Well my absence got me a vote but nevermind. Votes for those who are quiet are often from those with something to hide behind bluster and talk. Since you say you want a defence Anguirel here it is - I'm innocent. Useless defence I know but it's all I have. Also, I said when I voted that I had no real reasoning for the vote. I am sorry that it led to the death of an innocent but I'm afraid I had nothing to go on.
Back to my post. I rule out Fea for removing herself from the bandwagon as I said. I will also remove myself. That leaves Mith, Valesse and Shelob. Of those three I would consider Shelob the most suspicious, though I freely admit that that is based on a lot of what has been said today. Mith we have not seen much of today due to her troubles and because of that I am willing to give her the benefit of the doubt as she seems so frazzled that I think it unlikely to be a bluff of any kind! Valesse I am not sure about. Her explanation of her vote was as good a one as any (and far better than mine).
I'm always a little wary of dissecting bandwagon votes though, as it is possible that everyone on them are innocents. The wolves may wish to distance themselves from something that's going to be so carefully looked at.
So, the other votes:
Garin-->Anguirel
eonwe-->Valier
Valier-->Wayne
Abercrombie-->Garin
Fea-->Fea
Roa_Aoife-->Shelob
Wayne-->Fea 2
No one but Fea had more than one vote to their name, and to be honest since that second vote was given by Wayne I'm not inclined to read much into it. Gandalf didn't vote but I'm taking his word on not knowing we had started as if I hadn't been hanging round here I wouldn't have either!
So that leaves me with these as a list of possible wolves:
Shelob - as I've said any suspicion here is mostly based on the accusations people have been throwing at her all day, as well as extremely defensive posts in response.
Garin - again very defensive. He has been consistent, voting for Anguirel on both days. This makes me think he might be innocent, as not many newbie wolves would stick so to their principles (at least in my opinion).
Valier - did a very helpful analysis of Eomer's posts. They do point to Shelob's being guilty but then, Eomer didn't actually know anything. Voted for Wayne, which I can see as an understandable random vote on the first day.
Abercrombie - suspects Shelob simply because she lived past day 1. Talks quite a bit though mainly in response to others. Seems to be cool and clear headed, which actually makes me suspect her as a wolf would have extra knowledge and might have a least some assurity of what was going to happen.
Roa - has made one post today (I think). Can't do anything about him til he reappears.
So:
Shelob and Abercrombie are those I have suspicions of based on something tangible.
Based on gut feeling, I'm not keen on Garin and Anguirel. Not in retaliation to the vote I just received before someone points that out. I have a natural tendency to distrust anyone that seems to be taking charge. It's habit.
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