Tol-in-Gaurhoth LI: The Pain of Wargs

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Gaunt and Gwathagor didn't even try to debate with Diamond. They had accused her of murder and determined to slay her with righteous vengeance. She batted them off with jests for a while, but as the rage grew in their eyes, and the battle-fury rose to an unstoppable height, she transformed from the form of the True Warg Diamond into the glorious figure of the ally of Manwë and Aulë, those bringers of Warg death. Ulmo was here.

He gave a terrible, piercing shriek, but the Wargs leapt upon him, howling with the pain of all their fellows, and especially the will of those who had been deviously slaughtered by these despicable fiends: for SamwiseGamgee, for Kitanna, for Groin Redbeard, for Nogrod, for Shastanis Althreduin, for Rune Son of Bjarne, for Gollum the Great, for Mithalwen, and for Kath; but also for Legate of Amon Lanc, for Brinniel, for Thinlómien, and for Diamond, who let us not forget were also slain and used in such a reprehensible way by the Valar: these magnificent Wargs were avenged by Gwathagor and Gaunt, brave warriors who, with great honour, tore Ulmo to shreds there in the sacred place of the Wargs. And so this tale has been preserved, by the friends and descendents of Gwathagor and of Gaunt.


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The Dead

SamwiseGamgee (Guardian)
Kitanna (Warg)
Groin Redbeard (Warg)
Nogrod (Warg)
Legate of Amon Lanc (Manwë)
Shastanis Althreduin (Warg)
Rune Son of Bjarne (Seer)
Gollum the Great (Warg)
Mithalwen (Warg)
Thinlómien (Aulë)
Kath (Warg)
Diamond (Ulmo)

Victorious

Brinniel (Melkor)
Gwathagor (Warg)
Gaunt (Warg)

The End

[Mithalwen]

Now master Eomer - please will you explain what was going on with the prophecies and particularly Melkor?

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I don't know what to say. The narration seemed pretty obvious to me.

[Mithalwen]

But would something have happened on the third day if Manwe hadn't been lynched? Would Melkor have started killing on his/her own account. All that pair stuff was doing my head in....

And who did Rune dream of. Did he dream of me? I thought my game was over when he was killed and shown to be the seer.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Indeed, Eomer, I believe perhaps some more elaboration would be good for us simple-minded ones All I can tell you other folks is that at the moment I became Manwë - at the beginning of Day 3, until then, I was a perfectly normal Ordo who had no idea what is going to happen - I was given the identity of the two other "baddies" and could talk to them. Not that it remained for long... but I had no idea about Brinniel, nor about any bond between us, and I would like to know what was Brinniel's role.

Anyway, besides that, a nice game, Eomer - and these prophecies and other things just made it more interesting (although a little confusing...) And it was nice to play with all of you others too, although I have to add, it would have been far, far better had people participated more in this game (already from the beginning). WW is indeed about discussion and not about silence...

And just a last thing, I must say it was very, very, very unfortunate that I was already suspected quite enough already as an Ordo ( ) so I was lynched quite easily. See? How unjust! Suspected, while innocent; and when guilty at last, lynched for something I even haven't done! - Because from large part, I was lynched for something I did when innocent! How rude!

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Indeed, I have a couple of regrets about this game, both of which were understandable and difficult to avoid, though. It was a shame some players couldn't participate more, but really this can't be helped; it happens sometimes.

Also about the Manwë and Melkor idea. It would have been nice to see them survive longer than one day. Unfortunately my options were very limited, because some people couldn't be relied upon to participate, and also I didn't want to pick anyone Rune had dreamed about. I had hoped for a bit of a chase, actually, with Legate slowly realising he was under attack from an unknown source; however, as it happened Brinniel didn't have to do anything to get the victory.

I was actually worried when those two disappeared, that the game would be a wash-out. Thankfully, it survived, and the players made it work.

A couple of points about specific players. I've been sad this whole time that Samwise was killed the first day. As a couple of you may know, he is one of the pillars of the Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation thread, and this game was designed partly to entertain him! Conversely, delighted that my friend Gaunt gained such success on his first Werewolf outing.

Mith, I'm sure Rune will be happy to tell you about his Seer escapades. Yes, he discovered your innocence.

Oh, and one other thing: they were not wolves. You people really need to get into the spirit of the story.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Well, and also, with the cry "where is everybody", I am sure we are waiting to know things like:

- Who did Rune dream about? (Excellent job anyway, btw. And just so that you know, it was me who nailed you, to warm my own soup a bit and I gave you away to the Wolves - they did not have a clue about who might be the Seer - or so I heard - but I suspected you from being something special, and possibly rather Seer than anything else, from the start.)
- Why did Wolves pick the ones they picked? (Okay, now Lommy is not around, but hopefully tomorrow by this time or after that, or if Di is around and has some spare time, she could tell us.)

Oh, and apologies to our poor Ranger You see, at lest I really thought you a Wolf... that's what happens when the village is too democratic yet too undecided

EDIT: x-ed with Eomer. Yup, and okay, substitue "Wolves" for "nassty Valar"... But hey, you still did not actually say what was Melkor supposed to do! Or, respectively, what were his powers! And what he knew! And what was his objective! I mean, come on!

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Brinniel knew that you were Manwë, Legate. Her sole objective was to get you lynched. As it happened, it was a non-event because the village had decided to kill you anyway.

I also thought Rune did a great job as Seer. His information regarding Mith and Kath was very clear to the village. Kudos, then, to you Legate for catching him, even though he had done significant damage already.