[Nogrod]

I've been asking myself the same question over and over again and somehow can't make it fit. Why did they kill Diamond? Did they have a hunch that she was the Seer or were they just picking her in random and getting lucky?

The problem in the last scenario is, that as a couple of my forefathers were lycantrophes, I know from their tales that getting done with those innocents who seem to have a hung of things or otherwise seem frightening is a major priority. Well, my forefathers were ethical enough to argue against the other wolves to let those "vocal players" live for the sport and balance of it, but the general feeling with my forefathers mates were that "the better player, the earlier kill". So we either have wolves who:

- play with cunning intelligence added with high moral standards (my lorebooks could make a separation of players here)
- were thinking Di actually hit a nail somewhere and decided to make sure of it before she could do more damage (my reasoning could make a separation of players here)
- are unsecure and try to make as secure kill as they can and do not take risks with the obvious ranger picks not to lose a kill (my hunch & lorebooks combined could make a separation of players here)

The problem surely is, that the lists based on these three cases would be very different indeed.

So if for instance myself, Boro, Rune, Celuien et.al. are all innocents and still alive, why didn't the wolves kill one of us? Was there something in Di that stood up for them as an alarm sign or were they just plain unsure about whom the ranger would pick and made a (lucky) trial of someone else? Or is someone or someones taking the gambit here and going for the less suspectible ones during the Nights just to hang around in the shade of other talkatives?

I'll come back with some more specific thoughts later as its getting late (RL) here...