[Anguirel]

At the moment I am concentrating my sights on Garin and the three Eonwe voters. I mean, it's so suspicious to vote for someone whose name is an anagram of "woe, ne..."

They were, to wit

Mithalwen, Kath and Valesse

Consider Fea an honorary suspect. However, it will be a real shame if she's lynched since she's such a diversion from the ghastliness coalescing around us, so for the moment she gets away with it.

I'm prepared to settle for the resident Goblin Actor but, as some have become a judge of wines, I have become a judge of Waynes and don't particularly believe him guilty this time. Though admittedly hanging him, guilty or not, can be quite satisfying on stressful evenings...

And I'm still not satisfied with Shelob. Despite a fine defence by tar-ancalime.

Garin-An extremely unyielding, doctrinaire approach typical of a wolf but recently whelped, but also of a villager glancing frantically in every direction. The crucial thing about his behaviour yesterday was that he had the bit between his teeth; he stuck to his position. Most of the wolves I've seen tend to be more darting and rapier-like in approach. However, ironically, gathering votes in a retractable village requires far more bloody-minded stubbornness than in a non-retractable village. You no longer have the "my vote is precious and I need to conserve it" excuse. I think he really wanted me down and was hoping to scratch together a bandwagon.

Mithalwen-Her position as the first Eonwe voter absolves her of much opprobrium. She was wrong, but not in a wolvish kind of way-she was taking a shot in the dark and got unlucky, I feel. If she was a wolf she might have bungled it a bit more. Her noble soul doesn't take well to the side of evil and I could imagine her falling into the Eomer ploy.

Kath-converted the Eonwe movement from a possibility to a bandwagon, and did so on the specious grounds of spelling (I agree with her, but I don't think it's a valid argument, otherwise I'd vote for Wayne every day.) Usual technique of quietness; analysis perhaps slightly less deep than usual.

Valesse-made the bandwagon the dominant one. Could just have been in a pressurised innocent mindset. Spat with Eomer still, to her credit, did not lead to a vote for him. For her in particular, an Eonwe vote seems like the lesser of a few weevils...however, reasoning for vote extremely vague. Probably just a frightened villager as far as I can see...

So; I seem to be suspecting Garin, Shelob and Kath most, in that order.