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Once more, the villagers were near certain that they had found a wolf: that shady character Elf-warrior. He was a butcher, after all – perhaps he had grown tired of butchering animals and now sated his needs by butchering the villagers!
The excitement and blood-lust of the villagers was running high: having bagged one wolf, they were eager to catch another and they eagerly ushered Elf-Warrior off to the gallows. Who cared that it hadn’t worked quite right in previous episodes? Third time’s a charm, right? After all, werewolves deserved a proper hanging. The only one who was disgruntled over this was the executioner, but even he was becoming resignedly used to his fate as the mob ignored his protests once again.
Elf-Warrior made no sign of protests as the villagers jeered at and jostled him through the town, and if anything, this just increased their certainty and made them more eager to see him dead. The noose was tied quickly this time, now that the villagers had discovered that slip-knots really weren’t so very hard to tie. They stepped away from the gallows and a hush fell over the crowd, that nervous anticipation before hopefully affirming their choice.
“I go willingly to my death,” said Elf-Warrior in a clear voice that lifted over the crowd. “When you see that I am innocent, think better of me.”
Silence. Then someone shouted, “Wolvish lies!” and the crowd became more mob-like once more. Without further ado, someone pulled the lever and… nothing. The trap door on which Elf-Warrior was standing did not fall in, but remained motionless. What kind of horrible gallows was this?
A few villagers attempted to rectify the problem, crawling underneath to figure out what was wrong. By the time they were nearing a solution, however, the rest of the mob had grown impatient and someone had hastened to Elf-Warrior’s shop and back. “Butcher’s knives!” that someone cried. “Use his own weapons against him!” This idea was quickly taken up (every single one having forgotten that wolves used their teeth and no true weapons), and the villagers started hurling the knives at Elf-Warrior’s body. This was like stoning, only better! And bloodier!
“Spill the wolf’s blood like he’s spilled ours!” cried someone. Eventually, their stock of knives had been used up, but no matter. The villagers had been so concerned seeing the blood of their “wolf” spilled that they had not noticed that Elf-Warrior had long ceased to live; his body was held up only by the tight noose. And the dead Elf-Warrior looked every bit the ordinary villager he had claimed to be. The two remaining wolves grinned inwardly as the dispirited villagers returned to their homes for the night.
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Living:
Encai
Eomer
Kath
Lhuna
LMP
Mormegil
Oromin
Saurreg
TORE
Wilwarin
Dead:
Firefoot – drowned and burned by werewolves on Night 1
Nilpaurion (Ordinary Villager) – beat piñata style and killed by villagers on Day 1
Fea (Ordinary Villager) – gutted and stuffed by werewolves on Night 2
Oddwen (Ranger) – killed by Nilp’s villager-provoked wolves on Day 2
Durelin (Hunter) – Deadheaded by werewolves on Night 3
TGWBS (Ordinary Villager) - Slain by Hunter on Night 3
Kitanna (Werewolf) – Paralyzed and hung by villagers on Day 3
Dancing Spawn (Ordinary Villager) – Twisted like a pretzel and stuffed in a closet by werewolves on Night 4
Elf-Warrior (Ordinary Villager) – Stabbed through with knives by villagers on Day 4
Score:
Werewolves – 2
Villagers – 8
It is now Night 5. I need names from the wolves and the seer; Shirriffs should stop PM'ing. Night will end in 24 hours.
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