Tol-in-Gaurhoth IV (The Saga, erm, Still Continues...)

[the phantom]

I am still unclear as to what advantage we gain from having the seer around.

You've got to be kidding.

I'm not even going to answer that, Hookbill. Somebody else do it.

Something else that's occured to me with this plan is that once someone volunteers, they've effectively given the biggest "Look - I'm an innocent" sign that they could possibly put forward. I don't know about the rest of the village, but I would be very hesitant to lynch a volunteer. And that could provide cover for the wolves if they see it as a way to declare innocence and also see a low probability of the rest of the town taking up the offer.

Excellent observations.

That is why, if people like the plan, we must follow through on it. If the wolves think "They won't really do it once we step forward" then they will- and people will think it makes them innocent.

Furthermore, if we follow through on lynching volunteers, an innocent does volunteer every day, and then is lynched every day, it just depletes the population of villagers and keeps us from lynching a real wolf.

We would only do it the first two days.

Féa's saying that gifted villagers are expendable doesn't quite sit well with me.

No kidding.