Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXVI - Úcenite Valto

[The Saucepan Man]

I haven't much time as I will be out (Christmas shopping ) for most of toDay and will be unlikely to return for some 5 or 6 hours.

I have half a mind to suggest lynching the phantom simply for his insufferable comments during, and in the aftermath of, the chaos that surrounded yesterDay's lynching, particularly:

Originally Posted by the phantom

It was fun, Esty. I tried to save you. Die honorably, and rest in peace.

As for the reasoning which led to Esty's lynching, I would observe that three of us (at least two of whom are innocent) believed that Esty's reappearance at such an hour looked Wolfish. I still think that it was a valid basis for for changing my vote. Moreover, had she not been lynched, then Roa would most probably have been and, going by this Wolf's modus operandi, Esty would have been killed in the night.

Which brings me to Roa as choice of victim. I really cannot fathom that one out. She was almost lynched yesterDay and I, for one, would have started toDay with her high on my list of suspects. I am sure that I am not the only one. So why kill a villager who was so likely to be "in the mix" when it came to toDay's voting?

Possibly to frame me and/or (on the basis of the phantom's reasoning) Noggie, but is that worth removing someone who was likely to assist in shielding the Wolf from being lynched?

I find it strange that the last two Night's kills have been villagers who have had their fair share of suspicion, while all of those who have generally featured on most people's "probably innocent" lists are still with us, namely:

the phantom
Mithalwen
Nogrod
Anguirel

I was sure that one of the above would be killed last Night.

The remaining villagers - Kath, Diamond and me - have all come under heavy suspicion at some time or other. If one of these three was a Wolf, they would be playing a rather risky game.

I am led to wonder whether the Wolf is one of those who has hitherto not come under much suspicion and so has felt relatively safe in killing off suspected villagers who leave trails to other suspected villagers.

That said, TP and Noggie came across as innocent to me during the confusion surrounding yesterDay's lynch (TP's self-serving farewell to Esty apart), while I have little basis at present for suspecting either Mith or Ang.

I really am rather stumped at the moment. Hopefully, a trip to the shops will inspire me and I will have had some better thoughts by the time I return.