[Anguirel]

I always had an inkling Mith would suss me out. She's good at that!

When I wrote that courteous farewell, I was pretty sure I'd be chosen to be hanged.

This has been the game I've enjoyed most by far. Valier was such a good student (!) and there's something disturbingly satisfying about seeing kills in the morning.

Now, to sum up what happened when you were all abed.

On Night 1, I gave out standard advice and we prepared to go over the top.

During Day 1, I'd love to say my Thinlomien vote was a piece of strategic brilliance. Actually, the explanation lies later in the game when I note "I'm really chronic at Maths!"

On Night 2, I only spotted Eomer's hint late into the night, but luckily we still hadn't chosen our kill. I set Glirdan a PM-"Doctor indeed! Goodbye Master Ranger..."

On Day 2, you pretty much did our job for us, going for poor Shelob, and in the process I became increasingly suspicious that tar-ancalime might be the Seer.

On Night 3, we were torn between Fea-whom I was certain was the Hunter and certain would kill another inocent-and tar-ancalime, whom I only suspected as a Seer. Valier opted for Fea and so it was. It was with regret that I realised events had forced me to kill off the two most amusing players in the game...

Fea killing tar was a scenario I had envisaged in my most optimistic dreams, and it came true.

On Day 3, Garin was everyone's prime target, but the mess up about the posting of his death made me suspiciously angry...I should have controlled myself better.

On Night 4 I left Valier to take out Abercrombie. I also was off for a day and expecting her to handle Day 4. Imagine my horror when I found she'd been double-lynched! I killed my first comrade by a vote, my second by a non-vote.

On Night 5 I killed Roa as a Valier voter not generally suspected, and also in the hope she was the Cursed Villager. No such luck. During the following day I focussed suspicion on Kath-not in itself a mistake; I could have got away with it. It did look like a duel between mistaken innocents. Kath came off worse. Notice that people being lynched invariably post a lot?

Now, Night 6. Long and hard I strove. The choices were as follows-

Kill Mith and frame Gandalf with Valesse onside
But Valesse was an unknown quantity, and I was uncertain of acquiring her support. There would also be the problem of Gandalf himself. With either threadbare posts or none at all, he would be hard to portray as a cornered villain, and the last day would be far more boring.

Kill Valesse and frame Gandalf with Mith onside
This was my original idea. But I became less keen on it as the night wore on. I had obviously cast suspicion on Gandalf prior to that, and cui bono would be against me.

Kill Gandalf and frame Valesse with Mith onside
This is what I opted for. It eliminated Gandalf and ensured there'd be three effective voices on the last day. I also knew of division between Valesse and Mith. It almost worked...

But anyway, this was a brilliant game. I offer my regards to Lady Mithalwen and Mistress Valesse, the Wolfslayers!