still appeared to be "undecided".

Where as today, Fea thought that her vote might actually end up tipping the scales, so she picked a third person to vote for rather than her wolf friend or his primary opponent.

Not that all that's necessarily true. Just a theory.

If I know that you are both innocent, it is utterly ridiculous for Werewolf-Eomer to assume that you two are the Shirrifs because of that one tiny comment.

Why? Wouldn't that be exaxctly the way the Sheriffs would point to themselves?

And just notice the desparate wolves helping each other out. I know the phantom's next move, the one he makes when my striking corpse is floating in the sea; he will turn on his wolf ally.

First, I am not a wolf.

Second, I am not planning on turning on Saurreg.

You might as well have offered yourself up, ol' boy.

I have offered myself up somewhat- but to the wolves! Not to the village as a lynching suspect!

I'll point this out again too: the phantom, if innocent, will not last long.

Wrong. If I am right about you then I will likely die tonight, that is true, but if I am wrong about you then there is no way the wolves will kill me tonight since they will know that the village will be ready to lynch me the following day.

And before anyone points it out again; yes, there is a good chance that the phantom is a gifted villager.

I think you are saying that to cover yourself.

You are hoping I am gifted and then when I turn out to be you will say "Hey, guys, don't blame me- I did say I was worried he might be a gifted villager, after all. Sorry 'bout that, phantom."

I maintain that we should; and that the phantom's scheme of "voluntary lynching" was nothing less than an intimation to murder or suicide

For a man of the law you don't have a very good head for such things.

I seem to recall a story of one who was without sin who offered himself up for the good of the people.

Did he sin in doing so?

No, that was heroism.

I was asking someone to be a hero, yesterday.

And as you can see from the lynching yesterday in which we killed our valuable ranger, the villagers should have adopted my plan.

I shall, therefore, vote that ++the phantom (hereinafter called "the condemned") be hanged by the neck until he is dead. The law has spoken.

What a pity that "the law" is so very wrong.

And now there appears to be a three way tie between Eomer, Oddwen, and our arrogant healer.

This is not exactly what I expected.

At least more votes are getting cast this time. We will certainly have more to examine tomorrow than we did today.

If you are innocent, Eomer, then sorry but it was just your bad fortune that you went after me today. Since last night I have had it in my head that the wolves would only leave me alive if they were going to try and lynch me today, and you stepped right into my prediction, so I hope you don't blame me.

Either you are a wolf or you just have awful timing.

But you shouldn't have been going after me in the first place. There is a very obvious reason why, and I am sure that at least a couple of my fellow villagers have spotted it.

Are you unlucky- or are you a wolf?

I suggest that we find out.

+ + Eomer