Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXI: Dueling Wizards Werewolf

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

This goes back a bit, I know, but I thought I ought to set up a defence. This is probably my least favorite part of playing.

Originally Posted by Kitanna

Isn't that lucky for you, Zali? She also apologizes in advance if she's wrong, as is Zali's norm I believe. I hate that, if you think they're guilty, why say you're sorry?

It's a built-in, genetic defence mechanism, handed down from my ancestors, as frequently comes up in the book of WW lore. I'm wrong 99 percent of the time. I think my particular sig has never been quite so appropriate as it was now. *points to my sig quote*, which I know is not valid evidence, but truthful all the same.

Originally Posted by Thinlo

Zali - I've thought her a pretty intelligent lass, so I can't believe her to be as careless as she now is if she were a wolf.

Well, thanks for the rather backward vote of confidence. You're right. I suck at subtlety, but if I was a wolf, or the EW for that matter, I'd have been much less...well, less like this, anyhow. This whole snafu certainly would not have happened. I made some serious mistakes, and as I was making them, I knew it.

I feel like a vote magnet. I definitely deserved what I got yesterday (A near-lynching scare) but I'm not so sure I deserve all these votes now. But whatever. No one likes a whiner.

Diamond said that she found my comparison of her IC post to Alcarillo's yesterDay as suspicious, and I feel the need to explain myself.

Diamond-mum, your particular IC post was helpful-ish, and actually helped make me more sure that you were innocent...At least, it didn't feel like I was reading a load of drivel.

Alacrillo's, on the other hand was repetitive wailing, which no one wants to hear. It didn't provide anything to the village, and looked more like a wolf doing an unsuccessful job of trying to hide...

More to come later, I'm off to review some more.

I guess it just comes down to a difference in style.

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

Oh, and I meant to add: I'm innocent, but honestly, the village could do worse than to lynch me today. I'm neither good wizard nor gifted (as you all well know) and I know I'm definitely not on the list to become gifted, either. With all the unwanted attention I have the bizarre attraction for, I doubt I'm on anyone's "Must make were" list, either. I would not necessarily a particularly logical choice for a wolf or for a gifted...and the amount of suspicion directed towards me over the past two Days proves that.

Just know that if the vote does swing my direction toDay, that you'll be lynching an honest-to-goodness innocent villager, not a werewolf. Nor will you be forcing the EW to reveal him/herself. (I knew from the moment this game was mentioned that I didn't want to be a wizard--I have barely enough free time to just be ordinary!).

I'm not asking for votes, just trying to paint an honest picture of myself, here.

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

Third post in a row, here... Both Dancing Spawn and Kitanna have suggested that I am the EW. Don't waste your votes, people. Look at me. I've barely posted. It's a fairly busy time for me in RL. I have school. I have a job. I have drama club. I also am an unfortunate victim of timezoneitis. Why would I want to be a wizard? In fact, coming into this game, I had a lot of thoughts about how would I play a role such as wolf or gifted, should it come to me, but I knew the one thing I especially didn't want to be was a wizard. So thank goodness the God of Mod took applications only for that part.

OK, done posting for now. Sorry about the three-in-a-row thing, but I didn't want to just edit my posts as more stuff popped into my head, in case someone else was on/making a post and wouldn't see the changes. I hope at least I've provided something to consider before the rest of you vote.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Not that this has anything to do with anything but I can't imagine dear Zali being a wolf. It just seems so.....wrong.

Some people were dismayed by her vote for me yesterday, latching onto Mormegil's case; but I am sympathetic to what she did. Her previous suspects had been lynched and she had to find a new one. Lo and behold, Morm presents a nice case against me and she takes the chance. She could be a wolf, but I'm inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt. Isn't it weird how we do that with certain villagers?

I must vote now in case I can't make it back later. I still think Fea's the EW; still think that Valier is one of the more recent picks. There are a number of villagers who are coming across as innocent right now but I'm going to keep my mouth shut on that matter until tomorrow at least.

++VALIER

Oh, and while I remember: Lhuna, I feel great sadness now you are no longer with us. I will never forget...

[Caranlondien]

Goodness, how did I manage to sleep so late?

It always alarms me when people decide them must vote for one of the top candidates. It screams that they don't want to stand out. If you really don't think Celuien guilty then don't vote for her. Does this make sense? It appears that she's so concerned with making herself stand out that she makes it a point to fit it with the main stream.

Now I forget who said this... but anyway, I meant that I wasn't happy with any of the people I felt suspicious of. In other words, I didn't have a very strong feeling about any suspect. So I voted Celuien.

And sorry for apologizing so much (oh the irony)! I apologize as politeness to the ghosts of the dead. It's a game, and I don't want anyone feeling unwanted. I fully intend to apologize to all those who I help to wrongly lynch, so sorry in advance, for continuing to say sorry. (Really, I can't help it. It's a regular utterance for me; I think I say "sorry" around 20 times a day.)

So, now that that's out of the way, here are some quick thoughts on the candidates:

Eomer: I'm not keen on lynching him toDay. I've only had time to skim over what's been said on him, but I agree with Kitanna that he'd make a poor wolf choice. As she said, that doesn't rule out EW, though...

Azaelia: Her latest posts seem very innocent to me. I won't be voting for her.

Valier: I don't think she's guilty, either. Unless the EW picked her as a wolf and told her to take her intuitive playing style and run with it, she's acting just how I would expect an innocent Valier to act.

Roa: I fear Roa Maybe it's just that in my lorebooks, I've had a first-hand experience of how cunning an evil Roa can be, but I can't shake the feeling. I'll probably be voting for her.

Now, writing about Valier just now got me thinking... My ancestors have had trouble with wolvery because it's hard to see oneself as others do, and thus it is hard to act in the manner that others expect. But this time, there's an EW guiding the wolves, perhaps telling them how others will expect them to act. So maybe Valier is a wolf...

Another EW strategy I'm worried about: what if the remaining first-day wolf was instructed at the beginning to just stay quiet? Great way to escape suspicion, as so far we haven't lynched a quiet person. Of course, more recent choices were probably told to just keep acting like they have so far, because suddenly going quiet would seem odd.

[Valier]

Originally Posted by Caran

But this time, there's an EW guiding the wolves, perhaps telling them how others will expect them to act. So maybe Valier is a wolf...

I assure you no one is telling me how to act! I just find it odd that Roa seems so helpful and is concerned with what the EW would and should be doing and after I accused her, her behavior changed and her quick vote for me today in fact seals my suspicions of her. She is very cunning and evil and has orchestrated this bandwagon against me to save her own behind. I believe the wolves see me as a large threat and instead of killing me at night they have decided to get me lynched by my fellow villagers during the day.

[Caranlondien]

1. Diamond-->Azaelia (Azaelia 1)
2. Jenny-->Valier (Azaelia 1, Valier 1)
3. Roa-->Valier (Azaelia 1, Valier 1, Roa 1)
4. Alcarillo-->Roa (Azaelia 1, Valier 1, Roa 2)
5. Feanor-->Roa (Azaelia 1, Valier 1, Roa 3)
6. Nilp-->Azaelia (Azaelia 2, Valier 1, Roa 3)
7. Firefoot-->Azaelia (Azaelia 3, Valier 1, Roa 3)
8. Lommy-->Eomer (Azaelia 3, Valier 1, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
9. Gurthang-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 2, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
10. Kath-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 3, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
11. mormegil-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 4, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
12. dancing spawn-->Roa (Azaelia 3, Valier 4, Roa 4, Eomer 1)
13. Kitanna-->Azaelia (Azaelia 4, Valier 4, Roa 4, Eomer 1)
14. Lalaith-->Valier (Azaelia 4, Valier 5, Roa 4, Eomer 1)
15. Eomer-->Valier (Azaelia 4, Valier 6, Roa 4, Eomer 1)

Votes so far - 15
Votes remaining - 7
Left to vote: Valier, Zali, Caran, Glirdan (see TiG main board), Sleepy, Oddwen, Eonwe
Time Left - 1 hour, 45 minutes

[Caranlondien]

Oops, I meant to vote in that post...

++Roa

1. Diamond-->Azaelia (Azaelia 1)
2. Jenny-->Valier (Azaelia 1, Valier 1)
3. Roa-->Valier (Azaelia 1, Valier 1, Roa 1)
4. Alcarillo-->Roa (Azaelia 1, Valier 1, Roa 2)
5. Feanor-->Roa (Azaelia 1, Valier 1, Roa 3)
6. Nilp-->Azaelia (Azaelia 2, Valier 1, Roa 3)
7. Firefoot-->Azaelia (Azaelia 3, Valier 1, Roa 3)
8. Lommy-->Eomer (Azaelia 3, Valier 1, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
9. Gurthang-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 2, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
10. Kath-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 3, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
11. mormegil-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 4, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
12. dancing spawn-->Roa (Azaelia 3, Valier 4, Roa 4, Eomer 1)
13. Kitanna-->Azaelia (Azaelia 4, Valier 4, Roa 4, Eomer 1)
14. Lalaith-->Valier (Azaelia 4, Valier 5, Roa 4, Eomer 1)
15. Eomer-->Valier (Azaelia 4, Valier 6, Roa 4, Eomer 1)
16. Caran-->Roa (Azaelia 4, Valier 6, Roa 5, Eomer 1)

Votes so far - 16
Votes remaining - 6
Left to vote: Valier, Zali, Glirdan (see TiG main board), Sleepy, Oddwen, Eonwe
Time Left - 1 hour, 43 minutes

[Roa_Aoife]

Caran, Valier is at 7 votes, not 6. And I'm only at 4. Go through your list again, carefully.

Valier, I did nothing to orchestrate any bandwagon against you. I barely said anything against you. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for your behavior, and Gurthang for putting you on his List of Doom (TM). Honestly, it looks like your just grasping at straws again to throw doubt on your guilt.

[Caranlondien]

Sorry! (See, can't help it...)

1. Diamond-->Azaelia (Azaelia 1)
2. Jenny-->Valier (Azaelia 1, Valier 1)
3. Roa-->Valier (Azaelia 1, Valier 2)
4. Alcarillo-->Roa (Azaelia 1, Valier 2, Roa 1)
5. Feanor-->Roa (Azaelia 1, Valier 2, Roa 2)
6. Nilp-->Azaelia (Azaelia 2, Valier 2, Roa 2)
7. Firefoot-->Azaelia (Azaelia 3, Valier 2, Roa 2)
8. Lommy-->Eomer (Azaelia 3, Valier 2, Roa 2, Eomer 1)
9. Gurthang-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 3, Roa 2, Eomer 1)
10. Kath-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 4, Roa 2, Eomer 1)
11. mormegil-->Valier (Azaelia 3, Valier 5, Roa 2, Eomer 1)
12. dancing spawn-->Roa (Azaelia 3, Valier 5, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
13. Kitanna-->Azaelia (Azaelia 4, Valier 5, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
14. Lalaith-->Valier (Azaelia 4, Valier 6, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
15. Eomer-->Valier (Azaelia 4, Valier 7, Roa 3, Eomer 1)
16. Caran-->Roa (Azaelia 4, Valier 7, Roa 4, Eomer 1)

Votes so far - 16
Votes remaining - 6
Left to vote: Valier, Zali, Glirdan (see TiG main board), Sleepy, Oddwen, Eonwe
Time Left - 1 hour, 43 minutes