[Diamond18]

Okay. I'm back. Zali, as you can all see, is a strong lass able to deal with the loss of her lover (a trait inherited from me, no doubt.)

I had this stupendous realization tonight while at work (because, really, would I be thinking about work while working? -- never) and wanted to share it, but I see I've been beaten to it. The realization was the the wolves probably know who each other are. There is the possibility that the Evil Wizard informed them of each others' identities, for his own diabolical purposes.

Let's take a look at Day 1 (again). I am going to operate under the assumption that Loki was made into a wolf by the Evil Wizard, and that the motivation for this was to get him hung. As has been said, he was a likely lynch candidate from the get-go. The EW may well have told the other two wolves who each other were and who Loki was and instructed them go after him. Or, as another possibility, to play Good Cop, Bad Cop with him. Nogrod, obviously, would be the Bad Cop. This way, when he died and turned out to be a Wolf, one or both of the other two wolves would be looking pretty good to the village.

Of course, the Good Wizard put a wrench in things by uncursing him. But perhaps the Evil Wizard didn't have time to change these plans, or decided to go ahead with them anyway.

I do not think that Loki, as a wolf, was told anything about his fellow wolves' identities -- I think this because he probably would have told the village this once he was uncursed, especially since one of his wolvish compatriots was going after him. (Of course, his finals thoughts, citing Nog, me, and Roa as baduns to keep a close eye on, could be seen as a hint -- but why hint when you could just say it out?) Which is why I think the Evil Wizard may have been totally using him as a whipping boy, keeping him in the dark and setting the other wolves on him. What the Evil Wizard himself would have been doing during the Day, I'm not sure.

Morm, quite an interesting case against Eomer you've got. I'd like to point out, though, that his obsession with the Evil Wizard might be due to him being the Good Wizard. The GW, I am sure, is at least privately obsessed with the EW, just as the EW is at least privately obsessed with the GW. Somehow, I think the GW would be more public about his obsession. I'm not saying I think you're wrong, per se... but I'd like to see more Evilness from Eomer's posts than just a preoccupation with the identity and thought process of the EW.

Anyway, I'd like to fit him in with my theory, see if our theories jive at all... I'll have to read over posts again to do that. My theory, by the way, leads me to believe that taking a close look at the way people interacted or talked about Loki and Nogrod is very key, since the third original wolf likely knew that both of them were Night 1 wolves. (I am pretty sure Nogrod was a Night 1 wolf, because his odd behavior started right away Day 1.) If Naria was the third Night 1 wolf, this really makes no difference, but if Naria was turned on either Night 2 or Night 3, that means one of the original wolves is still around.