[Folwren]

You know, it’s kind of sad that the Seer had to uncover both herself and the Ranger. Whatever hopes we had of either of them surviving much longer has just gotten slimmer about 90%, at least.

Gurthang, I don’t know where you get your reasoning from. I’m an innocent bystander and have only acted thus. No inward gifts or anything. I’ve followed false leads, and made false guesses, but you’ll have to allow that of everybody here, besides the wolves.

Gurthang:
So that leaves Jack and malkatoj as wolves. Look at their votes. Malkatoj's brings Sleepy up to a tie with Bergil, and Jack's looks suspiciously like a late 'I'll vote for a fellow wolf now that he's in the noose' vote. I'm thinking malkatoj will end up getting my vote toDay, and [B]Jack/B] tomorrow.

TOREstel has brought all his evidence into play before Gurthang posted this. The evidence that TORE lays out is pretty much irrevocable. Therefore, Gurthang is probably willing to sacrifice Malk in order to escape suspicion himself. (Not like it’s done him any good.) If we lynch Malk today and she’s guilty, he’ll be able to say ‘I told you so’ tomorrow.

As for my name being there...well, maybe I’m an easy target. No one seems to like or dislike me in this game. My arguments can be used for or against me. I’m neither silent, nor overly talkative (too much). I’m not experienced, so my arguments and suspicions have holes in them. And, lastly, I’m a completely regular villager, therefore I have no way to know for certain who’s a wolf and who’s not (except for TORE and Fea, now), so if my accusations prove wrong, everything I said about it can be piled back on top of my head.

But, really, I voted for Bergil the other evening because of an earlier suspicion of mine, and because re-reading what people said previous to the voting, I found more evidence against him than Sleepy.

On Malk’s case...

Following quotes by malkatoj

TORE, in my defense, I was under the impression that Bergil was just an idiot. 'Wolf' and 'Idiot' do not necessarily go together, so I didn't want to vote for him until I had more evidence. My apologies.

All I can say is that it looks like a setup. Bergil probably realized that he'd die fairly soon (due to his stupidity?) so chose someone to 'focus' on. He may be smart indeed, to come up with such a plot, unless he was told to by the other wolves. He voiced suspicion of me on the FIRST DAY. That day, he latched himself onto me and Fea, probably thinking that if he gets killed, you guys would think of the two of us as wolves. Honestly, I ignored him because he sounded dumb. The second day he didn't say much at all, except for what you quoted--

My dear, not only is it rather rude of you to call Bergil stupid and dumb more than once, but I also have to bring to your attention, that generally, villagers want smart people around. Sleepy Ranger isn’t dumb, and he talks more than Bergil did. And as for your ‘He may be smart indeed, to come up with such a plot, unless he was told to by the other wolves’, well, that’s plausible. Perhaps you did know that he’d by dying fairly soon (due to your perception of his stupidity), and you did tell him to latch onto you. But I highly doubt that. I should rather think that you didn’t tell him to, but he did because he’s still a novice at this game and wanted to follow someone’s lead in it. Maybe you told him to latch onto Fea, but at the same time, he also attached himself to you.

I know! I feel the same way. With all the evidence pointing in our directions, I think it leaves us with no choice but to do a whole bunch of insane stuff during the day and hope for a really sweet death.

An innocent may be able to defend him or herself because he is innocent, but I think a wolf may be more willing to stop fighting and hold still during the discussions, perhaps in hopes of making people think that he’s innocent because he doesn’t carry on and on about it. However, if I was in that place, being accuses as Malk and Gurthang are being accused today, I would fight hammer and tongs to stay alive. It’s human nature. Maybe not Werewolf nature, though...

Now, we know that Feanor, TORE, and Hiriel are innocent. The wolves will obviously kill Fea tonight, TOREstel tomorrow night, and Hiriel the next. We have a pretty definite path that the wolves are forced down. If they don't do what I just said, it will mean leaving known innocents alive, something they probably won't do.

Gurthang, it’s a really, super bad idea to tell wolves what to do when it’s going to destroy the village.

Those are just some random thoughts I came up with...for now, I've got to start the day's work. Do what you can with them. I may or may not have more to write later. Ask any questions.

Ah, and TORE, you're right. It may be better to lycnh Gurthang today.

--Jack