Werewolf IIX - Tra la la lally, here down in the Saga, ha ha!

[arcticstorm]

Unfortunately, there is still not much to go on. and with at least two or three, maybe more, who have not yet voted, this day could still go either way. BUt I am convinced that random voting may be needed. But the most important thing right now, is not to allow more than one person to die, with one or two people who may still get tied with Mithalwen in the last hour of voting. Even though I am no way near as suspicious of him as I was originally, I reluctantly must post my vote for

++Mithalwen

[SamwiseGamgee]

Well, by my understanding the voting looks like this:

Mith: 9
Gurthang: 2
Meneltarmacil: 2
Firefoot: 1
Alcarillo: 1
Durelin: 1

Most interesting. It does seem that the campaign against Mithalwen is gathering a head of steam, doesn't it- surely this hasn't been aided by the silence of said individual over such a period of time.

So, mormegil, it would appear you are viewing me with suspicion. I am no bangwaggoner (?), let me tell you. I voted for Mith because (1) I didn't think I'd be online again before day ended and (2) with that in mind, on the balance of probabilities I thought Mith the most suspicious. Now, however, my mind is in turmoil. I wonder if in fact you, mormegil are one of those nocturnal blood-letters. Random patterns of accusation and a predisposition to making good looking lists may seem the innocent work of a bumbling alchemist, but I'm not so sure. Alas, I have cast my vote and so little can be done. Nonetheless, my voice should be heard.

[The Saucepan Man]

SamwiseGamgee - your list is correct save that I believe that Gurthang attracted 3 votes (lmp, Mithalwen and Gil-Galad).

Having recalculated, I see that it was dancing spawn's vote and not mine that sealed Mith's fate. Ah well, I voted believing that it was down to me and I will not be shirking my responsibility for participating in her death (whether she be guilty or innocent) simply because it was not.

[Oddwen]

And so all at once it was decided. Mithalwen, who was always so generous with her excellent cheeses, would be the first to be lynched.

"I hope the rest of the Village realizes the sacrifices they're making," muttered Mith. "Sacrificing cheese for revenge..."

Saucie looked dismayed. "Aye, I did enjoy the ale and cheese tasting."

But die Mith must, the why had been told, how was now the big question.
After deliberation, they rigged up a gallows not far up the mountain out of an old tree that had somehow grown with a bend as if it had forseen the use o't.

"Well Mith, if you are innocent, no hard feelings, eh?"

Mith levelled her steelly glare at the speaker.

"You're all cheddar heads, you know? Out of all the Villagers you had to choose me."

"I think it was a "gouda" choice," muttered one. "Get it? Gouda...ah, never mind."

One moved closer to place the rope around Miths neck. With a snarl, Mith exploded!

The Villagers gasped in horror at the transformation! Eyes they had thought so kindly before went blood red and fairly glowed. Hands previously so genarous with cheese clawed the air as if to shred it to bits, and ears once thought shapely, well-rounded and shell-white went pointy and...hairy.

As one man, crying "You Meunster!" the Villagers forced the rope over Mith's neck, and pulled the stepstool from underneath her.

Mith tried to shout curses at her executors, but all that came out were strangled growls. Her struggles grew less, and with a not-at-all-called-for obscene gesture at the crowd, the body suddenly went limp and dead.

The Villagers immediately started an impromptu square dance, accompanied by Laitaine who played in a key that was not minor.

They had killed a Werewolf, and on the first DAY no less!

Living:

Alcarillo
Arcticstorm
littlemanpoet
Boromir88
CaptainofDespair
Dancing Spawn
Durelin
Enca
Firefoot
Gil-Galad
Gurthang
Laitaine
Lalaith
Menel
Mormegil
Nonnacedak
SamwiseGamgee
Saucie
Wilwa

Dead:
Mithalwen (Werewolf) Lynched by Villagers on DAY 1

This is precidented! And unexpected!
DAY one is ended, it is now NIGHT two. Wolves may PM, Sherriffs may not.
I need names from the remaining Wolves, the WereBear, the Ranger, the Hunter, and the Seer.

[Oddwen]

The Villagers awoke suddenly the next morning. What was that sound that just occured? A pop, a crackle, a snap? Then came another noise - an earth-shattering ear-splitting heart-rending mind-bending toe-tapping eye-batting atogether bad-sounding crash.

Hastily, they threw on what clothes they could reach, and assembled in the Village Square, which was actually hexagon in shape, but that doesn't come into this tale.

What was that smell that did have a part in the tale, which was told met their nostrils? That of ale and beer and wine? Had Saucie belched? Nay, he vehemently denied that. Then, a horror caught their eye. The bar...the Ugly Duckling...was it gone?!?

They started towards it, but many cast themselves the ground and wept, unable to go on. Few ended up at the wreck, and those that did were sore tempted to weep also. There were bear tracks everywhere. Bear hair was caught on splinters of wood, a tree nearby was scored fourteen feet high with claw marks, and the mangled body of poor Alcarillo was coated with beer and bear saliva.

Such a wailing had never visited Hamlet, and it seemed as if it would never end. They treated the body of Alcarillo with the respect you'd expect for a bartender, and debated what to do with the ex-bar.

They were arguing wether it was best to set the ruins on fire, when suddenly they noticed that the voice of their alchemist hadn't spoken up on the chemical danger yet. Horrified, they counted what Villagers were left. Yes...they were only seventeen.

There was a mad rush to his house, which fortunately was still standing. A hope unlooked for sprung into their hearts.
"Maybe he slept through that!" they said to themselves. After all, Mormegil was slightly deaf from many so-called "Controlled Volatile Experiments". "Yeah, after all, The Mormegil cannot be slain, save by mischance, or an evil arrow from afar."

Knowing this, they passed on knocking and went straight inside. There he was, lying in his bed, covers pulled all the way up so his feet stuck out.

Funny, they thought, we don't remember him having red sheets....red? Uh-oh.

Fearing the worst, they pulled the covers back. Seeing the worst, they jumped back.

Morm's head was almost completely blown away. They noticed then a strange burnt smell in the air, which they had at first taken as some experiment gone awry. The walls and ceiling were spattered with blood, which spoke of a explosion.

Apparently, the Wolves had stuck firecrackers in Morm's (always the heavy sleeper) ears, and set them alight.

Pinned to the bedstead, they found a note reading thusly:

Morm go BOOM!

"They didn't bother to rhyme," they said in relief. Then they turned the paper over.

So will this ROOM!

Screaming, they exited the building (fortunately avoiding a jam in the doorjamb) and hurled themselves to the ground as the building exploded in colored flames behind them.
So began another DAY.

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Living:

Arcticstorm
Boromir88
CaptainofDespair
Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant
Durelin
Encaitare
Firefoot
Gil-Galad
Gurthang
Laitaine
Lalaith
littlemanpoet
Meneltarmacil
Nonnacedak
SamwiseGamgee
The Saucepan Man
Wilwa

Dead:

Oddwen (Mod) - Skeletonized by Wolves on NIGHT 1
Chicken (Poultry) - Crushed by a bear on NIGHT 1
Mithalwen (Werewolf) - Cheesily lynched on DAY 1
Alcarillo (Villager) - Smashed to bits on NIGHT 2
Mormegil (Villager) - Blown away on NIGHT 2


DAY 2 will end in 24 hours. Wolves, stop PMing, Sherriffs may start.
Please embolden your votes.

[The Saucepan Man]

Alas poor Alcarillo and mormegil. And alas poor Alcarillo's bar. I knew it intimately.

Unfortunately, they were both likely suspects to die since it was evident from yesterday's proceedings that they were most probably innocent - of Werewolvery at least. Mormegil's "random" accusation of Mithalwen helped to flush her out and Alcarillo's vote was one of the decisive moments of the "bandwaggon" against her. I salute them both posthumously for their important roles in our good fortune on DAY 1.

And fortunate indeed it is that Mithalwen turned out to be a Wolf. Not only because we now have one less of the fiends to deal with, but also because over half of the remaining Villagers voted for her and the voting was tight throughout most of the Day.

More in a moment when I have sorted my thoughts ...

[Meneltarmacil]

LMP doth not really stande out as being suspicious to me. Yes, he mightst be ye Seere, ye Cobbler, or possibly even a Beaste, but his poste doth not give him much reason to suspecte any of these things. He did say that he’d be unable to say anything else and that doth explaine why he woulde be silente afterwards, and why he voted so quickly. It was lucky that he caused Mithalwen to jump on his bandwagon, though.

Those who voted for Mith should be investigated in mine opinion. It is certainly possible that a Wolfe woulde vote for her to cast off suspicion, and if so, only one Wolfe woulde probably be found among them. However, as there is also a Beare in our midste, more than one foule beaste may be among them.

Gil-Galad’s vote for Gurthang looketh suspicious to me (ye Saucepan Man noticed this earlier), as his vote tied Gurthang and Mithalwen for ye most votes immediately after my vote placed Mith in ye position to be lynched. Almost as if he was trying to keep her from yon gallows...

In defense of myself, I pointe oute that I was already suspicious of Mithalwen before anyone voted for her.

Finally, to appease yon Animal Rights Activiste, I suggeste using ye guillotine for lynchings, as it maketh for a quick deathe unlike ye gallows.

[The Saucepan Man]

Here is a summary of the voting on Day 1 which, I believe, may well assist us in our deliberations today. It is in the order in which each vote was cast and identifies the state of the voting after each vote cast.

1. LMP for Gurthang (Gurthang 1)
2. Mithalwen for Gurthang (Gurthang 2)
3. CaptainofDespair for Mithalwen (Gurthang 2; Mithalwen 1)
4. SamwiseGamgee for Mithalwen (Gurthang 2; Mithalwen 2)
5. Durelin for Firefoot (Gurthang 2; Mithalwen 2; Firefoot 1)
6. Meneltarmacil for Mithalwen (Gurthang 2; Mithalwen 3; Firefoot 1)
7. Gil-Galad for Gurthang (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 3; Firefoot 1)
8. Boromir88 for Mithalwen (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 4; Firefoot 1)
9. Alcarillo for Mithalwen (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 5; Firefoot 1)
10. Nonnacedak for Mithalwen (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 6; Firefoot 1)
11. Mormegil for Meneltarmacil (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 6; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 1)
12. Laitaine for Alcarillo (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 6; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 1; Alcarillo 1)
13. Gurthang for Durelin (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 6; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 1; Alcarillo 1; Durelin 1)
14. Lalaith for Menltarmacil (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 6; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 2; Alcarillo 1; Durelin 1)
15. Arcticstorm for Mithalwen (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 7; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 2; Alcarillo 1; Durelin 1)
16. Dancing spawn for Mithalwen (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 8; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 2; Alcarillo 1; Durelin 1)
17. The Saucepan Man for Mithalwen (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 9; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 2; Alcarillo 1; Durelin 1)
18. Firefoot for Mithalwen (Gurthang 3; Mithalwen 10; Firefoot 1; Meneltarmacil 2; Alcarillo 1; Durelin 1)

Did not vote: Encaitare and wilwarin538 (although wilwa had earlier explained that she might not be able to vote).

Now, I believe that all of those who voted early on for Mithalwen are probably innocent of Werewolvery. The voting was too tight for another Wolf to risk casting a vote for her throughout much of the day. So I am fairly confident that the following are not Wolves (although any one of them, with the exception of course of Alcarillo, might still be the Black Beorning):

CaptainofDespair
SamwiseGamgee
Meneltarmacil
Boromir88
Alcarillo (as the Night’s events have so unfortunately proved)
Nonnacedak

CaptainofDespair and SamwiseGamgee could have been voting thinking that the votes would not accumulate as they did. But this would have been risky for a Wolf because much suspicion had already been cast in Mithalwen’s direction before the votes against her began to stack up.

I would also conclude that Gurthang is probably no Wolf because Mithalwen voted for him when there was a lot of suspicion against him. I do not believe that she would have voted for another Wolf in those circumstances.

Arcticstorm, dancing spawn, Firefoot and The Saucepan Man (yes, that’s me) all voted for Mithalwen when her death seemed likely or was a foregone conclusion, so their innocence is perhaps less easy to determine from the outcome. However, arctictorm and Firefoot both voiced firm suspicions against Mithalwen earlier in the Day. Dancing spawn’s vote sealed Mith’s fate and, although Mith was probably a gonner already given that I had indicated that I would most likely be voting for her and wilwa had said she was unlikely to vote, I really have no basis for suspecting her. Her contributions yesterday seemed sensible and helpful to our cause. As for me, I had already indicated that I would most probably be voting for Mithalwen before arcticstorm and dancing spawn voted. And I can assure you that I am neither Wolf nor Black Beorning.

In light of the above, I believe that we should today focus on those who went against the “bandwagonning” for Mithalwen. Of these, we can of course discount mormegil (who was in any event, as I have said, instrumental in flushing her out). The others are:

Durelin
Gil-Galad
Laitaine
Lalaith

Of these, I would say that Gil-Galad is particularly suspicious because he tried to switch the votes back on Gurthang just when they were beginning to gather for Mithalwen. With his vote, he brought it back to a tie between them. At the very least, he has a case to answer. I am also curious about Durelin’s seemingly random vote for Firefoot. She seemed very keen to divert the Village away from the ‘obvious’ suspects, one of whom we now know to have been a Wolf.

And we should not forget littlemanpoet who voted rashly yesterday for someone who I believe is not a Wolf, and who was mildly defended by Mithalwen.

The remaining two Villagers are Encaitare and wilwarin538, neither of whom voted. Wilwa gave advance warning that she might not be able to and, although that does not clear her, it makes her less suspicious in my eyes. Encaitare, on the other hand, contributed only once (and rather aggressively so) and chose not to vote. I suspect that she may be the Cobbler.

Based on the analysis above, my current main suspects are as follows (in order of suspicion):

1. Gil-Galad
2. Durelin
3. Laitaine
4. Encaitare
5. Lalaith
6. LMP

Of course, all of the above is aimed at hunting down a Wolf. I realise that it does not help us at all in identifying the Black Beorning. But then what do we have to go on as far as the Bear is concerned? I would dearly like to track him or her down too, but I fear it may be difficult. Does anyone have any ideas on that score?

[Gil-Galad]

Hear Ye Hear Ye Sad news again for the death of two residents of our fair village! Mormegil and Alcarillo! Tis a shame

[Lalaith]

What an extraordinary 24 hours in this village. The slaying of a werewolf the first day is unprecedented indeed. I for one did not think a wolf would be as talkative as Mithalwen was.
But I am very sorry for the loss of Alcarillo and Mormegil, they were deep-thinking insightful members of our community who could have made useful contributions in this dreadful time.
I don't know what the rest of you think but I am inclined to absolve the first four on Saucie's list of votes for Mithalwen, of being werewolves.
That is not to say that one of them couldn't be the cobbler or the Black Beorning. Neither of the Cobbler or the BB knows who is a wolf or a villager any more than the rest of us do, am I right?