Menel had been considered innocent for too long. His luck had run out.
“Let's string him up by the river! Let the wolves see what we do to those who help them!” Shasta said.
“It's too cold,” Nerwen argued. “Let's throw him in an oven. The wolves can have a hot meal before we drive them back over the Brandywine.”
“What do you think Kath?” Nogrod turned to the woodsmith.
She held a bloody fork. Menel was at her feet writhing in pain. Her neighbors exchanged confused and worried expressions. “He made fun of my gammy leg,” was the answer Kath offered up.
“We may as well finish the job then."
The Dead
Kitanna - Left on the Brandywine to be eaten on Night 1, Moddess
Pitchwife - Beaten to death on Day 1, Ordo
Inzil - Strangled on Night 2, Seer
G55 – Committed suicide on Day 2, Ordo
Lommy - Kabobbed on Night 3, Ordo
Glirdan – Spontaneously combusted on Night 3, Cobbler
Sally – Poisoned on Day 3, Wolf
Legate – Devoured by wolves on Day 4, Wolf
Aganzir – Walked out to meet her fate on Night 5, Ranger
Menel – Forked over on Day 5, Ordo
The Living
Shasta
Nerwen
Nogrod
Kath
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"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain
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