Tol-in-Gaurhoth XIV: Nyárë Nauroron Númenoreva - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kath · 12-11-2005, 05:36 PM

But my only defence really is the knowledge that I am innocent versus the unsurety of Lhuna's status. And with her lack of posting it's hard to find an argument against her. The only one I ever had was that she was a bit too polite toward mormegil, who I suspected at the time when I wrote that. But then she turned right around and made a case against him. So her being a turncoat is about all I can think of!

Kath · 12-11-2005, 05:39 PM

Hmm, and it may be possible of course that she and morm are working together, and this was all a ploy to throw us off that idea. Just mentioning because I still think a loud person is a wolf and since I was wrong about Sauce my suspicion falls on morm. Though that might be too obvious a move for a clever player like Lhuna. The thing is that I don't categorically know that Lhuna is a wolf, but she is more likely to be one than me, and to my mind not likely to be a Gifted.

mormegil · 12-11-2005, 05:45 PM

I think I'd rather vote Lhuna but Kath being here so late makes me think that perhaps she's a wolf who's hoping to save herself.

Aiwendil · 12-11-2005, 05:47 PM

Kath, if you're still here, I think you should vote for Lhuna. Mormegil and I could still overrule you by both voting for you, but it would prevent a lurking wolf (Morm or perhaps even Lhuna) from messing things up too badly at the last minute, or so I think.

I am at the moment hurriedly trying to make up my mind which of you is more likely to be a Wolf.

Aiwendil · 12-11-2005, 05:48 PM

I wonder which is more likely for a Wolf - making an appearance to defend herself or not showing up at all.

Aiwendil · 12-11-2005, 05:51 PM

Sorry for the triple post, but I'm now thinking of going for Kath because we know at least that she's not gifted.

Kath · 12-11-2005, 05:52 PM

Alright I'm out of time.

++Lhuna

morm, I am here late to avoid my mistake of not voting yesterday.

Aiwendil · 12-11-2005, 05:55 PM

Okay, I hope I'm doing the right thing.

++Kath

My advice to Morm is to vote for Kath on the off chance that Lhuna's gifted.

mormegil · 12-11-2005, 05:57 PM

It's appears that either way I vote suspicion will be cast upon me...so be it.

++Lhuna

I hope that I am not wrong though if Lhuna is proven innocent I suggest that tomorrow we go for Formendacil. His vote today seems to aid Lhuna. But let us wait and see.

Alcarillo · 12-11-2005, 06:07 PM

The votes were counted up, and Lhuna was fated to die that day. The villagers tied her up with itchy rope, and discussed how she should be killed.

"The wolves beheaded the Saucepan Man, so let's behead Lhuna!" Holby the butcher suggested. "Huzzah!" cried everybody else (besides Lhuna), eager to try a new method of execution. The villagers surrounded her bound and gagged body, and hoisted her into the air. The villagers knew there was a large block of stone in the old warehouse, the perfect place to rest a wolvish neck.

The old warehouse stood at the edge of the buildings lining the harbor. It was a grim, stone building with slimy fungus growing on the walls. Inside, rusty steel rafters supported a leaky roof. Stacks of ancient crates rotted at the edges of the great space. Spiders made their webs high up in the rafters or in the corners and eaves. In the center of the ceiling was a grimy skylight, covered with dirt and bird droppings. A shaft of pale light spilled from it, and illuminated a giant block of white stone in the middle of the floor. The villagers knelt Lhuna's bound body at this stone, her head leaning over its cold, hard surface. Morm and Fordim ventured outside to the old tool shed, and returned bearing a variety of rusty axes. The villagers swung these through the air menacingly, testing their weights and chopping ability. They selected one: a cruel, blackish, rusted farm tool, used for hacking apart firewood. Holby, as the town butcher, was chosen to perform the execution. After Lhuna was blind-folded, Holby took her place beside the white block. She raised the cruel axe in the air.

What happened? How did I fail Alcarillo? Lhuna thought, How have the wolves turned the village against their only protection?

The axe swung downwards, striking Lhuna's neck. SWAAATHING! Blood splattered the white stone and Lhuna's head bounced across the dirty floor and into the shadows of the warehouse. Her headless body slumped to one side, and fell onto the floor. One could see the sheath of a sword poking out from under her dress. The villagers retrieved this sword. Their faces grew pale as they realized that this was the sword of an Elf-friend.

* * * * *

Dead
Alcarillo – mod - impaled upon his own sword – NIGHT 1
dancing spawn of ungoliant – werewolf – pushed off the cliffs and into the sea – DAY 1
Jack – seer – toasted and roasted in forge – NIGHT 2
Rune son of Bjarne – ordinary – burnt at the stake – DAY 2
Gurthang – ordinary – slain in naval engagement – DAY 2
Wilwarin538 – ordinary – killed with fiddle-strings – NIGHT 3
WaynetheGoblin – ordinary – burnt at Gurthang's stake – DAY 3
The Saucepan Man – ordinary – dismembered – NIGHT 4
Lhunardawen – ranger – beheaded – DAY 4

Living
Aiwendil – retired tutor
Boromir88 – crab farmer
Fordim Hedgethistle – lithesome and non-unionized pearl diver
Formendacil – disgruntled office clerk
Holbytlass – butcher
Kath – bum
Mormegil - repairman specializing in ships and docks

It is now NIGHT 5. Werewolves my PM each other. Hunter, PM me. And villagers, go to sleep.

12-11-2005, 05:36 PM	#1
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	But my only defence really is the knowledge that I am innocent versus the unsurety of Lhuna's status. And with her lack of posting it's hard to find an argument against her. The only one I ever had was that she was a bit too polite toward mormegil, who I suspected at the time when I wrote that. But then she turned right around and made a case against him. So her being a turncoat is about all I can think of! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-11-2005, 05:39 PM	#2
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Hmm, and it may be possible of course that she and morm are working together, and this was all a ploy to throw us off that idea. Just mentioning because I still think a loud person is a wolf and since I was wrong about Sauce my suspicion falls on morm. Though that might be too obvious a move for a clever player like Lhuna. The thing is that I don't categorically know that Lhuna is a wolf, but she is more likely to be one than me, and to my mind not likely to be a Gifted. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-11-2005, 05:45 PM	#3
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	I think I'd rather vote Lhuna but Kath being here so late makes me think that perhaps she's a wolf who's hoping to save herself. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

12-11-2005, 05:52 PM	#7
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Alright I'm out of time. ++Lhuna morm, I am here late to avoid my mistake of not voting yesterday. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-11-2005, 05:57 PM	#9
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	It's appears that either way I vote suspicion will be cast upon me...so be it. ++Lhuna I hope that I am not wrong though if Lhuna is proven innocent I suggest that tomorrow we go for Formendacil. His vote today seems to aid Lhuna. But let us wait and see. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

12-11-2005, 05:47 PM	#4
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Kath, if you're still here, I think you should vote for Lhuna. Mormegil and I could still overrule you by both voting for you, but it would prevent a lurking wolf (Morm or perhaps even Lhuna) from messing things up too badly at the last minute, or so I think. I am at the moment hurriedly trying to make up my mind which of you is more likely to be a Wolf.

12-11-2005, 05:48 PM	#5
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	I wonder which is more likely for a Wolf - making an appearance to defend herself or not showing up at all.

12-11-2005, 05:51 PM	#6
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Sorry for the triple post, but I'm now thinking of going for Kath because we know at least that she's not gifted.

12-11-2005, 05:55 PM	#8
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Okay, I hope I'm doing the right thing. ++Kath My advice to Morm is to vote for Kath on the off chance that Lhuna's gifted.

12-11-2005, 06:07 PM	#10
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	Day 4 The votes were counted up, and Lhuna was fated to die that day. The villagers tied her up with itchy rope, and discussed how she should be killed. "The wolves beheaded the Saucepan Man, so let's behead Lhuna!" Holby the butcher suggested. "Huzzah!" cried everybody else (besides Lhuna), eager to try a new method of execution. The villagers surrounded her bound and gagged body, and hoisted her into the air. The villagers knew there was a large block of stone in the old warehouse, the perfect place to rest a wolvish neck. The old warehouse stood at the edge of the buildings lining the harbor. It was a grim, stone building with slimy fungus growing on the walls. Inside, rusty steel rafters supported a leaky roof. Stacks of ancient crates rotted at the edges of the great space. Spiders made their webs high up in the rafters or in the corners and eaves. In the center of the ceiling was a grimy skylight, covered with dirt and bird droppings. A shaft of pale light spilled from it, and illuminated a giant block of white stone in the middle of the floor. The villagers knelt Lhuna's bound body at this stone, her head leaning over its cold, hard surface. Morm and Fordim ventured outside to the old tool shed, and returned bearing a variety of rusty axes. The villagers swung these through the air menacingly, testing their weights and chopping ability. They selected one: a cruel, blackish, rusted farm tool, used for hacking apart firewood. Holby, as the town butcher, was chosen to perform the execution. After Lhuna was blind-folded, Holby took her place beside the white block. She raised the cruel axe in the air. What happened? How did I fail Alcarillo? Lhuna thought, How have the wolves turned the village against their only protection? The axe swung downwards, striking Lhuna's neck. SWAAATHING! Blood splattered the white stone and Lhuna's head bounced across the dirty floor and into the shadows of the warehouse. Her headless body slumped to one side, and fell onto the floor. One could see the sheath of a sword poking out from under her dress. The villagers retrieved this sword. Their faces grew pale as they realized that this was the sword of an Elf-friend. * * * * * Dead Alcarillo – mod - impaled upon his own sword – NIGHT 1 dancing spawn of ungoliant – werewolf – pushed off the cliffs and into the sea – DAY 1 Jack – seer – toasted and roasted in forge – NIGHT 2 Rune son of Bjarne – ordinary – burnt at the stake – DAY 2 Gurthang – ordinary – slain in naval engagement – DAY 2 Wilwarin538 – ordinary – killed with fiddle-strings – NIGHT 3 WaynetheGoblin – ordinary – burnt at Gurthang's stake – DAY 3 The Saucepan Man – ordinary – dismembered – NIGHT 4 Lhunardawen – ranger – beheaded – DAY 4 Living Aiwendil – retired tutor Boromir88 – crab farmer Fordim Hedgethistle – lithesome and non-unionized pearl diver Formendacil – disgruntled office clerk Holbytlass – butcher Kath – bum Mormegil - repairman specializing in ships and docks It is now NIGHT 5. Werewolves my PM each other. Hunter, PM me. And villagers, go to sleep. Last edited by Alcarillo; 12-11-2005 at 06:33 PM.