[Anguirel]

RESULTS OF DAY SEVEN (M-e)

Celegorm and Curufin's alliance with Nogrod was of increasing profit to them. Dior could not hold his lands, and Brethil shrunk daily, the woods at its borders ravaged and burnt.

But one evening, Curufin, conducting a raid too deep into Dior's realm, was separated from his brother and cornered by the Peredhil's army. Dior, the Silmaril on his brow, leapt from his horse to fight the Son of Feanor, but Curufin's skill was superior by far, and the King of Brethil was disarmed. Curufin held him to the ground, his blade at the King's neck. He raised it. "You are spared, adan peasant," he remarked, coolly taking up the Silmaril...

Such agony coursed through his body. His hand was skalded. But he would not let go, not even when he was ringed with white fire, writhing in pain. So died Curufin, called the Crafty, fourth Son of Feanor, with a cold smile on his face.

RESULTS OF THE CHALLENGE

Beleg and Turin found themselves in a village where the folk cowered in fear of a band of deadly outlaws called the Gaurwaith.

"Wolf-men?" Beleg remarked. "I know this game. Who's handing out roles?"

"I am," said a hooded figure who looked vaguely familiar. "The players are Turin-"

"Neithan!" Turin pointed out.

"Alright, Neithan, Beleg, Forweg, Androg, Ulrad, various villagers, Feanor of the Peredhil and Sauron."

"Sauron looks innocent to me," said Turin. "Let's kill Feanor of the Peredhil! She doesn't exist anyway!"

"Fine by me," said Forweg. But she was innocent. That night, the wolves killed Ulrad, the Seer.

"Sauron and Androg are definitely innocent," opined Turin. "Let's lynch Beleg." And it was done. When he discovered that Beleg, his friend, was in fact the Ranger, Turin went into a black rage and killed everyone in the village except Sauron, who flew off as a bat, and Androg and Forweg, who he thought looked trustworthy. Annoyed that he still hadn't found any wolves, Turin gave up and joined the Gaurwaith.

"Neithan was the Cursed Villager," the phantom explained...

The Gaurwaith, led by Forweg, had a successful career plundering Orc and Man alike, and Turin/Neithan, armed with his Black Sword, became known as a deadly warrior...one day, seeing Forweg in mid-rape, he sliced off the man's head and became Captain of the Gaurwaith himself...

It's Day Eight in Middle-earth...the contestants...

Tribes

VALAR

Elbereth
Ulmo
Mandos, Doom of

NOLDOR

Maedhros
Maglor
Celegorm
Celebrimbor
Ereinion
Idril
Maeglin
Orodreth
Finduilas
Gwindor

TELERI/SINDAR

Olwe
Celeborn
Galadriel
Mablung

MAIA

Melian
Uinen
Tilion (with Moon)
Arien (with Sun)

DWARVES

Telchar of Nogrod (incidentally, probably by now a different character. But with the same name. Like Durin the Deathless...)
Mim the Petty-dwarf
Khim
Ibun

MEN

Dior
Hurin
Tuor
Morwen
Turin
Nienor
Brandir
Androg

FORCES OF EVIL

Morgoth
Sauron
Glaurung
Ancalagon (adolescent...)
Morgoth, Curse of

Task eight: CONSERVATION. Stop the impending extinction of the endangered Petty-Dwarves...