TOL-IN-GAURHOTH XII, Erbar Telamarth

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by B88

I also suspect that with high suspicions of me early the Seer has already dreamed of me, which makes me innocent, so of course you don't want to get rid of me.

I had not noticed that before! Boromir, you are digging yourself in deeper and deeper with these statements. No one knows you're innocent. You could be a wolf and the Seer hasn't yet stepped forward about it. I said I wasn't going to vote for you before, but here goes nothing. Maybe I'll die like you said (threatened?) I would, but I'll take that risk.

++ BOROMIR 88

[Firefoot]

This will likely be my last real analysis before I vote, though I may come in with a few comments. I'll be voting probably in about an hour and a half.

Boromir - I don't know what to think of him, other than that he's acting like an idiot. If he's a wolf, he's almost too suspicious to be true. If he's an innocent, then he's digging his own grave and taking the focus away from the real wolves.

Encai - She's on my suspect list, though I don't think I'll be voting for her today. I'd like to have a close look at her tomorrow, though, probably post by post as has been done with Esty and Formen. I haven't seen anything that would strongly suggest her guilt, though closer analysis might show something.

Esty - Despite my lengthy accusation/analysis of her, I'm not convinced of her guilt at all. I'm currently leaning towards innocence, though I do have concerns about her which I have already stated.

Fea - What's to be said? She makes me nervous, but I do feel like she was set up. I'm not so sure that there isn't something in the Fea/Encai theory. But overall, I'd say Fea's probably innocent - at any rate, she won't be receiving my vote today.

Formendacil - I think he's likely to be a wolf - he could get my vote tonight. I've already stated my opinions of him, though, so I'm not going to go into anything lengthy here. My opinion really hasn't changed.

Lhuna - She's another one who could get my vote. There just isn't enough to go off of for her, her posts have been vague, containing no concrete accusations. She could be a wolf, but we'd have nothing with which to accuse her because she doesn't post often. I know she lives in a different time zone, and I might feel a little bad in voting for her, but she makes me nervous too - not in a Fea-nervous way, but in an "I'm slipping under the radar now" nervous way.

Mr. Underhill - I'm not too concerned about him. His posts seem to have been written in good faith, and some of his comments, though brief, have been very shrewd. I'm not going to discount him, but I think there are several people who are far more suspicious than he is right now.

Mormegil - I'm about 98% confident of his innocence. I have no reason to suspect him, as his arguments and suspects have made sense to me, even when viewed from a critical eye.

TGWBS - I'm having a really hard time getting a grasp on him - he's very slippery. He's another one I think a post-by-post analysis might be very useful for.

I don't think there's anything new here - it's more like a summary of my position setting up my vote, hence my lack of supporting details.

[Boromir88]

You'll all pay if I die. Enca, it's pretty clear I'm innocent, no use in fighting it, but hey if you want me hanged to see it, then it's your own loss. If you all are stupid enough to follow Enca and hang me, then I suggest you hang Formendacil one day and Enca the next. Unlike Eomer and Anguirel whom voted for me, and I knew were innocent, I feel that I've been on a wolf since the very beginning (Formendacil) and this is Enca's attempt to save her pal.

Fea, I'm not trying to drag out anyone. I think I have already been dreamed of, since I was the most suspicious person entering into Day 2. Whether the Seer wants to reveal him/herself or not is completely up to them. Why would what I have to say make the Seer come out? If the Seer comes out because of what I said then this village deserves to be doomed.

[Firefoot]

Well, I had hoped not to vote so soon but I am falling asleep even as I write this.

++Formendacil

is my vote.

Edit: Cross-posting with Boromir, who is getting extremely defensive now...

[Boromir88]

Edit: Cross-posting with Boromir, who is getting extremely defensive now...

Defensive, nah, just appalled at the seemingly low intellegence level of the village. So here's your options as I see it.

1) Hang me today. Waste a day, and cry over my death about how wrong and sorry you are for losing me. Then lament "Why oh why did we hang him? He only told us he was innocent 50,000 times." (And apparently that's what it's taking and I'm still not getting through. I've never seen thicker skulls in people, honestly.

or

2) Actually be productive for once and hang a wolf.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

OK, I awoke early with a name on my mind, but before I vote I'm catching up with previous posts to see what others are thinking.

I'm uncomfortable with morm's assertion that he and Firefoot are innocent and should therefore vote late. Anyone who states with such certainty that another is innocent is either a wolf who knows, or the seer. (I would not dare to call anyone a known innocent yet!) Not yet uncomfortable enough to make either of them my prime suspect though.

Firefoot's post-by-post analysis of me amuses me, as it takes me more seriously than I take myself! However, it is right and proper to leave no one and no factor out of the total picture. The only ones who know my innocence are the wolves, and possibly the seer.

I'm startled over Boro's "You'll all pay if I die." He's doing a pretty good job of keeping his statements confusing. Either he's on to something with his third time vote for Formy, in which case his defensiveness is a desperate warning, or he's being stubborn. Enca's vote for him could be one wolf trying to save another, i.e. Formy.

I do take Boro's thoughts that the wolves could be setting Fea up for lynching seriously, though I'm not sure. She is still an uncertain factor for me, but not top on my list yet. As for Fea's comment on my blog entry, well - duh! You wouldn't expect me to come out and claim anything but innocence on a blog that is read almost exclusively by Downers, would you? And that during the game! I may be a newbie to this game, but I'm not stupid. Anyway, the blog is only for sharing funny comments with those who know me but are not reading here. Besides, while I'm still alive here, I don't have much time to do anything else to blog about, do I?!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Nothing I've read makes me change my mind, so I will vote now. Again, my main reason is the argumentation concerning both previous votes, which incriminates Enca, in my opinion. Therefore:

++Encaitare

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

As for Fea's comment on my blog entry, well - duh! You wouldn't expect me to come out and claim anything but innocence on a blog that is read almost exclusively by Downers, would you? And that during the game! I may be a newbie to this game, but I'm not stupid. Anyway, the blog is only for sharing funny comments with those who know me but are not reading here. Besides, while I'm still alive here, I don't have much time to do anything else to blog about, do I?!

I'll admit that I wasn't expecting to find "Mwahahaha, those foolish villagers still don't suspect me!" However I also wasn't expecting to find game-related comments at all. They can be so easily misconstrued. That's why I haven't been using game-related away messages on AIM. Encai would be able to see them, as well as a few others. I've refrained from using a few funny comments as new sigs because they'd likely be mistaken for things. That's why your blog struck me into comment.

In any case... I'm noticing a bit of a let's vote Formendacil trend tonight, which I'm not all that opposed to, given my misgivings toward him.

But is there any way that we could orchestrate a double lynching between him and Underhill? It would clear up the nagging doubts that many of us seem to have about Underhill, and would clear up the suspicion surrounding Formy. If you want explanation as to why I think it would be permissable to kill two people intentionally on one night, reread my really long post from this afternoon (EST).

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Sorry to double-post, but I've only just realized that I'd like to go to bed and then sleep really late tomorrow, as it's my only day off from classes and I need the rest.

That means that I'm voting now for

++Mister Underhill

Before, his quiet "playing dumb" nature bothered me because we all know that he isn't dumb. Then I started rereading the thread and realized just how many people suspected him. Then I realized that I suspected him, and that was quite the shock to learn. Here I'd been vaguely concentrating on B88 and LMP. I guess that's what I get, being distracted by Rëâl Lìfè and all of its complications. Not saying B's innocent, mind, just that I currently think Mister Underhill is the bigger problem to be solved tonight.

[mormegil]

Lhuna – 1 (TGWBS 1)
Formendacil 2 – (Boromir 2, Firefoot 5)
Fea – 1 (Formendacil 3)
Boromir - 1 (Encaitare 4)
Encaitare - 1 (Esty 6)
Mister Underhill - 1 (Feanor 7)

This leaves Lhuna, Underhill and me left to vote. I will continue to wait it out and if I need to make or break a tie depending upon what I see I will do it.

[the phantom]

"You know, I think littlemanpoet and Eomer had the right idea."

Everyone in the tavern turned to look at Estelyn.

"What do you mean, Esty?" asked Encaitare.

"Well, you see," began Estelyn, "Those two both had a talent, and they used it to combat the wolves. Maybe we should try and find ways our skills can be used to combat the wolves!"

"Well, that's a nice thought," said the guy who be short, "But what're you going to do, Esty, sneak up on the wolves and sew them into straightjackets? Ha ha! Or maybe shoot needles at them with a mini-bow?"

The villagers all laughed, though they tried to hold it in to spare Esty's feelings (except Boromir, who guffawed uproariously as he pointed at Esty and slapped his knee).

"No, I'm serious!" shouted Esty. "Maybe I can't do much, but there are some others among you who can! Firefoot for instance- you know all about herbs and plants. You need to look through all your old books and such and see if there isn't some sort of plant-juice or something that can be used to detect wolves."

"Oh, I get what you're saying!" exclaimed Firefoot. "Maybe we're not great warriors like Eomer and littlemanpoet and so we can't take on the wolves physically, but you're right- we can try to use what skills we have to aid the village. I'll get started on some herb-based werewolf strategies immediately!"

The idea caught on with the rest of the village, and everyone got up to go get to work on something that would benefit the village.

"I'm going to go make a special watch stone," said Mister Underhill. "It'll be really useful. I'll make it so whenever werewolves come near, it comes to life and fights them while calling 'Werewolf in the village! Werewolf in the village!'"

"I'm going to analyze everyone's droppings," said Formendacil. "Perhaps the people that are werewolves have slightly different excrement."

(to be continued)

[mormegil]

Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

I'm uncomfortable with morm's assertion that he and Firefoot are innocent and should therefore vote late. Anyone who states with such certainty that another is innocent is either a wolf who knows, or the seer. (I would not dare to call anyone a known innocent yet!) Not yet uncomfortable enough to make either of them my prime suspect though.

That is fine and I respect that however I stand by my assessment of Firefoot. If I don't start believing that somebody is innocent then what is the point? You need to filter innocents from the culpable and I feel that I can give Firefoot enough of my trust though it appears that she won't be around to vote at the end with me.

Let me reexplain why I am waiting. First I am innocent and it's generally believed that I am. There have been too many late votes where ties were made and broken to make me believe wolves weren't involved somewhere. What I hope is to minimize the wolfish influence and hopefully bag a wolf or two.

[the phantom]

Around dinner time, the villagers gathered in the tavern.

Firefoot and Lhuna walked in with a bowl containing some strange sort of liquid. They also were carrying a large rotten board. After everyone else had arrived, Mister Underhill staggered in carrying a large stone figure.

"So, did anyone have any luck with their project?"

"Well," said Firefoot, "I had some luck. Lhuna, the healer, helped me a bit. We found a book that said if you drop a hair from someone's arm in a brew of dandelion milk, apple juice, and shredded wolf's bane, and then pour it over a rotten board, words will appear on the board revealing any genetic secrets about the person you took the hair from."

"Wow! That's great!"

"Yeah! I say we try it- right now!"

"Woah, everyone- I don't have enough ingredients to go trying it on everyone. Dandelions aren't in season right now, and I only have twelve in my store- just enough for one bowl of the stuff."

"Well, if that's the case," said mormegil, "Then we need to first decide who our main suspect is and try the stuff on them to see if we should go ahead and lynch them."

"Well, hold on a minute there!" cut in Boromir. "First let's find out what sort of success Formendacil and Underhill had with their projects."

Formendacil slumped down in his chair. "I analyzed every toilet in town, and I couldn't find any unusual droppings. Apparently, when wolves are in their human form all of their functions are completely human."

"How about you, Underhill?" asked Fea, staring at the large stone figure he had carried into the tavern. The stone was carved in the shape of a man sitting cross-legged with his hands resting in his lap.

"I think making the type of watch stone that I promised earlier is a bit beyond my skill," replied Mister Underhill.

"So, you don't think that there watch stone will come to life to fight wolves and yell out an alert?" questioned Enca.

"No."

"Then what does it do?"

"Well... this is kind of embarrassing, but... whenever someone nearby says 'Werewolf'..."

Suddenly the watch stone stood up and began the most ridiculous dance. Mister Underhill covered his face. Then the stone started yodeling. Everyone in the room covered their ears and began filing out of the door, but as soon as it had started, it stopped. The figure closed its mouth and sat down.

"So," said the guy who be short, "Your figure there doesn't fight Wer-, umm, I mean wolves, it just sings and dances when someone says it?"

"Says what?"

"You know- it."

"Aahh- he said the word!" cried a passing Knight Who Says Ni.

"Well, it looks like Firefoot's serum is the only thing we have to work with," said Esty. "Oh well. So- who should we test it on?"

Several names were said, but more people said Formendacil than any other name.

"All right then, Formendacil, come over here and sit by me so I can take one of your hairs," said Lhuna.

Formendacil looked none to pleased, but he complied.

After Lhuna and Firefoot had taken the hair and mixed it with the brew, Lhuna grabbed the rotten board and set it on the table. Firefoot poured the contents of the bowl onto the board.

"Okay- let's see if it reveals Formendacil's genetics like it said."

As the astonished villagers looked on, words began to appear on the wood.

"They're really faint! Can anyone make out what they say?!"

"I think I can!" cried Fea, who had very sharp eyes. "It says 'If you look closely at Formendacil, you will find micro elf dna'."

"What?"

"I'm not elvish," said Formendacil.

"Are you sure?"

"Um, do I look like I have elvish blood?" asked the very homely gong farmer.

"I suppose not."

Everyone sighed.

"So, the brew is worthless! It didn't tell us anything!" complained Boromir.

"Wait!" cried Fea, "More words are appearing!"

This time, everyone could read the words- "PS- he's also a wolf".

"KILL HIM!!!" yelled Boromir. All of the villagers grabbed the closest heavy object they could find.

Formendacil jumped onto the table and snarled at the villagers. He had been found out, but he was determined to either escape or take one of the villagers with him. His body quickly changed into its wolf form.

"Touch me and your healer is dead!" growled Formendacil as he plucked Lhunardawen from her seat and held her high above his head. But the villagers did not heed his words. They rushed him from all sides, swinging chairs, knives, candlesticks, and other various items.

Formendacil howled in pain as a knife pierced his foot. He kicked out at the villagers and flung Lhuna across the room. Her neck snapped as she hit the wall head first.

"I'll kill you all!" yelled Formendacil as he leaped off the table onto morm and Fea, knocking them to the floor. As he raised his hands to strike them, Boromir jumped at him from behind and drove his long dagger into Formendacil's skull.

The werewolf fell to the floor with a thud.

"HA!" shouted Boromir, "I finally got him!! I TOLD you he was a Werewolf!"

Fea and Enca hugged. TGWBS high fived Esty. Mister Underhill's watch stone danced and yodeled.

Living-

• mormegil (messenger)
• the guy who be short (dwarf)
• Encaitare (jewel smith)
• Boromir88 (insulting man from Dor-Lomin)
• Firefoot (naturalist/herbalist)
• Feanor of the Peredhil (tavern wench)
• Estelyn Telcontar (seamstress)
• Mister Underhill (itinerant drúadan watch-stone maker)

Dead-

• the phantom (Moderator- captured by Sauron and slain by wolves on Night 1)
• Anguirel (Ordinary- beaten to death by villagers on Day 1)
• Eomer of the Rohirrim (Hunter- died bravely battling wolves on Night 2)
• Cailin (Werewolf- slain by Hunter on Night 2)
• Shelob (Ordinary- beheaded on Day 2)
• littlemanpoet (Ranger- ambushed by wolves on Night 3)
• Lhunardawen (Ordinary- killed by Werewolf on Day 3)
• Formendacil (Werewolf- taken down by villagers on Day 3)

Score: Villagers- 7, Werewolves- 1

It is now night. If you post on this thread during the night I will kill you.

Wolf, Seer- I need your picks by 12:30 AM EST.

[the phantom]

Sauron was in a foul mood. He knew that the villagers of Erbar Telamarth were a talented bunch, but he never expected to be down to his last wolf by the end of Day 3.

Sauron knew that this night could very well be his wolf's last chance to kill, so he wanted to make sure his wolf made as damaging a kill as possible. He had been deep in thought for the entire night, strenuously searching for the best possible target.

And now, the search was over. Sauron had found his target.

No wonder this village has been tough he thought. Erbar Telamarth has a Seer.

Sauron stood and faced the village. He remained rooted in place, completely still, for half an hour. A distant howl suddenly interrupted the silence. Sauron lowered himself onto his throne and smiled devilishly.

They don't have a Seer any more!