Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXXVI Game Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 08-03-2007, 06:54 AM

That is not fair Fea waving my drug of choice before my nose...... Mayhem is my natural state...

Mithalwen · 08-03-2007, 06:56 AM

If I am wrong, truly I am sorry but I am going "all in" - I think is the term but no doubt my Poker guru will correct me if wrong. Holby is you are a wolf - well played my friend.

I will abstain.

Boromir88 · 08-06-2007, 04:23 PM

Well after dipping my hand into modding, I must say it was great fun. I just wish I could be more committed on a daily basis so I could do it 'full time'

Also, I would like to tell the Wolves just excellent job, I really loved the tricks and games all three of you played. I wondered the same thing as Holby...why isn't she dead? But your plan was just so cunning and so evil I really wanted you wolves to pull it off.

Lalwendë · 08-10-2007, 04:49 AM

That was rather good fun

Though disappointingly short for me this time around. So when's the next game then???!!!

I am now aware of how sneakily Sauce plays, which shall be useful in future (mua-ha-ha) and am more scared than ever of Phantom and Kath. I knew Mithalwen was innocent though, so my instincts proved correct there at least!

the phantom · 08-10-2007, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lal

and am more scared than ever of Phantom and Kath

Well, Kath I understand seeing as she devoured our village, but me? I was but a simple Ordo. CoD was the other devil.

Kath · 08-15-2007, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

That was rather good fun

Though disappointingly short for me this time around. So when's the next game then???!!!

I am now aware of how sneakily Sauce plays, which shall be useful in future (mua-ha-ha) and am more scared than ever of Phantom and Kath. I knew Mithalwen was innocent though, so my instincts proved correct there at least!

Mwaha! Lal is truly hooked now.

Hope you do live longer next game, I'd love a chance to play with you properly without that pesky being on opposite sides and trying to kill each other thing.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-03-2007, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

That is not fair Fea waving my drug of choice before my nose...... Mayhem is my natural state...

I apologize... I am unnecessarily cruel at heart.

Mithalwen · 08-03-2007, 06:57 AM

Holby, I am innocent ..quite well wrong.... but innocent...

Mithalwen · 08-03-2007, 06:58 AM

I mean maybe quite well wrong .... and now am going. One way or another this is the end ...... *closes eyes and hopes for the best*

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-03-2007, 06:59 AM

Casually waits two minutes to make sure there's no last minute change of heart.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-03-2007, 07:02 AM

The Day is over. Any further posts will result in broken fingers and a lot of frowning.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-03-2007, 08:19 AM

The two laugh during the day, though only where their voices cannot be heard.

The village, it would seem, hosts many descendants of Seers, for as the day passes, several more step forth.

CaptainofDespair steps forth looking mildly bashful, admitting he maybe should have revealed himself sooner, but had hoped to find another wolf. And lo! he had, for he reveals Holby as a wrongdoer, as well as Gil-Galad.

Gil-Galad, in his turn, jumps to his feet and cries many things, not least of which is "No! I'm the true Seer!"

As the village watches, he points a shaking finger toward CaptainofDespair and Kath, sweet Kath, who has gone mostly unnoticed in this village. Kath and Cap meet each others' eyes, raising dubious eyebrows.

Holby, from her modest perch upon the side of the well, says, "This is ridiculous. We cannot possibly have so many Seers. Unless perhaps one of the evil ones is also possessed with Sight..."

Her thinking aloud trails to silence and she identifies CaptainofDespair with as much certainty as her previous assertions about Wolfpan.

Mithalwen closes her eyes, craving mayhem, trying with everything in her to remain calm, collected, and beyond addiction.

The wolves smile. A mistake today means one thing: their planning has paid off. The village is theirs.

SeerofDespair votes for Seer-Galad. Kath quietly attaches her vote to the least stable member of the village.

HolbytSeer campaigns for CapSeer, admitting no knowledge of the final wolf.

Mithalwen sits shaking, seeing the mayhem she so desires within reach.

Seer-Galad votes for CapSeer, convinced of his guilt.

The confusion is tangible. Ghost laughter fills the air. Mithalwen is frozen.

The sun sets upon a tied village, with Mithalwen abstaining from both voting and chaos.

CapSeer grins. Seer-Galad winces; his ruse has not helped the village.

CapWolf's claws extend, his teeth lengthen, and his frame converts to one devoid of humanity. He dashes toward Gildinary Villager and proceeds to mangle his flesh with all available weapons. The rest of the village jumps to help, just slightly too late. Gil is dead, with a branch shoved through his chest, his face mutilated beyond recognition. Yet also dead is CaptainofDespair, his mouth dripping blood.

---

The three villagers step away from the mess, eyes searching for a sweeter sight than the pile of dripping flesh beside them.

As they walk toward the village, Mithalwen hears a whisper in her ear. "Thank you."

She begins to turn and the wolf behind her snaps her neck, letting her fall.

Holby speaks. "You know, Kath, I never expected to live this long."

"But our ruse worked so prettily. All we needed was enough uncertainty for the village to ruin itself. It was beautiful, was it not?"

"From the very beginning, you worked to destablize our community. The Saucepan Man told us of the threat... he's the one who filled the people with terror."

"He told the truth."

"Mangled in such a way as to help your evil cause!"

Kath grins. "Certainly. We wolves are opportunists. Why work to destroy a village when we can watch it tear itself apart from a distance?"

Holby sighs. "So this is the end?"

"Did you doubt it would end this way?"

"Doubt? No. But it is a mark of the brave and the good to have hope even where certainty fails."

"Hope is a fool's game."

"Hope is all there is." she says simply.

Kath leans in, admiring one single shimmering claw as it extends in the moonlight. "Then hope for an afterlife, pretty Seer."

---

The victory is not as sweet as she might have hoped. Kath walks through the graveyard in her human form, eying so many fresh mounds. She pauses beside the graves of Wolfpan and Wolftain, letting tears fall. Opportunistic they may be, and though they may sacrifice one for the good of the many... wolves belong to packs. And Kath stands amongst the moonlit headstones, eying the end.

She wipes her tears and moves on, leaving the village forever, a lone wolf to carry on.

She will find another village, more villagers willing to bear the torment that is being half-human. She will turn them. She will build another pack. Perhaps in the next village, their win will be sweeter, with less blood and tears. Perhaps next time every villager will become pack.

For is that not what everyone desires? A pack of many; a pack of all.

World peace.

---

Dead

Night One: Boromir88 (scholar) and Fea (wife)
Day One: Legate (innocent), Durelin (innocent), Menel (innocent)
Night Two: Brinniel (innocent)
Day Two: Shasta (innocent)
Night Two: Lalwendë (innocent)
Day Three: The Saucepan Man (wolf)
Night Three: the phantom (innocent)
Day Four: Captainof Despair (wolf) and Gil-Galad (innocent)
Night Four: Mithalwen (innocent) and Holby (Seer)

Alive

Kath

---

WOLVES WIN

Holbytlass · 08-03-2007, 08:29 AM

That was FABULOUS!!
Very, very impressive strategy dear wolves. I believe a(n) historical moment, actually letting the seer live. My hat off to you three.
It is over and I can stop shaking now.

It was fun being on the brink and having things so uncertain-at least for us villagers.

Thank you mods, Feanor and Boromir.

08-03-2007, 06:54 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	That is not fair Fea waving my drug of choice before my nose...... Mayhem is my natural state... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-03-2007, 06:56 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	If I am wrong, truly I am sorry but I am going "all in" - I think is the term but no doubt my Poker guru will correct me if wrong. Holby is you are a wolf - well played my friend. I will abstain. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-06-2007, 04:23 PM	#3
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Well after dipping my hand into modding, I must say it was great fun. I just wish I could be more committed on a daily basis so I could do it 'full time' Also, I would like to tell the Wolves just excellent job, I really loved the tricks and games all three of you played. I wondered the same thing as Holby...why isn't she dead? But your plan was just so cunning and so evil I really wanted you wolves to pull it off. __________________ Fenris Penguin

08-10-2007, 04:49 AM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	That was rather good fun Though disappointingly short for me this time around. So when's the next game then???!!! I am now aware of how sneakily Sauce plays, which shall be useful in future (mua-ha-ha) and am more scared than ever of Phantom and Kath. I knew Mithalwen was innocent though, so my instincts proved correct there at least! __________________ Gordon's alive!

08-03-2007, 06:57 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Holby, I am innocent ..quite well wrong.... but innocent... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-03-2007, 06:58 AM	#9
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I mean maybe quite well wrong .... and now am going. One way or another this is the end ...... closes eyes and hopes for the best __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-03-2007, 06:59 AM	#10
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Casually waits two minutes to make sure there's no last minute change of heart. __________________ peace

08-03-2007, 07:02 AM	#11
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	The Day is over. Any further posts will result in broken fingers and a lot of frowning. __________________ peace

08-03-2007, 08:19 AM	#12
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	The two laugh during the day, though only where their voices cannot be heard. The village, it would seem, hosts many descendants of Seers, for as the day passes, several more step forth. CaptainofDespair steps forth looking mildly bashful, admitting he maybe should have revealed himself sooner, but had hoped to find another wolf. And lo! he had, for he reveals Holby as a wrongdoer, as well as Gil-Galad. Gil-Galad, in his turn, jumps to his feet and cries many things, not least of which is "No! I'm the true Seer!" As the village watches, he points a shaking finger toward CaptainofDespair and Kath, sweet Kath, who has gone mostly unnoticed in this village. Kath and Cap meet each others' eyes, raising dubious eyebrows. Holby, from her modest perch upon the side of the well, says, "This is ridiculous. We cannot possibly have so many Seers. Unless perhaps one of the evil ones is also possessed with Sight..." Her thinking aloud trails to silence and she identifies CaptainofDespair with as much certainty as her previous assertions about Wolfpan. Mithalwen closes her eyes, craving mayhem, trying with everything in her to remain calm, collected, and beyond addiction. The wolves smile. A mistake today means one thing: their planning has paid off. The village is theirs. SeerofDespair votes for Seer-Galad. Kath quietly attaches her vote to the least stable member of the village. HolbytSeer campaigns for CapSeer, admitting no knowledge of the final wolf. Mithalwen sits shaking, seeing the mayhem she so desires within reach. Seer-Galad votes for CapSeer, convinced of his guilt. The confusion is tangible. Ghost laughter fills the air. Mithalwen is frozen. The sun sets upon a tied village, with Mithalwen abstaining from both voting and chaos. CapSeer grins. Seer-Galad winces; his ruse has not helped the village. CapWolf's claws extend, his teeth lengthen, and his frame converts to one devoid of humanity. He dashes toward Gildinary Villager and proceeds to mangle his flesh with all available weapons. The rest of the village jumps to help, just slightly too late. Gil is dead, with a branch shoved through his chest, his face mutilated beyond recognition. Yet also dead is CaptainofDespair, his mouth dripping blood. --- The three villagers step away from the mess, eyes searching for a sweeter sight than the pile of dripping flesh beside them. As they walk toward the village, Mithalwen hears a whisper in her ear. "Thank you." She begins to turn and the wolf behind her snaps her neck, letting her fall. Holby speaks. "You know, Kath, I never expected to live this long." "But our ruse worked so prettily. All we needed was enough uncertainty for the village to ruin itself. It was beautiful, was it not?" "From the very beginning, you worked to destablize our community. The Saucepan Man told us of the threat... he's the one who filled the people with terror." "He told the truth." "Mangled in such a way as to help your evil cause!" Kath grins. "Certainly. We wolves are opportunists. Why work to destroy a village when we can watch it tear itself apart from a distance?" Holby sighs. "So this is the end?" "Did you doubt it would end this way?" "Doubt? No. But it is a mark of the brave and the good to have hope even where certainty fails." "Hope is a fool's game." "Hope is all there is." she says simply. Kath leans in, admiring one single shimmering claw as it extends in the moonlight. "Then hope for an afterlife, pretty Seer." --- The victory is not as sweet as she might have hoped. Kath walks through the graveyard in her human form, eying so many fresh mounds. She pauses beside the graves of Wolfpan and Wolftain, letting tears fall. Opportunistic they may be, and though they may sacrifice one for the good of the many... wolves belong to packs. And Kath stands amongst the moonlit headstones, eying the end. She wipes her tears and moves on, leaving the village forever, a lone wolf to carry on. She will find another village, more villagers willing to bear the torment that is being half-human. She will turn them. She will build another pack. Perhaps in the next village, their win will be sweeter, with less blood and tears. Perhaps next time every villager will become pack. For is that not what everyone desires? A pack of many; a pack of all. World peace. --- Dead Night One: Boromir88 (scholar) and Fea (wife) Day One: Legate (innocent), Durelin (innocent), Menel (innocent) Night Two: Brinniel (innocent) Day Two: Shasta (innocent) Night Two: Lalwendë (innocent) Day Three: The Saucepan Man (wolf) Night Three: the phantom (innocent) Day Four: Captainof Despair (wolf) and Gil-Galad (innocent) Night Four: Mithalwen (innocent) and Holby (Seer) Alive Kath --- WOLVES WIN __________________ peace

08-03-2007, 08:29 AM	#13
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	That was FABULOUS!! Very, very impressive strategy dear wolves. I believe a(n) historical moment, actually letting the seer live. My hat off to you three. It is over and I can stop shaking now. It was fun being on the brink and having things so uncertain-at least for us villagers. Thank you mods, Feanor and Boromir. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII