Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXII: Hic Monstrae Trucidant

[Kath]

Day 3 is now over. Stop talking please.

[Kath]

Most of the village stood around in vague confusion. Fea had somehow contrived to get herself lynched, but not one of them could work out why she’d done it, and now that she was the Day’s lynch candidate, no one could work out what to do with her.

“So, um, we going for the favourite animal thing again?” Asked someone tentatively.

“Ha!” Fea snorted scornfully. “None of you will even have heard of my favourite animal, even if you could work out what it is.”

Enraged at the slight on their intelligence, the villagers threw insults right back at her. Too rude, too popular, too facetious, as well as some insults regarding a certain ‘friend’ that were not to be repeated. But the one that all the villagers agreed on, whatever their own differences, was that she was just too chatty.

The point was made over and over, Fea just laughing in agreement, angering them more. They began to stamp on the ground in time to their chant of ‘too chatty, too chatty’. They were making so much noise that they never heard the rumbling coming from a distance. Well, no one but Fea that is. Eyes suddenly wide she screamed at them to stop.

“Shut up! Look! It’s coming, please, you have to stop!”

But the villagers simply jeered at her, thinking that they were at last making an impression on this fearless girl, and carried on, getting even louder. Fea’s pleas were drowned out and ignored. She tried to run, struggling against the hands that held her in place, but there were too many and they were too strong.

Yet slowly, inexorably, the crowd began to part. A creature passed through, causing those around it to fall back in fear. It headed straight for Fea, who was now frozen in terror at the sight before her. It glowed slightly, a greenish tinge, bathing everyone around it in it’s light. Quietly someone whimpered.

“It’s a . . .a . . . c-c-c-chat skwerl!”

Turning its furry head, the swerl fixed the speaker with menacing eyes.

“Chat skwerl says . . . no more chat.”

Moving to face Fea again, the creature repeated the order. For an order it was, quiet but firm words that brooked no argument. Yet Fea being Fea, she still tried.

“But, but, I’m innocent you see, this was all a great big ploy, you don’t need to . . .”

“Chat skwerl says . . . no more chat.”

“Oh but it isn’t chat! I have this plan . . .”

The skwerl was becoming angry now. This mere girl was arguing with it? What madness was this? Louder now, it repeated the command.

“Chat skwerl says . . . no more chat!”

Poor Fea just couldn’t help herself. Cursed with the gift of the gab she continued to talk, to argue with this all-powerful rule setter. As she kept talking, the skwerl began to change colour, going from a faint green to a yellow, onto a brighter orange, and finally into an angry, pulsing red. At last scared into silence, Fea looked up at it.

“Chat skwerl says . . . no more Fea.”

With one swipe of a giant paw Fea was on the ground. The skwerl stood above her and stared down. Red eyes met dark ones and the gazes locked. The villagers were now all behind the pair, and so no one saw what passed between them during those few moments, but after the skwerl stepped away, it was clear to all that Fea had been silenced forever. In one bound the skwerl disappeared, and the villagers stepped closer to get a good look.

Used to the grim jobs, lmp bent down to close Fea’s eyes, which were still staring up at where the skwerl had been. As he got closer he gasped in shock. There in the centre of her pupils a faint red glow could still be seen. The skwerl’s warning would be with her for the rest of time, burned into her body. But whatever she had done to incur it’s wrath, the crime had not been werewolvery. Fea was innocent.


Dead:
Night 1 ~ Kath, killed by a turtle in an aerial attack ~ Innocent.
Day 1 ~ Boromir, lynched by the villagers by means of lions ~ Innocent.
Night 2 ~ Formendacil, killed by a coyote and it's trickery ~ Innocent.
Day 2 ~ Saucepan Man, lynched by the villagers by means of a platypus catapault ~ Innocent.
Day 2 ~ Nilpaurion Felagund, killed by an emerging alter-ego ~ Innocent.
Night 3 ~ dancing spawn of ungoliant ~ Innocent.
Day 3 ~ Feanor of the Peredhil, killed by a chat skwerl ~ Innocent.

Living:
Lhuna - traveller with absolutely no sense of direction
Cailín - tragedienne
Celuien - ketchup grower
TGWBS - Pokémaster
Lommy - AA-adviser
Nogrod - owner of ME's first hamburger restaurant
lmp - gravedigger
Tom - tree surgeon
Caran - town poet
Findëasëa (from now called Fin) - alpaca herder
Mith - aura consultant
morm - butcher
Durelin - ninja



Night 4 has now begun.
Wolves, Seer, Ranger, Hunter and Changeling please PM me your choices.

[Kath]

Having been busy with voting and trying to protect her house from werewolves all day, Fin had quite forgotten about her alpaca, who had been waiting quietly outside for her to lead them to their nightly grazing spot just outside town. Berating herself for having left this until so late Fin considered leaving them where they were for the night, but knew that they would just eat all the vegetables in her neighbours gardens, and that was liable to get her lynched.

Knowing she had very little time before darkness fell, Fin quickly grabbed a stick from the wall and headed outside. Finding the lead alpaca, she gave it a small prod, and it stopped it’s chewing to fix her with a bemused gaze, before ambling off in the direction of the fields. Slowly, the rest of the herd followed, with Fin at the back.

The troop reached the field just as the last bit of light faded away, and Fin made fast work of ensuring the gates were securely fastened before heading back to the village at a good pace. She kept a sharp eye out for both the wolves and other animals, having seen what the beasts were capable of doing to people over the last few days.

However, for all her scrutiny and wariness, she never looked at the ground, and this proved to be her downfall. Slinking along beside her was a sea otter, dark in colour and keeping to the shadows. It’s keen eyes caught sight of the wolves long before Fin’s did, and it prepared itself to help them make Fin the nightly snack.

Finally, Fin saw the wolves creeping towards her from the town, and began to turn and make a run for it. As she did so, the otter leapt on her leg and sunk it’s teeth deep into her ankle, making her scream in pain and fall to the ground.

In an instant the wolves were on her back and she knew she would die. While they ripped into her, the otter carefully gnawed at the stick she had been carrying, giving it a sharp point. One of the wolves saw this and took hold of it in between giant paws. Fin was flipped over, bleeding from dozens of wounds, and saw her fate. Screaming again she tried to move away but the wolves held her tight, and she watched as the stake came shooting towards her.

It went clean through her heart and she died on the spot, a half-formed scream still on her lips. The wolves threw their heads up to howl, and then down again to feast.

The next morning, the villagers awoke to see Fin’s impaled body attached to her house. A few wondered whether the stake through the heart meant anything, but as it didn’t seem to signify anything to do with any of their Gifted’s they put it down as just being another example of the wolves’ sick sense of humour, and left lmp to his dirty work.


Dead:
Night 1 ~ Kath, killed by a turtle in an aerial attack ~ Innocent.
Day 1 ~ Boromir, lynched by the villagers by means of lions ~ Innocent.
Night 2 ~ Formendacil, killed by a coyote and it's trickery ~ Innocent.
Day 2 ~ Saucepan Man, lynched by the villagers by means of a platypus catapault ~ Innocent.
Day 2 ~ Nilpaurion Felagund, killed by an emerging alter-ego ~ Innocent.
Night 3 ~ dancing spawn of ungoliant, head crushed by a horse ~ Innocent.
Day 3 ~ Feanor of the Peredhil, killed by a chat skwerl ~ Innocent.
Night 4 ~ Findëasëa, maimed by a sea otter ~ Innocent

Living:
Lhuna - traveller with absolutely no sense of direction
Cailín - tragedienne
Celuien - ketchup grower
TGWBS - Pokémaster
Lommy - AA-adviser
Nogrod - owner of ME's first hamburger restaurant
lmp - gravedigger
Tom - tree surgeon
Caran - town poet
Mith - aura consultant
morm - butcher
Durelin - ninja

Day 4 has now begun. Villagers start talking.

Cailín will not be here toDay, but with two people having dropped out already I'm not going to kill her off.

[mormegil]

Okay I thought that Fea was the changling and was helping out on that but I think I just had an epiphany and realized that she would have to drop out either way so she saved us by taking our lynching spot. I could be wrong as I was fairly confused. One thing is certain, Fea though Durelin to be a wolf. I do too and still hold that TGWBS is too.

[Durelin]

Well, that was insane. Two more villagers down... Still, we've been lucky: we haven't lost any gifteds yet. Well...I guess it might not be lucky that the changeling is still around.

I guess the wolves assumed the Ranger would protect me last Night?

It's quite possible. And I suppose there's no reason to risk it when they are guaranteed someone else's death...and it seems we've all been on the wrong track, anyway.

What if we try to uncover the changeling? It's possible that they would be able to help, if they picked a wolf at any point. Does whoever is picked by the changeling know that they have been picked? Because if anyone who has been picked by the Changeling and isn't dead would be willing to honestly say that they were picked, then maybe we could draw some kind of connections and trace them back to the changeling? Probably not... Probably too many dead now, and who's to say anyone will be honest? That's just another chance for the wolves to lead us villagers on the wrong trail. *sighs*

Well, we'll see what toDay brings...

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by Durelin

What if we try to uncover the changeling? It's possible that they would be able to help, if they picked a wolf at any point....

Originally Posted by Village charter, Section 9, Paragraph 3

Changeling - They cannot choose the same person until 2 Night's has passed, and they cannot reveal anything they have learned about people's roles at Night, but while in posession of a Gift (be it good or evil) they are on that teams side.

However, I believe hints are allowed.

[Durelin]

Hmm...

Thank you very much for that, Celuien!

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by mormegil

One thing is certain, Fea though Durelin to be a wolf. I do too and still hold that TGWBS is too.

Why do you think these two are werewolves?

Originally Posted by Celuien

Those who are looking suspicious:
TGWBS (yes, I know I thought he was innocent yesterday, but I've done some rethinking)
Durelin (Especially after her throwaway vote for me)

Please explain your thinking on TGWBS. On Durelin, that vote post seems the most supicious thing I've seen all game, except for what I saw from Fin, who it turns out is innocent (drat those cagey wolves!). But I'm not convinced. I can't help thinking that the werewolves are doing an incredibly successful job of hiding out in the open this game. I haven't been able to peg anything on anybody, and it looks much the same with the rest of you. Most disconcerting.

Ah. Here's another one: Durelin is trying to "out" the Changeling. Does that seem like something a werewolf would want in a worse way than an ordo?

Originally Posted by Durelin

It certainly is, but I'm wondering why everyone is assuming that the wolves just somehow knew who Caran Hunted last night. Could someone explain?

Yet another wolvish looking statement. Or am I trumping up non-evidence as evidence?

Originally Posted by Durelin

Out of curiosity, what vote would have made me seem less wolfish?

She can't help herself. Werewolvishness that can't help outing itself.

Originally Posted by Lommy

Well, Fin is dead. I think the wolves thought her to be the seer, so I think someone should go through her posts and see who she suspected.

Lommy, you just went RED FLAG on my radar. First off, you're doing the classic "I think the wolves thought", which by itself is not as strong a piece of evidence as one might hope, but then this: Fin suspected me, and you know it, and to suggest that we see who she suspected without naming me, is very, very sneaky. Now I wish I could arrange a double lynch, as I suddenly have two strong candidates.

Originally Posted by Durelin

To Celuien: Do you think I would risk voting for you after you have been suspicious of me if I really was a wolf?

I do. You're more than capable of the double bluff.

And this last bit about writing off the importance of Fea's plan: if you're the werewolf I think you are, you must be afraid of what it revealed. Otherwise, this post is far too blithe. Were you an innocent, you would be posting earnestly like the rest of us desperate ordos, but instead you're exhibiting your cheerful confidence that you, a werewolf, are so far winning the game. Well, that's about to end as of toDay, I hope.

By the way, I know it seems like I'm awfully confident of what I'm saying. I always come across that way, so I wouldn't make too much of it if I were you, fellow ordos. It's just the way I play this game.

And now for my retractable vote:

++ DURELIN

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by Elempi

Please explain your thinking on TGWBS.

Sure thing, though in abbreviated form as I need to go to the ketchup farm in the morning:

Case TGWBS
1. Too much Pokemon.
2. Almost insisting that we give control of the voting to Caran yesterday. Argument has been made by Mormegil and I forget who else. I think Caran pointed out the problems with that idea as well. Anyway, it seems like an idea that gives wolves a place to hide. Also is a convenient way to ally with the known innocent and look less suspicious by association.

However, point 2 could also be legitimate strategizing. It makes me uneasy, but I keep wavering. Especially since Durelin looks a whole lot more suspicious to me, even though I included both her and The Guy on my possible wolf list.

[mormegil]

After his last post I wouldn't put it past LMP to be the third wolf. It might be a bit of a stretch but think about it, the wolves (TGWBS, LMP, and Durelin) know that most likely Durelin would die today anyway so why not take the initiative away from us and do it themselves. He casts suspicion on a real wolf and equal suspicion on a likely innocent.

[Nogrod]

Well, I started working with this look at Durelin yesterDay when the whole Fea-craze began. Now I have finished it and here it comes.

Durelin

Nothing open, nothing clear – that could have been guessed anyway already beforehand. So every single item in this list is as itself not a proof or heavy enough to make Durelin more suspicious than anyone else here, but the wealth of them make me suspect her. But I must make a reservation: I have never played with Durelin before, so I don’t know what is her normal playing style eg. whether these kinds of things are the norm with her.

- Her first Day was full of the teamwork-stuff. As someone already noted, the wolves are the only ones able to think with that mindset. Every innocent or gifted knows that you basically can’t trust anyone. I do think myself that as the game goes on, it’s always an asset to find people to trust – and kind of make it a teamwork. But that’s possible only after you have some grounds to trust someone. Calling for teamplay on Day1 sounds pretty misguided and misleading.

- Then there are a couple of oddities. In #94 she says when defending her vote on Spm:

And in discordance with my belief, this Man stands in the way of the teamwork mindset I'm looking for.
Plus...a threesome-vote is like teamwork...right?

And on the next Day she makes something like an overview on those who have gained votes so far on #217:

Durelin...definitely a wolf.

I have seen wolves doing just this before. It would seem to be far too reckless from a wolf to come up with both of these, but then again we should remember “the bluff – double bluff” –thing too. If we have an intelligent wolf, s/he would probably love to make this “Do you really think I’m that stupid?” –argument.

- Then she seems to be somewhat “overly defencive” as some people have noted. She has gathered suspicion, and I somewhat understand her defencive posting, but still she seems to be somewhat jumpy on these issues. Or what do you think for instance calling two votes a bandwagon against her (#106) or starting a post with saying that she feels no real need to defend herself – and then go on doing just that and over-emphasizing her innocence “And trust me, finding out the SPM was innocent was a real blow for me.” (#263)?

- Her suspicions and votes seem a bit suspicious too, even though most of us have had bad hunches in this game so far (otherwise we would have already caught a wolf or two). So on Day1 she suspects Boro and retracts her nonsense vote on Spm (trying to get him lynched early in the game already?) to vote tom just before the voting is called off. And she had just been ranting all Day how changing votes is bad! On Day2 she comes up with a theory where Spm defended Boro to make himself look good (quite nice theory, I admit, but one that a wolf might make easily). And she votes for Spm. On Day3 she tries to start a case against Celuien (who at least to my eyes seem to be one of the few villagers I tend to trust for now), and she has continued her open suspicions on Celuien up to this date. On Day3 she also voted for Celuien So she has been after Boro (good player, innocent, dead), Spm (good player, innocent, dead) and Celuien (good player, innocent?, ...).

I'm not so suspicious about Durelin as I was when I based my thoughts merely on second hand evaluations, but surely she is topping my list after tgwbs. That's kind of sad, but at least I don't seem to have another clue yet. Hopefully we can come up with some really good ideas before the Day is at an end.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Elempi
Please explain your thinking on TGWBS.

Nogrod #322
His eagerness to show his innocence (by overstressing the importance of the revealed Hunter) and the suggestion for us all vote on the basis of the list where he (most probably) would not be, seem quite suspicious to me.

These are the latest - when I have looked at his posting.

[the guy who be short]

Originally Posted by Celuien

Oh, I might as well come out with it. Can't help the wolves if I talk about my theory because it's wrong. I thought Fea was implying that she's the Changling and wanted us to lynch her not only to limit the number of villager deaths if she wound up being auto-eliminated but also to prevent her joining the wolf team and losing the game for the village that way. But I'm wrong.

That doesn't make sense. How would Fea joining the wolves for one Night cause the village to lose?

You've moved into my suspicious list, Celuien. You go with the flow. Yesterday you were all for lynching Durelin and still are. Today, now that the momentum is here, no doubt with lupine influence, you suddenly display an interest in lynching me. Yesterday I was one of your innocents. On day two, you voted Caran at the height of her vote garnering.

You seem more suspicious that Lhuna, actually. She could just be an innocent - I know she's bad at hiding things. And she's spoken sense in the past. You, meanwhile...

--LHUNA

++CELUIEN


You may have noticed I am going after some of the more quiet ones today. I can't suspect morm anymore. He feels innocent - if clueless. Wolves thrive on loud arguments, and morm and I often provide them, getting lynched. Lommy and morm both seem innocent to me now.

Innocent:
Caran

Confident innocent:
Cailín
Mith
morm

Probably innocent:
lmp
Lommy

Possibly innocent:
Durelin
Lhuna

Leaving me with my wolves:
Celuien
Nogrod
Tom

I think the last five will contain two or three of our wolves.

[the guy who be short]

Fin's death is, I suspect, a plot to get me lynched. Not only did she vote for me, I voiced great suspicion of her yesterday. She was to be my main suspect today. Fortuitously, by removing her, the wolves have allowed me to focus my attention elsewhere.

It may sound pompous and self-important, but character such as morm and I have a knack for getting ourselves lynched. Yesterday we came disastrously close to lynching morm, tomorrow or, less likely, today, that attention shifts to me.

But why would the wolves set me up rather than killing Caran? Opinions have been voiced, but I prefer to investigate myself, as usual.

However, I would like outside support in figuring out what on Earth happened yesterday. Why did we lynch Fea? What exactly did it achieve?

At various points, I thought she was a wolf, the Seer, the Changling and, briefly, the real Hunter.

Where's the revelation? How are we saved?

Off to revise. Back later.

[the guy who be short]

P.S. The most important point I have raised is the lack of solid opposition to my shortlist idea. I think it's brilliant. Tell me how it can be manipulated, or I'll just presume it can't and ask Caran for another one.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by the guy who be short

Fin's death is, I suspect, a plot to get me lynched. Not only did she vote for me, I voiced great suspicion of her yesterday. She was to be my main suspect today. Fortuitously, by removing her, the wolves have allowed me to focus my attention elsewhere.

I disagree. At this phase of the game, there's still all three wolves left and the village seems to be quite clueless about their identities. Why would they try to frame someone? They are, in my opinion, too worried about the seer at the moment and probably trying to get rid of her.

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by TGWBS

That doesn't make sense. How would Fea joining the wolves for one Night cause the village to lose?

Fea picks Seer
Fea knows Seer identity
Fea joins wolves
Fea kills Seer
Dead Seer doesn't get to reveal dreams
Village in trouble

Suspect me if you will, but again, I can't help it if my thoughts are along the same lines as other in the village. Who's to say there isn't good reason for common suspicion? Might be something to it...

[the guy who be short]

But as I said, I would like to see lists by Caran, tgwbs and Durelin. I might be ready to vote on the basis of those toDay.

Cailin's statement was a little cryptic. But I'll be happy to do that after I go over a few things. I think I've overpromised myself - An analysis of yesternight, of Lhuna, of Tom and of Nogrod are probably beyond me. But I'll get started now.

Morm - I could argue forever. Let's not go there.

Fea's lynching - I get it. I just don't think it was that helpful... Better lynch a potential wolf than a definite innocent. Then again, that girl is completely insane (see siggy).

[Caranlondien]

Right... I put TGWBS as one of my top suspects last night (my time) to see his reaction, and I think he's innocent. lmp, I'm still suspicious of.

Concerning the Fea-lynching, it's too bad we lost an innocent, but I don't think it's worth dwelling on it. I'm certainly not suspicious of anyone for voting for her; she asked us to. I thought she was the Changeling as well, but it turns out (I think) that she was just trying to buy us more time to think about the other suspects, as otherwise she either would have had to leave the game for RL reasons or we would have ended up lynching her anyway because she'd turned so quiet.

lmp => Durelin (Durelin 1)
Celuien => Durelin (Durelin 2)
mormegil => lmp (Durelin 2, lmp 1)
Lhuna => tgwbs (Durelin 2, lmp 1, tgwbs 1)
tgwbs => Lhuna (Durelin 2, lmp 1, tgwbs 1, Lhuna 1)
tgwbs ≠> Lhuna => Celuien (Durelin 2, lmp 1, tgwbs 1, Celuien 1)
Cailín => lmp (Durelin 2, lmp 2, tgwbs 1, Celuien 1)
tgwbs ≠> Celuien => Lhuna (Durelin 2, lmp 2, tgwbs 1, Lhuna 1)

[Durelin]

The only reason I'm still alive is because the wolves like all the attention I'm drawing away from them. And so they simply need to nudge the village in the direction of lynching me to get rid of me. Which I suppose isn't going to be hard for them, is it?

As TGWBS has pointed out, everyone's been going after the loudmouths. The lynchings have all been of innocents so far. Perhaps it's about time everyone reconsidered the direction their suspicions are headed in.

Innocent:
Caran

Probably Innocent:
Cailin
lmp
morm

Possibly Innocent:
TGWBS
Lommy
Nogrod

Possibly Guilty:
Mith
Lhuna

Probably Guilty:
Celuien
Tom

Now, the votes have LMP and myself tied. But I seriously doubt he is a wolf. His post that seemed to somehow ignite a SPM bandwagon really doesn't work. It could have been well-timed, but why would he have risked drawing the attention away from Caran? And the kind of bandwagon that followed had a lot to do with only Caran's revealing of her role.

Celuien and Tom would be an interesting pair of wolves. They have, in a way, worked together, without actually working together at all. (Today they're both going after me, maybe with reason, but Tom conveniently mentions that he is uncertain about Celuien. That seems to be about the first time he's mentioned Celuien at all in a while, if he ever did.) Yesterday, before the craziness with Fea occured, Tom had voiced suspicions about all three of the top candidates for lynching yesterday: morm, myself, and TGWBS (though of course he was not quite up there with morm and myself). Celuien voices suspicions about all three as well. And who do they end up voting for? Tom for morm, Celuien for me. morm and myself end up tied. Then, Fea jumps in.

Fea's whole routine was because of RL problems and to try and get some reactions. But most importantly, I believe, was a whole other reason.

Originally Posted by Fea

Celuien: when tomorrow comes, do me a favor if my plan suddenly becomes clear.

I'm trying to keep deaths from being wasted. Wink... Wink... Deaths, plural.

Analyze the bejeezus out of everybody that took part in this little exchange. And rip apart anybody that needs it. 'K?

Both Morm and I were tied. That's two deaths. And it's quite possible that Fea thought either one of us or both of us was/were gifted. She said time and again that if everyone thought they knew that someone was a wolf, that they should vote for them, but she wanted to avoid needless deaths. Plus she wanted out. Fea was an ordinary villager, and so, technically, did not necessarily have any clue herself, but she did find the way yesterday's voting was going to be stupid.

And then she says 'analyze the bejeezus out of everybody that took part in this little exchange.' Her actions were a good way to test people's reactions. And, obviously, anyone who quite willingly took part in voting for Fea could very well be a wolf. What would there be for a wolf to lose in such a situation? A strange cry of suicide - it could mean anything. A villager might want to vote for Fea because of the chance that she would be the Changling. But so would a wolf. And a wolf wouldn't have to worry about the chance that Fea would turn out to be just another 'ordo.' That's another down, with no mark against them.

And who was at the head of the Fea lynching? Celuien.

So my top suspects remain as stated on the list: Celuien and Tom.

Question, though: Would the wolves know that the Changling picked one of them?

[the guy who be short]

You raise some very interesting points Durelin. One of the things that often betrays a wolf is an unwillingness to comment on an ally.

Question, though: Would the wolves know that the Changling picked one of them?

Presumably, as they would lose their powers for a night.

The clincher for me is that he has voted durelin after Cailin clearly said "Oy! Youse guys! Stop voting Durelin." Perhaps he's handily ignored it.

--LHUNA

++TOM BOMBARIFFIC

Who knew retractables could be so fun? Ha. I'm sticking to that vote because I don't think I can return today. Farewell.

Edit: Sorry about not being able to finish my Lhunanalysis.

[littlemanpoet]

Confession: I was from the get-go looking for something from Saucy to seize on so I could ride him for all he was worth. Luck would have it that he got lynched first try. Why would I do such a thing? Two possibilities: either I'm a werewolf and liked the idea of riding him, or I was going for sweet revenge for past games. I must confess the latter. And here I am doing an Anguirel (see a former game in which LMP was more righteous than he has been in this one).

Okay then, confession done.

If I am that much of a distraction to the rest of you ordos such that you need to lynch me in order to have a clearer look at who the werewolves really are, so be it.

I AM NOT DOING WHAT FEANOR DID.

I don't want to be lynched, but if you guys insist, I will go along with you. Votes being retractable, I think enough of you might do the right thing and see what I'm up to, and go instead for an actual werewolf.

-- Durelin

++ littlemanpoet

Just to be absolutely clear: I'll die if you want me to, but you will not have lynched a werewolf. Best of luck to you all. I may be around in the next 2:40 to see how things go...

[Caranlondien]

My goodness. I can't believe I'm not dead... I guess the wolves assumed the Ranger would protect me last Night? Or perhaps I am leading the village completely astray? Or maybe they thought they knew whom I hunted last Night, and it was a wolf.

Having thought I would be dead toDay, I don't really have any thoughts yet. Allow me to get my wits about me, and I'll try to be helpful.

EDIT: cross-posted with mormegil

[Nogrod]

I must say that I share Morm's confusion. I was also sure that Fea was the Changeling - and I still hoped for the "mass-revelation" stuff to happen. Obviously I was wrong...

Caran: I'm not sure about this, but maybe you should share the name of the one you were hunting last night? That could help us figure out the situation. But maybe someone else should also think about this one, for the idea just popped into my mind, and I haven't had time to think whether there are any risks involved. I think not, but at this stage of the game we should be careful (the killed list is just innocent after innocent and I don't like the look of it at all).

EDIT: X-posted with the last three

[Celuien]

I'm sorry that Fea didn't turn out to be the Changling. Now that such a high percentage of the village is gifted or wolvish, s/he can have a far greater impact, and not necessarily to the village's good.

I'm inclined to trust Morm and Nogrod after the business with Fea. We were thinking terribly alike yesterday, and that little flurry was a very exposed place to be.
Known innocent:
Caran

Those I trust, or want to:
Celuien (if I can't trust myself, who can I trust )
Nogrod
morm
lmp
Cailín
Mith

Those I'm unsure of/can't read:
Lhuna
Tom
Lommy

Those who are looking suspicious:
TGWBS (yes, I know I thought he was innocent yesterday, but I've done some rethinking)
Durelin (Especially after her throwaway vote for me)

Will return later with more reasoning.

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by Caran

Or maybe they thought they knew whom I hunted last Night, and it was a wolf.

That would be my guess. Otherwise, I'd have expected them to kill the one person here whom the village is pretty sure about trusting.

[Durelin]

Otherwise, I'd have expected them to kill the one person here whom the village is pretty sure about trusting.

Which is exactly what the Ranger would have expected, right? I mean, when you have one person that everyone practically knows is innocent, why not protect them, especially when no one seems to know anything else. If Caran had been killed, then we would be totally in the dark. If we aren't already.

But anyway...enough with that. Caran's still alive. That's all that matters.