Tol-in-Gaurhoth XVIII: The Play’s The Thing…

[Aiwendil]

The Saucepan Man wrote:

And Eomer's plea to Celuien to vote for tar, following his false declaration as the Ranger, speaks in favour of both tar and Celuien.

You know, this is a good point. It doesn't seem particularly likely that Eomer would try to save himself by getting another wolf lynched. If Tar were a wolf, why would Eomer even bother with the whole Ranger impersonation?

Of course, it could be an elaborate ruse designed to get us to think exactly that. But somehow it doesn't strike me that way. If Eomer intended to try to divert out suspicion from Tar, why would he wait until the last minute like that?

This makes me think that I may have been wrong about Tar. Looks like I have some re-considering to do.

Mormegil wrote:

I would like to try a detailed analysis of all non-Eomer voters. I truly believe that all our wolves will be in that group.

This makes sense to me, and I agree that detailed analyses are probably in order.

And now for the rather wild, far-fetched theory that's occurred to me: Suppose the wolves decided to sacrifice Eomer. Suppose they killed Spawn for this reason. Suppose one or more wolves then comes out with an all-out attack on Eomer and even votes for him.

Likely? Maybe not. Beyond the realm of possibility? Certainly not. But it is enough to prevent me from dropping all suspicion of the Eomer voters. Formendacil is a proven innocent. But in my opinion, it's still possible that Nilpaurion, Saucepan, or Mormegil could be a wolf.