WW XXXIX - Do Werebalrogs have wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 11-17-2007, 01:10 PM

++Brinniel...

I tossed a coin not a dwarf

Mithalwen · 11-17-2007, 01:11 PM

I changed my m ind even as I posted ... or the coin did

Thinlómien · 11-17-2007, 01:31 PM

The day passed in heated debates and accusations were flying around like lime-coloured rectangular flying saucers. In the end, the miners found it really difficult to choose whether to lynch Brinniel or Sally. They obviously couldn't settle the matter by voting as there were precisely as many for lynching Brinn and for lynching Sally. ”What shall we do?” Gil-Galad voiced the popular thought.

”I know!” Mith said, ”Let's toss a coin!”
”A coin?” Nerwen asked sceptically.
”But of course! Not a real coin, but we make a coin of them!” Kath said, ”Brinniel, which one you'd prefer to be, heads or tails?”
”Heads...”, she said, wondering what kind of trap she was walking into.
”I'll have tails then”, Sally said.

So the miners took a rope and tied Brinn and Sally back against back.
”Now, we should just somehow toss them and see which one lands on the top”, Nogrod observed.
”Let's take them to that high rock over there and throw upwards”, Shasta suggested.
No one except Sally and Brinn disagreed so they brought the two young ladies to the rock.

”One”, said Naria,
”Two”, said Mith,
”THREE!” said Kath and the miners thusted Brinniel and Sally in the air. The young women screamed while the other miners applauded wildly.

THUMP. Brinniel and Sally hit the ground. Sadly for Sally, Brinniel landed on the top. Even though Brinniel was not heavy, her weight, the considerable height and the speed had performed their task. Sally was no longer among the living.
Laying in a pool of blood and broken bones, Brinniel passed out.

”Now I wonder what we have done by this”, Legate muttered.

~*~

Dead
Thinlómien (mod) - killed by a wingless balrog on Night1
Rikae (ordo) - ate too many cobblers on Day1
Volo (Maeglin the Cobbler Lover) - dropped by a winged balrog on Night2
Lhunardawen (ordo) - committed suicide by smashing her own head on Day2
Macalaure (The Balrog with Swing) - left after being insulted by his low-class fans on Day2
The Might (Eärendil the Seer) - became the miners' shining star on Night3
satansaloser2005 (ordo) - landed face down on Day3

Living
Brinniel
Gil-Galad
Kath
Legate of Amon Lanc
Mithalwen
Naria
Nerwen
Nogrod
Shastanis Althreduin

Night4 has begun. Lovers and balrogs may discuss. Balrogs and remaining gifteds may send me their picks.

Thinlómien · 11-18-2007, 01:20 PM

The two balrogs crept closer to the place where Gil-Galad was sleeping. ”Time to die, dude”, the Balrog with Bling whispered evilly. The balrogs raised their fiery weapons to finish the miner, but their deadly whips were tangled around an unsheathed sword. ”Not yet”, Gil-Galad said softly, his eyes burning with ardent anger. He swung his sword in a mighty arch and both balrogs lost grip of their weapons.

”I am Glorfindel of the Golden Flower, a High Noldorin Lord! You won't slaughter me like a maggot like you have slaughtered my people. Deal with my blade!” Gil-Galad shouted. Furious because of the loss of their weapons and being confronted, the balrogs attacked the elf. He parried their attacks easily, and managed to get between the two balrogs. He raised his sword and charged towards the Balrog with Bling, chanting: ”Ei múmitaloa lucita yócsi, hei múmí! Cun hamara hípú yo tahtien vyócsi, hei múmí...! Nyt carceloi cansa ya cunnailla soi, cas múmeilta elamá opia voi... hei múmí!”

Screaming, the Balrog with Bling ran. She ran to the balrogs' secret exit and up to the mountain slope. Behind her, Gil-Galad ran, swinging his gleaming sword and after him, the Balrog who Sings, uncharacteristically silent.

The Balrog with Bling realised she was in a dead end. She could not escape anymore. The High Elf was right behind her and her fellow balrog was still too far away to be of any assistance. Screaming hideously, she turned to attack Gil-Galad. Their eyes locked.

”I knew it was you”, the elf said, ”nice to meet you in your true form, Brinniel.”
”You know nothing, dude”, she said, ”we are da werebalrogs and you're gonna lose!”
”I don't think so”, Gil-Galad said, aiming a mighty blow towards the balrog.
Brinniel parried the blow with her arm and it was lopped away. ”Just a flesh wound”, she hissed, ready to retaliate. But she never got the chance. Gil-Galad cast her to the gorge. She fell, but she managed to swing her big golden bling chain around his feet and dragged him with her to the abyss.

Even when he died, Gil-Galad was laughing. ”Fly, you fool”, he told Brinn, ”if you can.” But because the Moddess Goddess had decreed balrogs don't have wings, Brinniel could do nothing to help her situation, only to curse her cruel fate and the cruel Mod.

~*~

Dead
Thinlómien (mod) - killed by a wingless balrog on Night1
Rikae (ordo) - ate too many cobblers on Day1
Volo (Maeglin the Cobbler Lover) - dropped by a winged balrog on Night2
Lhunardawen (ordo) - committed suicide by smashing her own head on Day2
Macalaure (The Balrog with Swing) - left after being insulted by his low-class fans on Day2
The Might (Eärendil the Seer) - became the miners' shining star on Night3
satansaloser2005 (ordo) - landed face down on Day3
Gil-Galad (Glorfindel the Hunter) – died in a duel on Night4
Brinniel (The Balrog with Bling) – died in a duel on Night4

Living
Kath
Legate of Amon Lanc
Mithalwen
Naria
Nerwen
Nogrod
Shastanis Althreduin

Day 4 has started. You may start chatting.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-18-2007, 02:07 PM

Very nice. Gil, if you hear us where you are now, know you did a great job. Now I guess our situation is far, far better and also far, far clearer.

First, now that Brinn is dead, we can make conclusions depending on her attitude towards people and other people's towards her, and on yesterday's voting. What strikes me immediately is that we can say Mith is not probably a balrog - unless she read my vote before she posted, which I find very, very, very unlikely.

My favourite suspect's, Nerwen's, vote also looks quite innocentish at the moment, which makes me think that I probably indeed got carried off with her case

Of course, unless she wanted to seal the fate of her companion, knowing that it's either her or Brinn. So it's not 100%, but I'm ceasing my ongoing suspicious analysis on her, at least for the moment.

If we hold to the thing that TM dreamt of Nogrod and saw him innocent, then we can leave Nog also out of our suspects.

Now that would leave us with Kath, Naria and Shasta. I will do some post analyses.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-18-2007, 02:34 PM

I start with Naria who has posted the less of all. Only three posts.

Day 2

#105
Says Nog "seems to be off on his usual ranting about useless individuals and so on" and does not see why he is never content, mentioning TM and Nerwen seem that they are trying and their posts make sense.
Then, elaborates on being incontent with classifying which posts are "good ones" and which are "bad ones".

#140
Saying that seeing Mac is gathering votes (he had 3), she is not finding him too suspicious. Votes for Nerwen, saying she does not like her offensive post (meaning probably #127).

#186
Says that confused by me and Nog, decided "to give her take on things". Presents her opinion on TM's dreams (but is wrong in the count of the nights). Says this helped her clear her mind on me.

That's really very little. Let's wait if she appears toDay (generally she does around 5-7 AM GMT). If she does not and/or does not vote, she may be ModKilled. If she's a balrog, this would be nice. Otherwise, her posts are really too few to make something out of them. The only thing that could be thought about is her unwillingness to vote for Mac on Day 2, creating a co-bandwaggon (there was no other candidate than Mac at that time). But, hmph, let's see what's to be found at the others...

Shastanis Althreduin · 11-18-2007, 02:46 PM

*applauds* Nice work, Gil!

This leaves the Balrog who Sings left, correct? That could point to me, I suppose: I happen to love to sing.

Hm. Now that we know that Brinniel was bad, I'm inclined to trust Nerwen more, and wonder about Legate... although he seems less Balrog-ish to me than he did yesterday.

If we go by Legate's list, then my suspicions are firmly on Kath for the moment, as I know I'm innocent, and I'm not sure Naria has been active enough (pot calling kettle, anyone?

) for baddieship. I think I'll go back and look at her, if Legate hasn't already done so while I've been typing this.

11-17-2007, 01:11 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I changed my m ind even as I posted ... or the coin did __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-17-2007, 01:31 PM	#3
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Day3 ends The day passed in heated debates and accusations were flying around like lime-coloured rectangular flying saucers. In the end, the miners found it really difficult to choose whether to lynch Brinniel or Sally. They obviously couldn't settle the matter by voting as there were precisely as many for lynching Brinn and for lynching Sally. ”What shall we do?” Gil-Galad voiced the popular thought. ”I know!” Mith said, ”Let's toss a coin!” ”A coin?” Nerwen asked sceptically. ”But of course! Not a real coin, but we make a coin of them!” Kath said, ”Brinniel, which one you'd prefer to be, heads or tails?” ”Heads...”, she said, wondering what kind of trap she was walking into. ”I'll have tails then”, Sally said. So the miners took a rope and tied Brinn and Sally back against back. ”Now, we should just somehow toss them and see which one lands on the top”, Nogrod observed. ”Let's take them to that high rock over there and throw upwards”, Shasta suggested. No one except Sally and Brinn disagreed so they brought the two young ladies to the rock. ”One”, said Naria, ”Two”, said Mith, ”THREE!” said Kath and the miners thusted Brinniel and Sally in the air. The young women screamed while the other miners applauded wildly. THUMP. Brinniel and Sally hit the ground. Sadly for Sally, Brinniel landed on the top. Even though Brinniel was not heavy, her weight, the considerable height and the speed had performed their task. Sally was no longer among the living. Laying in a pool of blood and broken bones, Brinniel passed out. ”Now I wonder what we have done by this”, Legate muttered. ~~ Dead Thinlómien (mod)* - killed by a wingless balrog on Night1 Rikae (ordo) - ate too many cobblers on Day1 Volo (Maeglin the Cobbler Lover) - dropped by a winged balrog on Night2 Lhunardawen (ordo) - committed suicide by smashing her own head on Day2 Macalaure (The Balrog with Swing) - left after being insulted by his low-class fans on Day2 The Might (Eärendil the Seer) - became the miners' shining star on Night3 satansaloser2005 (ordo) - landed face down on Day3 Living Brinniel Gil-Galad Kath Legate of Amon Lanc Mithalwen Naria Nerwen Nogrod Shastanis Althreduin Night4 has begun. Lovers and balrogs may discuss. Balrogs and remaining gifteds may send me their picks. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris Last edited by Thinlómien; 11-17-2007 at 02:57 PM.

11-18-2007, 01:20 PM	#4
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Day4 dawns... The two balrogs crept closer to the place where Gil-Galad was sleeping. ”Time to die, dude”, the Balrog with Bling whispered evilly. The balrogs raised their fiery weapons to finish the miner, but their deadly whips were tangled around an unsheathed sword. ”Not yet”, Gil-Galad said softly, his eyes burning with ardent anger. He swung his sword in a mighty arch and both balrogs lost grip of their weapons. ”I am Glorfindel of the Golden Flower, a High Noldorin Lord! You won't slaughter me like a maggot like you have slaughtered my people. Deal with my blade!” Gil-Galad shouted. Furious because of the loss of their weapons and being confronted, the balrogs attacked the elf. He parried their attacks easily, and managed to get between the two balrogs. He raised his sword and charged towards the Balrog with Bling, chanting: ”Ei múmitaloa lucita yócsi, hei múmí! Cun hamara hípú yo tahtien vyócsi, hei múmí...! Nyt carceloi cansa ya cunnailla soi, cas múmeilta elamá opia voi... hei múmí!” Screaming, the Balrog with Bling ran. She ran to the balrogs' secret exit and up to the mountain slope. Behind her, Gil-Galad ran, swinging his gleaming sword and after him, the Balrog who Sings, uncharacteristically silent. The Balrog with Bling realised she was in a dead end. She could not escape anymore. The High Elf was right behind her and her fellow balrog was still too far away to be of any assistance. Screaming hideously, she turned to attack Gil-Galad. Their eyes locked. ”I knew it was you”, the elf said, ”nice to meet you in your true form, Brinniel.” ”You know nothing, dude”, she said, ”we are da werebalrogs and you're gonna lose!” ”I don't think so”, Gil-Galad said, aiming a mighty blow towards the balrog. Brinniel parried the blow with her arm and it was lopped away. ”Just a flesh wound”, she hissed, ready to retaliate. But she never got the chance. Gil-Galad cast her to the gorge. She fell, but she managed to swing her big golden bling chain around his feet and dragged him with her to the abyss. Even when he died, Gil-Galad was laughing. ”Fly, you fool”, he told Brinn, ”if you can.” But because the Moddess Goddess had decreed balrogs don't have wings, Brinniel could do nothing to help her situation, only to curse her cruel fate and the cruel Mod. ~~ Dead Thinlómien (mod)* - killed by a wingless balrog on Night1 Rikae (ordo) - ate too many cobblers on Day1 Volo (Maeglin the Cobbler Lover) - dropped by a winged balrog on Night2 Lhunardawen (ordo) - committed suicide by smashing her own head on Day2 Macalaure (The Balrog with Swing) - left after being insulted by his low-class fans on Day2 The Might (Eärendil the Seer) - became the miners' shining star on Night3 satansaloser2005 (ordo) - landed face down on Day3 Gil-Galad (Glorfindel the Hunter) – died in a duel on Night4 Brinniel (The Balrog with Bling) – died in a duel on Night4 Living Kath Legate of Amon Lanc Mithalwen Naria Nerwen Nogrod Shastanis Althreduin Day 4 has started. You may start chatting. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

11-18-2007, 02:07 PM	#5
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Very nice. Gil, if you hear us where you are now, know you did a great job. Now I guess our situation is far, far better and also far, far clearer. First, now that Brinn is dead, we can make conclusions depending on her attitude towards people and other people's towards her, and on yesterday's voting. What strikes me immediately is that we can say Mith is not probably a balrog - unless she read my vote before she posted, which I find very, very, very unlikely. My favourite suspect's, Nerwen's, vote also looks quite innocentish at the moment, which makes me think that I probably indeed got carried off with her case Of course, unless she wanted to seal the fate of her companion, knowing that it's either her or Brinn. So it's not 100%, but I'm ceasing my ongoing suspicious analysis on her, at least for the moment. If we hold to the thing that TM dreamt of Nogrod and saw him innocent, then we can leave Nog also out of our suspects. Now that would leave us with Kath, Naria and Shasta. I will do some post analyses. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

11-18-2007, 02:34 PM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	I start with Naria who has posted the less of all. Only three posts. Day 2 #105 Says Nog "seems to be off on his usual ranting about useless individuals and so on" and does not see why he is never content, mentioning TM and Nerwen seem that they are trying and their posts make sense. Then, elaborates on being incontent with classifying which posts are "good ones" and which are "bad ones". #140 Saying that seeing Mac is gathering votes (he had 3), she is not finding him too suspicious. Votes for Nerwen, saying she does not like her offensive post (meaning probably #127). #186 Says that confused by me and Nog, decided "to give her take on things". Presents her opinion on TM's dreams (but is wrong in the count of the nights). Says this helped her clear her mind on me. That's really very little. Let's wait if she appears toDay (generally she does around 5-7 AM GMT). If she does not and/or does not vote, she may be ModKilled. If she's a balrog, this would be nice. Otherwise, her posts are really too few to make something out of them. The only thing that could be thought about is her unwillingness to vote for Mac on Day 2, creating a co-bandwaggon (there was no other candidate than Mac at that time). But, hmph, let's see what's to be found at the others... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

11-17-2007, 01:10 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	++Brinniel... I tossed a coin not a dwarf __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-18-2007, 02:46 PM	#7
Shastanis Althreduin Werewolf Psychic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In fire, water, earth, and air. But mostly water. Posts: 2,832	applauds Nice work, Gil! This leaves the Balrog who Sings left, correct? That could point to me, I suppose: I happen to love to sing. Hm. Now that we know that Brinniel was bad, I'm inclined to trust Nerwen more, and wonder about Legate... although he seems less Balrog-ish to me than he did yesterday. If we go by Legate's list, then my suspicions are firmly on Kath for the moment, as I know I'm innocent, and I'm not sure Naria has been active enough (pot calling kettle, anyone? ) for baddieship. I think I'll go back and look at her, if Legate hasn't already done so while I've been typing this.