Tol-in-Gaurhoth CXIV – The Evil Breath of Morgoth in Dor-lómin, game thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thinlómien · 05-15-2020, 02:12 PM

Shasta -> THE Ka
Rune -> Eönwë
Greenie -> THE Ka 2
QT -> Brinn
THE Ka -> Brinn 2
Brinn -> THE Ka 3
Lottie -> THE Ka 4
Boro -> THE Ka 5
Lommy -> THE Ka 6

To vote: Eönwë, Kath

Kath · 05-15-2020, 02:18 PM

Brinn from the QT again? We've just finished watching Cats so I'm just seeing her as having nine lives now. She's been the pick so often now it just feels like the QT must have some information we simply don't.

That said, it is evidently Ka for the lynch now, so let's see where this takes us.

++THE Ka

Eönwë · 05-15-2020, 02:27 PM

Well it hardly matters at this point what I vote, but here's hoping that we at least learn something.

++THE Ka

Boromir88 · 05-15-2020, 02:31 PM

Huh.

And now we wait for 30 minutes. I'll take it.

This is the most epic and strangest and weirdest werewolf ever. Regardless of the outcome, it's an absolute nerve-wracking pleasure.

Thinlómien · 05-15-2020, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boromir88

This is the most epic and strangest and weirdest werewolf ever. Regardless of the outcome, it's an absolute nerve-wracking pleasure.

Ditto. It's been absolutely insane.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogrod

As it is a done deal, you'll get the narration already at the DL.

Yay!

Loslote · 05-15-2020, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boromir88

This is the most epic and strangest and weirdest werewolf ever. Regardless of the outcome, it's an absolute nerve-wracking pleasure.

Agreed. This has been a fantastic game so far, I've been on the edge of my seat many Days in a row.

Boromir88 · 05-15-2020, 02:47 PM

All the fireworks were earlier. We all deserve a cool down DL at least once. Recharge and back again for the weekend.

Nogrod · 05-15-2020, 02:32 PM

As it is a done deal, you'll get the narration already at the DL.

Nogrod · 05-15-2020, 03:00 PM

It was an odd day, this one. The opinions were more polarized: people were more secure on what they thought, having logical and rational arguments to back them, but they continued to differ widely on their conclusions - sometimes even with themselves. No wonder, some people started to freak out a little.

Even though it looked first like a race between some totally other people, in the end Indor – who had been suspected by many, but maybe in a milder manner – started to gain prominence in the voting.

When he realized he was going to be quarantined, he started mildly: "Let me give you a riddle instead..." But suddenly he turned black in fury. “I’m not going to go down as a “lesser candidate” you just can agree upon!”

His soft and light grey eyes flashed into bright red colour and white foam streamed from his mouth. He was growing in size, his sinews breaking, unable to cope with the new proportions.

Sadly, from his POV (as a puppet of Morgoth, that is), the three soldiers and Húrin were fast enough to catch and tie him down while in the middle of transformation into something Angband only knew what it would have been. Tightly in the ropes the magic withered away and people only saw a deeply disturbed and grieving poor old soul, trembling in fever and sweating uncontrollably.

“Get him inside and see that he gets water, bandages and clean linens”, Húrin ordered. Aerin rushed to take care of her father while Gethron and Algund saw to it there wouldn’t be no more surprises from the old man who now seemed to have lost all his willpower.

“So, he was one of… them?”, Morwen asked her husband – well, it was not really a question, but she felt she needed some verification for what she had just seen.

Húrin nodded thoughtfully and glanced to the children at her wife’s feet. "There’s still two more to find out”, he murmured silently.

There was a tear in Morwen's eye. "I miss little Túrin so much..." she whispered to her husband. "And I'm dying for fear for our little lily... will there ever be laughter again if something happens to her?"

Húrin grasped her hand and nodded comfortingly. "I promised old Halmir to watch after young Brandir. I'm not going to let little laughter off my eye either".

~*~

Dead, yes dead

Nogrod – “The Badger”, the Mod (dead on Night1)
Urwen – Glóredhel, healthy person (withered away in grief during Day2)

Quarantined

Galadriel55 – Andróg, the Cobbler (voted into QT on Day1)
Rikae – Haldir, formerly healthy person (infected by the shady Infectors on Night2)
Huinesoron – Hareth, an Infector (voted into QT on Day2)
Kitanna – Huor, the Ranger (infected in the woods by the Infectors on Night3)
Sally – Túrin, the Hunter (voted into QT on Day3)
Macalaure – Grithnir, healthy person (dragged into the QT by the Hunter on Day3)
Legate of Amon Lanc – Asgon, healthy person (infected sneakily on Night4)
Lhunardawen – Sador, an Infector (voted into QT on Day4)
Lalaith – Rían, healthy person (overrun and infected by the Infectors on Night5)
Inziladun – Halmir, healthy person (voted into QT on Day5)
Pitchwife – Turin’s Nurse, healthy person (infected by the Infectors on Night6)
THE Ka – Indor, an Infector (voted into QT on Day6)

Hanging around

Thinlómien
Loslote
Kath
A Little Green
Boromir88
Brinniel
Eönwë
Rune Son of Bjarne
Shastanis Althreduin

It's now Night 7

Sleeping is overrated.

Nogrod · 05-16-2020, 03:00 PM

Húrin, Morwen and the children had moved to the guesthouse after their last visitor had been quarantined. Even if it was truly embarrassing, it was much more comfortable there than in the back of the barn where they had spent their nights after the Great Hall had been made into the Quarantine-house. Now they had real beds, several rooms to choose and, what Húrin valued the most, some privacy.

That didn’t help him to sleep though. After securing that his family was asleep and the doors were locked, he sneaked into the Night to be alone with the stars. He knew the Valar, or something, was trying to aid him finding answers. He had fallen in a kind of trance every night under the starry sky and felt being approached by something. Like that night his brother was attacked.

Just before the dawn, as he was coming back from his half-dreams, he heard noises somewhere from behind him. Húrin stood up quickly unsheathing his sword, but there was no one there. He listened closely for the night. The air was tense, but there was nothing.

Then he heard it again. It was coming from the direction of the Guesthouse. Terror filled his heart as he rushed towards his family yelling “Drego Morn!” as he ran.

There were black shapes dashing all around him to the left and right – whether they were real or just some trickery of Morgoth, Húrin had no time or mind to find out. Suddenly he felt a blow in his forehead, coming out from the darkness. Time stopped.

Then he heard a yell. A yell of a terrified child!

Dashing off from the ground he realized he had hit a low branch of the village oak. He cursed his mindless splurging but hadn’t time to pay heed to anything but the sound he had just heard.

Getting finally round the corner of the Great Hall he reached the Guesthouse only to hear the screaming of Morwen and cries of Lalaith from inside – but what stopped him was the mauled and shivering body of little Brandir hanging in ropes from the doorway – all covered with blood, pleghm and sweat. He was hardly conscious, whining quietly his pain.

Húrin fell on his knees in front of the child and burst into tears.

~*~

Dead, yes dead

Nogrod – “The Badger”, the Mod (dead on Night1)
Urwen – Glóredhel, healthy person (withered away in grief during Day2)

Quarantined

Galadriel55 – Andróg, the Cobbler (voted into QT on Day1)
Rikae – Haldir, formerly healthy person (infected by the shady Infectors on Night2)
Huinesoron – Hareth, an Infector (voted into QT on Day2)
Kitanna – Huor, the Ranger (infected in the woods by the Infectors on Night3)
Sally – Túrin, the Hunter (voted into QT on Day3)
Macalaure – Grithnir, healthy person (dragged into the QT by the Hunter on Day3)
Legate of Amon Lanc – Asgon, healthy person (infected sneakily on Night4)
Lhunardawen – Sador, an Infector (voted into QT on Day4)
Lalaith – Rían, healthy person (overrun and infected by the Infectors on Night5)
Inziladun – Halmir, healthy person (voted into QT on Day5)
Pitchwife – Turin’s Nurse, healthy person (infected by the Infectors on Night6)
THE Ka – Indor, an Infector (voted into QT on Day6)
Shastanis Althreduin – Brandir, healthy little child (outrageously infected on Night7)

Hanging around

Thinlómien
Loslote
Kath
A Little Green
Boromir88
Brinniel
Eönwë
Rune Son of Bjarne

It’s now Day 7

It is time to have a discussion.

Loslote · 05-16-2020, 03:03 PM

Two more wolves. It's gotta be Eonwe, and I'm almost positive the other one is Brinn. I don't want to go around counting any chickens, but I think we're in a good position here.

THE Ka · 05-15-2020, 02:47 PM

Day is ended,
Dim my eyes,
But the QT long before me lies.
Farewell friends! I hear the call,
The village is pushing me into the Hall.
Foam is white, and eyes are red,
I'm not quite finished with the dead.
Lists are spreading, role guessing is free,
Who do we really believe is the seer?
Try asking next time in the QT.

It's been lovely everyone, but it looks I'm needed for a kiki in the QT.

Brinniel · 05-15-2020, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boro

All the fireworks were earlier. We all deserve a cool down DL at least once. Recharge and back again for the weekend.

Just got out of my meeting. I agree it's nice to have things calmer at the end for once. Hopefully we are right about this lynch.

05-15-2020, 02:12 PM	#1
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Shasta -> THE Ka Rune -> Eönwë Greenie -> THE Ka 2 QT -> Brinn THE Ka -> Brinn 2 Brinn -> THE Ka 3 Lottie -> THE Ka 4 Boro -> THE Ka 5 Lommy -> THE Ka 6 To vote: Eönwë, Kath __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-15-2020, 02:18 PM	#2
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Brinn from the QT again? We've just finished watching Cats so I'm just seeing her as having nine lives now. She's been the pick so often now it just feels like the QT must have some information we simply don't. That said, it is evidently Ka for the lynch now, so let's see where this takes us. ++THE Ka __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

05-15-2020, 02:27 PM	#3
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Well it hardly matters at this point what I vote, but here's hoping that we at least learn something. ++THE Ka __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

05-15-2020, 02:31 PM	#4
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Huh. And now we wait for 30 minutes. I'll take it. This is the most epic and strangest and weirdest werewolf ever. Regardless of the outcome, it's an absolute nerve-wracking pleasure. __________________ Fenris Penguin

05-15-2020, 02:47 PM	#7
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	All the fireworks were earlier. We all deserve a cool down DL at least once. Recharge and back again for the weekend. __________________ Fenris Penguin

05-15-2020, 02:32 PM	#8
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	As it is a done deal, you'll get the narration already at the DL. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

05-15-2020, 03:00 PM	#9
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Night 7 / Closing Day 6 It was an odd day, this one. The opinions were more polarized: people were more secure on what they thought, having logical and rational arguments to back them, but they continued to differ widely on their conclusions - sometimes even with themselves. No wonder, some people started to freak out a little. Even though it looked first like a race between some totally other people, in the end Indor – who had been suspected by many, but maybe in a milder manner – started to gain prominence in the voting. When he realized he was going to be quarantined, he started mildly: "Let me give you a riddle instead..." But suddenly he turned black in fury. “I’m not going to go down as a “lesser candidate” you just can agree upon!” His soft and light grey eyes flashed into bright red colour and white foam streamed from his mouth. He was growing in size, his sinews breaking, unable to cope with the new proportions. Sadly, from his POV (as a puppet of Morgoth, that is), the three soldiers and Húrin were fast enough to catch and tie him down while in the middle of transformation into something Angband only knew what it would have been. Tightly in the ropes the magic withered away and people only saw a deeply disturbed and grieving poor old soul, trembling in fever and sweating uncontrollably. “Get him inside and see that he gets water, bandages and clean linens”, Húrin ordered. Aerin rushed to take care of her father while Gethron and Algund saw to it there wouldn’t be no more surprises from the old man who now seemed to have lost all his willpower. “So, he was one of… them?”, Morwen asked her husband – well, it was not really a question, but she felt she needed some verification for what she had just seen. Húrin nodded thoughtfully and glanced to the children at her wife’s feet. "There’s still two more to find out”, he murmured silently. There was a tear in Morwen's eye. "I miss little Túrin so much..." she whispered to her husband. "And I'm dying for fear for our little lily... will there ever be laughter again if something happens to her?" Húrin grasped her hand and nodded comfortingly. "I promised old Halmir to watch after young Brandir. I'm not going to let little laughter off my eye either". ~~ Dead, yes dead* Nogrod – “The Badger”, the Mod (dead on Night1) Urwen – Glóredhel, healthy person (withered away in grief during Day2) Quarantined Galadriel55 – Andróg, the Cobbler (voted into QT on Day1) Rikae – Haldir, formerly healthy person (infected by the shady Infectors on Night2) Huinesoron – Hareth, an Infector (voted into QT on Day2) Kitanna – Huor, the Ranger (infected in the woods by the Infectors on Night3) Sally – Túrin, the Hunter (voted into QT on Day3) Macalaure – Grithnir, healthy person (dragged into the QT by the Hunter on Day3) Legate of Amon Lanc – Asgon, healthy person (infected sneakily on Night4) Lhunardawen – Sador, an Infector (voted into QT on Day4) Lalaith – Rían, healthy person (overrun and infected by the Infectors on Night5) Inziladun – Halmir, healthy person (voted into QT on Day5) Pitchwife – Turin’s Nurse, healthy person (infected by the Infectors on Night6) THE Ka – Indor, an Infector (voted into QT on Day6) Hanging around Thinlómien Loslote Kath A Little Green Boromir88 Brinniel Eönwë Rune Son of Bjarne Shastanis Althreduin It's now Night 7 Sleeping is overrated. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet... Last edited by Nogrod; 05-15-2020 at 03:06 PM.

05-16-2020, 03:00 PM	#10
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Day 7 Húrin, Morwen and the children had moved to the guesthouse after their last visitor had been quarantined. Even if it was truly embarrassing, it was much more comfortable there than in the back of the barn where they had spent their nights after the Great Hall had been made into the Quarantine-house. Now they had real beds, several rooms to choose and, what Húrin valued the most, some privacy. That didn’t help him to sleep though. After securing that his family was asleep and the doors were locked, he sneaked into the Night to be alone with the stars. He knew the Valar, or something, was trying to aid him finding answers. He had fallen in a kind of trance every night under the starry sky and felt being approached by something. Like that night his brother was attacked. Just before the dawn, as he was coming back from his half-dreams, he heard noises somewhere from behind him. Húrin stood up quickly unsheathing his sword, but there was no one there. He listened closely for the night. The air was tense, but there was nothing. Then he heard it again. It was coming from the direction of the Guesthouse. Terror filled his heart as he rushed towards his family yelling “Drego Morn!” as he ran. There were black shapes dashing all around him to the left and right – whether they were real or just some trickery of Morgoth, Húrin had no time or mind to find out. Suddenly he felt a blow in his forehead, coming out from the darkness. Time stopped. Then he heard a yell. A yell of a terrified child! Dashing off from the ground he realized he had hit a low branch of the village oak. He cursed his mindless splurging but hadn’t time to pay heed to anything but the sound he had just heard. Getting finally round the corner of the Great Hall he reached the Guesthouse only to hear the screaming of Morwen and cries of Lalaith from inside – but what stopped him was the mauled and shivering body of little Brandir hanging in ropes from the doorway – all covered with blood, pleghm and sweat. He was hardly conscious, whining quietly his pain. Húrin fell on his knees in front of the child and burst into tears. ~~ Dead, yes dead* Nogrod – “The Badger”, the Mod (dead on Night1) Urwen – Glóredhel, healthy person (withered away in grief during Day2) Quarantined Galadriel55 – Andróg, the Cobbler (voted into QT on Day1) Rikae – Haldir, formerly healthy person (infected by the shady Infectors on Night2) Huinesoron – Hareth, an Infector (voted into QT on Day2) Kitanna – Huor, the Ranger (infected in the woods by the Infectors on Night3) Sally – Túrin, the Hunter (voted into QT on Day3) Macalaure – Grithnir, healthy person (dragged into the QT by the Hunter on Day3) Legate of Amon Lanc – Asgon, healthy person (infected sneakily on Night4) Lhunardawen – Sador, an Infector (voted into QT on Day4) Lalaith – Rían, healthy person (overrun and infected by the Infectors on Night5) Inziladun – Halmir, healthy person (voted into QT on Day5) Pitchwife – Turin’s Nurse, healthy person (infected by the Infectors on Night6) THE Ka – Indor, an Infector (voted into QT on Day6) Shastanis Althreduin – Brandir, healthy little child (outrageously infected on Night7) Hanging around Thinlómien Loslote Kath A Little Green Boromir88 Brinniel Eönwë Rune Son of Bjarne It’s now Day 7 It is time to have a discussion. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

05-16-2020, 03:03 PM	#11
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Two more wolves. It's gotta be Eonwe, and I'm almost positive the other one is Brinn. I don't want to go around counting any chickens, but I think we're in a good position here. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

05-15-2020, 02:47 PM	#12
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	Day is ended, Dim my eyes, But the QT long before me lies. Farewell friends! I hear the call, The village is pushing me into the Hall. Foam is white, and eyes are red, I'm not quite finished with the dead. Lists are spreading, role guessing is free, Who do we really believe is the seer? Try asking next time in the QT. It's been lovely everyone, but it looks I'm needed for a kiki in the QT. __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?