Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXIII: Journey to Hy Brazil

[The Saucepan Man]

Bah! I deduced that the Wolves would be gunning for poor hapless Glirdan. I am rather surprised that he attracted quite so many votes though. Looks like all three Wolves and the innocent Lover, plus one innocent, voted for him (in addition to Caran). If I’m right, it means that they were under pressure, which is good.

No surprise about Caran's death, though I am saddened by it, as she was showing good sense.

Some points to pick up on from yesterDay:

Originally Posted by Taliesin

Firefoot brings up a great point about the Durelin / Sauce relation. Sauce does a very good job of keeping Durelin between the odd 'I'm watching her' and the 'She seems innocent'. Never really confirming her innocent, but never giving any theory about her wolfishness either …

… Again, Saucepan Man here defends Durelin trying to clear her of any suspicion, while throwing suspicion on two other unknown females.

Make your mind up. Am I "never confirming her innocent" or "trying to clear her of suspicion"? Actually, over the last few Days, I have made it pretty clear that I think Durelin innocent. I harboured some doubts as to whether she might be the innocent Lover, but they are now cleared.

Originally Posted by Firefoot

This is the second time he has used that phrase toDay: "of wolvishness at least." Doesn't want to lie?

This is risible. I am not Feanor of the Peredhil. I can assure you that, if I was Durelin’s Lover, I would be doing a much better job of hiding it. I would certainly not be conspicuously defending her.

Looks like the Wolves will probably be gunning for Durelin and me toDay. Fellow remaining innocents, you have a choice. Either you trust me or you die. It's as simple as that.

Originally Posted by Taliesin

Possible Wolves: SpM, Glirdan, Gurthang.
Could go either way: Anguirel, Firefoot, Kath.
Tend to think innocent: Lalaith, TGWBS.
Innocents: Caran and Durelin (SpM's lover).

How ridiculous to suggest that the three remaining Wolves are likely to be male, given that the one we killed was male. But rather convenient if you are the innocent Lover, which of course you are Taliesin, aren’t you. You have shown far too little sense to be wholly innocent and, since you are clearly not a Wolf, the conclusion is obvious.

Originally Posted by Gurthang

I'm just wondering, was there anything specific that changed your mind, Saucepan?

Simple. By the end of the Day, I was more sure of Firefoot being a Wolf than I was of you.

Originally Posted by Gurthang

I think it might be relevant to note that we have 9 people left on the ship, and 4 among us do not have everyone's best interests at heart. Not a good situation. We really need to get a wolf toDay.

We should have got a Wolf yesterDay. But I would like to note, for the benefit of the Lovers, that they better start helping us innocents to catch some Wolves, or they don’t have much chance of winning the game either.

Anyway, this is how it is:

Wolves: Firefoot, Kath. Gurthang
Innocent Lover: Taliesin
Innocents: SpM, TGWBS, Lalaith, Durelin

I am not 100% sure about Gurthang being a Wolf, and therefore not completely certain of the innocence of Anguirel or TGWBS.

I suspect that Firefoot is probably Taliesin's Lover, although I am by no means certain. It could be Kath.

In any event, I think that we should lynch either Firefoot or Kath toDay. My choice would be Firefoot. So, without further ado:

+ + FIREFOOT

That's how certain I am.

Who knows? If I am right about Firefoot being the Wolf Lover, perhaps her fellow Wolves will vote for her.

EDIT: Cross-posted with Firefoot, whose latest post just makes me all the more certain that I am right.