Admin thread for TIG XCIII - Betrayal at Henneth Annûn

[Pitchwife]

This is the year 3015 of the Third Age. Sauron the Great, the Dark Lord, has returned to Mordor and is amassing an army to wage war on Gondor and the whole free world. Already the once fair land of Ithilien has fallen under the Enemy's sway.

All of Ithilien? No! Yet the daring Rangers of Ithilien, led by their valiant and wise young captain Faramir, persist as a thorn in the Dark Lord's side. Operating from their secret refuge at Henneth Annûn, they continue to harry the Enemy's gathering forces, fight back bands of raiding Orcs and hunt Sauron's servants wherever they find them; life isn't easy for the Uruks and Snagas garrisoned in Minas Morgul, Cirith Ungol and the rest of the Ephel Dúath.

But now the Dark Lord has conceived of an insidious plan to rid himself of the pesky Rangers. Unbeknownst to Faramir, three of his men have been done away with and replaced by servants of the Enemy - Black Númenóreans, disguised in the likeness of the slain Rangers by sorcery. Soon the Rangers find that their plans have been betrayed and their hidden refuge is no longer safe. Unless they can uncover and execute Sauron's spies, their resistance against Sauron will soon be history.

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ROLES

Bad Guys

3 Black Númenóreans*, undercover agents of the Dark Lord, whose goal is to eradicate the Rangers. Conspire by PM every Night and send me the name of a player whom they wish to kill. Additionally, of course, they mingle among the true Rangers during the Day and try to mislead them into lynching an innocent. They have won when their number is greater or equal to that of the living innocents.
*(henceforth abbreviated BNs)

Good Guys

Faramir, the Seer. Every Night he may pray to the Lords of the West (i.e. PM me a name) and ask them to show him in a dream the true nature of a player, whose role will then be revealed to him. Wins if the innocents win.

Anborn, the Night Guardian, who has been appointed by Faramir to stand guard at Night and foil the BNs' attacks as best he can. Every Night he will send me the name of a player whom he has resolved to guard; if that player is targeted by the BNs, they won't be able to kill them. May not protect the same player twice in a row and may protect himself only once in the game. Wins if the innocents win.

Mablung and Damrod, Brothers-in-Arms who know they can trust each other and have sworn to watch each other's back. May PM every Night and share their opinions. Win if the innocents win.
If either of them dies, the survivor will vow to avenge him and will be promoted to Hunter. He may then PM me at any time with the name of a player whom he wishes to kill in case of his own death. The details depend on how the other Brother died:
1. The other Brother (lets say e.g. Mablung) was killed by the BNs. In this case, the survivor (Damrod) becomes a 'semi-logical' Hunter, i.e. if he is killed by the BNs, his pick will die only if a BN, whereas if he is lynched, his pick will die regardless of role.
2. If e.g. Mablung was lynched by the village, Damrod becomes a regular Hunter, i.e. his pick will die with him regardless of their role, no matter whether Damrod himself is lynched or Night-killed.

Rangers of Ithilien, aka ordinary innocents. Discuss each Day and vote whom to lynch as a spy of Sauron. Win when the last Black Númenórean is dead.


RULES

Players must post at least once and vote every Day. Failing to do so once will earn you a severe frown from the Mod (that's me); failing to do so twice will lead to the culprit being modfired from the game. Leniency will be given in case of good RL reasons, which should be posted on the Admin thread.

Votes should be in an extra line, bolded and highlighted, like this:
++Pitchwife
(Highlighting is done like this [ highlight ]++Pitchwife[ /highlight ], without the spaces.)

In case of a tie, the last player to reach the required number of votes will be lynched, being the best-informed choice of the Rangers.

Deadline will be 2300 GMT by the Barrow-Downs clock. Votes posted at DL:00 will count, votes posted at DL:01 won't.

Dead men do not tell tales, and neither do dead women; deceased players of both sexes may, however, cheer their respective teams or throw popcorn at the Mod from the ranks of the Admin thread, if unable to restrain themselves.

Narrations are works of fiction; their purpose is to create atmosphere and entertain the players. They will of course reflect kills, lynches and saves accurately, but will not necessarily reflect other goings on-in the village 1:1 (although they may in cases). Where gendered pronouns are used in the narration, they will reflect the gender of the role, not the respective player (although the two may of course coincide). They should not be mined for meta-reasoning clues.

The Werewolf General Guidelines apply until expressly specified otherwise in these Rules. All players are encouraged to consult them.

SIGNUP IS CLOSED.

Players:

G55
sally
Agan
Greenie
Boro
Lottie
Nog
Glirdan
Bom
Shasta
Pomegranate
Zil
Rune
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EDIT: updated the change in the specs for Mablung and Damrod, as per discussion below.

EDITEDIT: fixed DL.

[Inziladun]

It sounds intriguing, but the week after next is going to be an awful time for me to play.

When are you looking to start?

[Galadriel55]

I will definitely be in if we start right after New Years. But if we're waiting till the 9th, I'm afraid I'll have to miss this game, as much as I want to play. The last couple games taught me the downsides of playing while spending 90% of my time either at school or extracurriculars or sleeping. It's just not going to work. So unless we start next week I won't be able to join

I really like the look of the lover-hunter smush. It makes sense with balance too: while both are alive the village gets the bonus, but once one of them dies there's a better chance for the wolves to grab onto it than the village, methinks.

[satansaloser2005]

As long as we have the understanding that I am not participating in any arms races this game, I'm in. (Seriously, I can't take it, but I also don't want to miss this game. I simply must play.)

[Aganzir]

Sign me up with a teeny question mark, please! I want to play, but I also want to spend time (like 24/7) with my best friend before she goes back to her English uni, and if the two are at risk of colliding, I can't tell yet which way the scale will tip.

[Eönwë]

I really would like to play, but it's exam season.