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

[Lalaith]

Actually Saurreg, you missed the obvious answer which would fit in perfectly with your theory: one werewolf (Lalaith) had already voted and the second (Anguirel) wasn't there, remember? So there was no-one to save Esgal.

The problem for me with this theory, however, is that I know it isn't true because I know I'm not a werewolf. But the only person who had already voted when phantom voted for Esgal was me, so even if the absent Anguirel were a werewolf, there still could have been time for the other one to step in. I think that those who voted immediately after phantom are least likely to be werewolves. A werewolf would have waited to see how the voting developed.