night 9 continued...
Mormegil walked slowly towards the land bridge. When he reached it, he spoke to the fog.
"I have completed my task, Master."
"Yes, you have. You have done exactly as I asked."
"Then will we be moving on to another village?"
"No, I think not," answered the fog. "I wish for you to remain here."
"But, there is no one left here, Lord."
The fog laughed, and the Werewolf shivered at the sound of it. "You are different, Master- changed from previous villages, in which I played the part of Cobbler. And this fog you now wrap yourself with... I like it not. Why do you act so, and speak in riddles? And why did you divide the Werewolves in the village at the beginning? It is strange."
The fog laughed even louder. At last, it spoke. "Who do you think I am, Werewolf?"
Even as mormegil answered, he began to doubt the answer. "You are Sauron, Lord of Werewolves."
"Nay!" boomed the fog. "I am Ulmo."
"Ulmo?!" cried morm in shock. "But then... how... why would you order Werewolves to kill innocent-"
"There were no innocents in this village! Only Werewolves, Cobblers, and my three Gifteds. I have masqueraded as Sauron for the purpose of eradicating a great many evil men and women in one fell swoop."
"But then- the Voice!" said morm. "HE is Sauron! He's been telling us all along to unite. But we didn't listen!"
Ulmo laughed at the anguish of the Werewolf. But then mormegil began laughing.
"But I defeated you! Your three precious gifteds are dead, and I have emerged victorious!"
"My Hunter is dead, certainly. But did you see my Seer or Ranger die?" asked Ulmo. As he spoke, the mist on the land bridge cleared, and Farael and Boromir stepped forward with weapons drawn.
But even as they advanced on mormegil, another figure appeared. "Stop!" he cried, and mormegil recognized his true Master's voice- the voice of Sauron.
"You cannot slay this Wolf!" said Sauron. "You have broken the rules of Werewolf, allowing these two to live! They were selected by my Werewolves for death during the night, and you have unlawfully spared them! Mormegil won! You cannot rob him of his victory!"
"I can do as I please!" shouted the voice of Ulmo.
(to be continued)
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