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Old 05-17-2006, 03:32 PM   #521
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Sorry Firefoot, but you are wrong in this. (Or evil, perhaps.)

Don't want to vote Celuien either.

++VALIER

Attack on Roa seems too weird to me. Seemed to slide into trouble with her thoughts on the phantom and is trying to scramble out of it. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:33 PM   #522
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White-Hand Counting update!

1. Azaelia --> Eomer (Eomer-1)
2. Nilp --> Azaelia (Eomer -1, Azaelia-1)
3. Celuien --> Alcarillo (Eomer-1, Azaelia-1, Alcarillo-1)
4. Diamond --> Azaelia (Eomer-1, Azaelia-2, Alcarillo-1)
5. spawn --> Azaelia (Eomer-1, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1)
6. Thin --> Eomer (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1)
7. Sleepy --> Fea (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1, Fea-1)
8. Fea --> Roa (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1, Fea-1, Roa-1)
9. mormegil --> Alcarillo (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-1)
10. Kath --> Valier (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-1, Valier-1)
11. Gurthang --> Azaelia (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-1, Valier-1)
12. Valier --> Roa (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1)
13. Cailín --> Celuien (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1, Celuien-1)
14. Kitanna --> Celuien (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1, Celuien-2)
15. Firefoot --> Eomer (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1, Celuien-2)
16. Eomer --> Valier (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-2, Celuien-2)
17. Jenny --> Valier (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-3, Celuien-2)

28 minutes to go...
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:33 PM   #523
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Time I need to vote:

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Old 05-17-2006, 03:37 PM   #524
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Here's a point I might not get to make tomorrow. Thinlomien is forever saying "Oh, it looks like the voting's between him and her today" — always giving us a shortlist (well, it happened at least twice!). That looks quite silly, especially the way voting has gone today as a number of people have their necks on the line.

Could this be construed as malicious in any way?
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:41 PM   #525
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Here's a point I might not get to make tomorrow. Thinlomien is forever saying "Oh, it looks like the voting's between him and her today" — always giving us a shortlist (well, it happened at least twice!). That looks quite silly, especially the way voting has gone today as a number of people have their necks on the line.

Could this be construed as malicious in any way?
Of course it could but I rather believe it's merely a bit short sighted. She seems to not consider that things change and when she does say them the count and the atmosphere would suggest so. I find no reason in doing this but I don't see much harm in it but possibly could be coupled with a bit of the oddities associated with Thinlo but currently I think her innocent.
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:42 PM   #526
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I doubt that seriously, Eomer. It seems less like malice, and more like an attempt to instill order in what could easily end up being a chaotic situation.

well, I hate to create a 4 way tie, but I don't believe in the guilt of either Eomer or Zali, and I think Valier is just a highly misguided innocent who needs to read things more carefully.

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The points made by Spawn were enough to convince me. I'm afraid that's all I really have time for right now.
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:42 PM   #527
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I know this is in the Narration, but I find this extremely odd as well......Weaving TALES are we? You know....this sounds like Roa's making alot of bluffing stories....I know we shouldn't use this, but where does it say that there isn't a shred of truth in the deaths?
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:44 PM   #528
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I can't believe I have to leave.

Well, I might not see you again. I'd love to share some words of wisdom in case you do lynch me but I have nothing useful to say. So I'll just hope you don't kill me. I'll tell you this though: I'm not the Seer. I'm a completely ordinary villager. So if you want to make sure you're not killing the Seer then kill me. I know I haven't been especially useful in this game but there you have it.

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Old 05-17-2006, 03:44 PM   #529
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Well, I hate to create a 4 way tie, but I don't believe in the guilt of either Eomer or Zali, and I think Valier is just a highly misguided innocent who needs to read things more carefully.
Actually, I think Zali is still in the lead with four votes. Eomer, Valier and I all have three unless I've miscounted.

Well, if I die today, at least I'll be able to go with a clear conscience.
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:47 PM   #531
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Actually, I think Zali is still in the lead with four votes. Eomer, Valier and I all have three unless I've miscounted.
Ah, I see. I missed Nilp's vote. My bad.
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All right, this looks like I'm jumping on a bandwagon, but my internet connection was down and I haven't really had time to explain my thinking...

++Celuien

I don't really feel good about voting for any of the choices. I was leaning towards Zali, but I just don't want to vote for her when she's not here, for obvious reasons. And I had missed the points on Celuien, too. Sorry if you're innocent, Celuien!
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Six more people left to vote and less then ten minutes left in the game......Dun, Dun DUUUUHHH!!! (Those were sound effects if you couldn't tell)

Edit: make that five...
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There's now a tie between Zali and me.
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If the tie remains unbroken, which of us dies? I have a feeling that either way we've lost an innocent.
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Voting Update

1. Azaelia --> Eomer (Eomer-1)
2. Nilp --> Azaelia (Eomer -1, Azaelia-1)
3. Celuien --> Alcarillo (Eomer-1, Azaelia-1, Alcarillo-1)
4. Diamond --> Azaelia (Eomer-1, Azaelia-2, Alcarillo-1)
5. spawn --> Azaelia (Eomer-1, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1)
6. Thin --> Eomer (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1)
7. Sleepy --> Fea (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1, Fea-1)
8. Fea --> Roa (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-1, Fea-1, Roa-1)
9. mormegil --> Alcarillo (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-1)
10. Kath --> Valier (Eomer-2, Azaelia-3, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-1, Valier-1)
11. Gurthang --> Azaelia (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-1, Valier-1)
12. Valier --> Roa (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1)
13. Cailín --> Celuien (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1, Celuien-1)
14. Kitanna --> Celuien (Eomer-2, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1, Celuien-2)
15. Firefoot --> Eomer (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-1, Celuien-2)
16. Eomer --> Valier (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-2, Celuien-2)
17. Jenny --> Valier (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-3, Celuien-2)
18. Roa --> Celuien (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-3, Celuien-3)
19. Caran --> Celuien (Eomer-3, Azaelia-4, Alcarillo-2, Fea-1, Roa-2, Valier-3, Celuien-4)
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Oh dear, I knew I shouldn't have left it so long to vote.
Well, I don't think Zali is the most likely wolf, she's too like Naria if you know what I mean.
I would rather keep Eomer around for a while, I'm inclined to trust him. (Although look at my instincts about Nogrod, completely out, but there you go...)
So as I've been uneasy about her since yesterday anyway, I'll go for

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If the tie remains, Zali goes because she reached 4 first.

EDIT: Cross-posted with Lalaith, who broke the tie...
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You were right the first time, Valier. The current non-voters are:

Lhuna, Glirdan, Alcarillo, Oddwen, and Eonwe.

Edit: removing Lal from my list.
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I forgot to mention Valier, sorry...I'm not happy about her either and will look at her more closely tomorrow, if we are all spared....
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Well, there you have it. I'm toast unless two votes show up in the next five minutes.

When will they ever learn?


I am innocent. And I die with no stain of joining the team that killed my husband.

Best of luck to all of you anyway. Get those wolves and that dastardly EW for me!

Fare well.
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And yes, take a good look at the bandwagoners on me tomorrow. You may find an EW or wolf in there.
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Of course, now the EW will kill Valier just to make me look guilty.
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Now that would be funny!!!^^^
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Voting is now done.

Evil Wizard, pick a player to curse.

Good wizard, pick a player to scry.

Seer, pick a player to dream.

Werewolves, nominate one player to kill.

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I would find it less so.

Edit: EEP! Cross posted with the Mod! Sorry!
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Day Three Ends

Moon-of-Earth-Girl. Lhunardawen had not always been sad. Hers had been a happy childhood. Whereas she took after her mother in appearance, she took after her father in outlook. It was as she began to grow older that the swinging battledores were less often hidden. Lhuna would run from the house rather than witness her father thwacked for yet another practical joke or prank greeted with wrath.

When she found Eonwe, she felt that she had her means to happiness. That was before three miscarriages, two still births, and a sole surviving toddler drowned in a freak riptide. Lhuna had been on the beach when it happened, near the Watcher rock when it happened. When she could not see her baby anywhere, she panicked and sought help from nearby villagers. It was many hours later that they found the little body washed up on the shore. Stone faced and numb, she had carried the inert form past the Watchers, and looked up at them: tears streamed down their faces. She melted in grief.

When the curse came, and her grandfather was the first to be killed, Lhuna hid herself away. She listened a little to the discussions, but lynching did not seem a thing to be done. Cold hearted and cruel, it seemed to her, and she could hardly bring herself to vote that first day. On the second day she wandered in the fields and did not attend any of the discussions. She came back into Sealville just as the sun was setting; to her horror, her father was being lynched. "No!" she cried, but no one heard her. To her greater horror, she watched her very own mother step forward to kick the stool away that would kill the man she had married. Greatest horror of all, her father changed into something ghastly before her eyes. Something in her snapped. She wandered back into the fields and hills, and slept under the unseeing stars. None came for her; they had more pressing matters, those who prowled the night streets.

On the third day, she stayed away yet again, but not amongst the hills. She needed to be closer to the Watchers, for it seemed to her that they would offer some protection, or at least give the fleeting impression that such protection might just be possible.
~ * ~
Celuien was so named by her father Mormegil because she was a fountain of joy to him. This was less so when she chose Saucy for her husband, but joyful she remained. A bright spirit she was in the village, and chose to be a healer ..... and cupper, learning the arts from a gammer who died not long after and does not come into this tale. So both the herbs and spices she plied, and the leech and cup as well, both in good measure.

When the curse came to the village, it was hard on Celuien to lose her husband one night, then one of her daughters the following night. Harder yet came the realization that her late daughter was no doubt the cause of her husband's demise. It left her shaken and a bit loose with her tongue.

"You probably think I'm the evil wizard. Well, I'm not."

Those who heard, wondered why she brought the suspicion upon herself, thinking that it was perhaps a ploy to come out early and thus throw off her suspecters late.

"Think what you will of Celuien," said Mormegil, "but my attention is elsewhere. Eomer is a brazen character and wouldn't shirk at the thought of killing off his wolves, looking at the vote for Nogrod indicates he did just that."

"Yes," said Firefot, "Eomer seems alarmingly obsessed with the Evil wizard."

"Eomer makes me nervous," said Feanor.

"I'm just a bit uneasy about Mormegil," Caranlondien said.

"The wolves probably know who each other are," said Diamond. "And what if Eomer's the good wizard?"

"I'm not saying Eomer is innocent, but I am quite surprised by this sudden tidal wave of support for his death," Gurthang asserted.

"Ack!" Diamond cried. "This is downright suicide inducing!"

Just then, Lalaith ran up as if she was looking for something. "I'm sorry, I'm going mad," she sobbed. "Where did Elempi put that post, I can't find it."

"What post?" asked Alcarillo. "There are many holding up the buildings and such. Besides, Elempi wasn't doing much besides writing bad poetry."

Eomer spoke up at last. "I'm not the Evil Wizard. I'm not the Good Wizard. I'm not anything but a tired young man who wants to settle down in a peaceful village. This dream does not look as if it will come true. Oh, and Spawn is devastating."

"I'm devastating?" Spawn asked, unbelievingly.

"Spawn is doomed," murmured Gurthang.

"You're always so cheery, my dear boy," Spawn retorted.

"Nilp seems surprising insightful," Mormegil offered.

"On the contrary," Kath objected, "Nilp has been behaving most oddly."

"I must be the worst mother ever," Diamond moaned. Nobody disagreed with her.

And on and on the discussions went until Nilpaurion cast the second vote (Zali had cast the first), but that had been so early that the folk wanted more time to discuss.

Zali was the nominee of choice early. Eomer, Alcarillo, and Roa also garnered a couple of votes. Then Valier started spouting theories, which, rather than gathering momentum, got her nominated for lynching. But the greatest number of votes went to Celuien. Out of twenty votes cast, she received five. It was enough.

"Come, Celuien, my d- No! No!" cried Mormegil. "I can't truss up my own daughter! Even if she did marry a brew gobbing scoundrel!"

"I know!" said a voice that sounded to some like Diamond, to others like Kath, and yet others like Firefoot. "Let's use her cups and leeches to lynch her!"

"No!" Celuien screamed. "That is most untidy!"

But it was to no avail. They tied her to a chair and set the leeches and cups to her arms and legs. She did not stop talking the whole time, but her words became more slurred and weak as the time passed. At last her pallid head dropped for the last time. The villagers waited for a hoped for transformation, or for her to magically wake up and fill back up with her own blood, assuming that the evil wizard had the power to do this. It did not happen.

As the sun was setting they carried Celuien's body to the new graveyard and dug another grave. Mormegil had insisted upon it. "We'll not make the Watchers bury our dead, especially not the innocent ones."

As they dug the grave, Eomer, taking a break, looked down to the shoreline. "Look!" he said. "There's something down there! I wonder if it's a werewolf or something?"

Half of the villagers left off digging and went down to the shore to see what had washed up.

It was Lhunardawn, soaked and without breath. This was no act of village will, nor of the evil wizard. This was a life taken in grief. The shadows lengthened as evening fell. But the shadows seemed darker this day. Those who looked up at the Watchers saw streams of tears. They silently laid Lhunardawen, the phantom, and Naria, side by side next to Celuien, in four new graves. It was late when they returned to the village and to their homes. Not far from anyone's mind was the likely horror of the night. Who would die next?

~ The Tally ~

One evil wizard
One good wizard
Two werewolves
One seer

~ The Dead ~

Elempi, father of Diamond of the Battledore, killed on Night One
Loki the leech collector, lynched on Day One: innocent
The Saucepan Man the barkeep, killed on Night Two: innocent
Nogrod the retired jester, lynched on Day Two: werewolf
the phantom the loud, unpredictable, adventurer
Naria the servant who empties and cleans chamber pots
Celuien the Healer and Cupper
Lhunardawen the jeweler

~ The Living ~

Diamond of the Battledore
Caranlondien the Sled-Team Driver
Roa Aoife the weaver
Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant the Baker
Kath the minstrel
Lommy the little girl who steals other children's candy
Glirdan with the giant crush on Kath
Valier the gardener
Sleepy Ranger the former wanderer
Kitanna the beloved of Eomer
Firefoot the artist
Alcarillo the old retired sea captain
Cailín the match maker
Oddwen the filthy, insane street urchin who steals chickens
mormegil the retired mariner and current mayor
Feanor the shepherdess with a love of alliteration
Zali the seamstress and beloved of the phantom
Jenny Hallu the unmarried maiden & aunt
Lalaith the frivolous aunt and guardian of Oddwen
Eonwe the freeloading husband of Lhunardawen
Eomer the adventurer & lover of Kitanna
Nilpaurion the ne'er do well hubby of Dancing Spawn
Gurthang the stable-hand
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Night Four Deeds

The evil wizard rung both hands in the night. It was dark save for a single candle, hidden from the eyes of would be snoopers, deep underground. The evil wizard had planned to be the evil wizard even before the title and power had been given. None knew of this secret place.

Things were not going well. Worse, the evil wizard was not sure what the source of the trouble was, other than plain bad luck. Only two werewolves! After all the evil wizard had done right! It was as if something more than luck had been plotting for the evil wizard's demise. The evil wizard poured over the list of living villagers, trying to decide which one would make the best curse in this bad situation.

A chill, dank and dread, came into the room. The evil wizard's spine crawled. The room darkened yet more. The Shadow had come. It whispered chill words

"The deaths are too few. Why?"

The evil wizard's voice shook. "I don't have enough werewolves!"

"What can you not achieve with one curse each night?"

"That other wizard! The cowardly one! The cowardly wizard scried on the first night! As if a warning had come!"

"Sssssss!"

"And the cowardly wizard had a hunter that could kill a werewolf in ways the lorebooks never spoke of!"

"Sssssssssssssss!"

"I am not to blame! I have done all you have said!"

"There are other powers at work here. I can smell it," breathed the Shadow. "The Watchers." The darkness lessened in its intensity for a brief moment, and the evil wizard breathed the easier, wondering what was going on. Then the intensity redoubled. "Ah! The Watchers warned the good wizard! I see the imprint of their glamour still hovering upon that night. The hunter also was specially gifted by them. How dare they!!" The evil wizard covered both ears and shrank away, for the Shadow's last words carried in the small room with a fell echo that threatened to rip the evil wizard's body from soul.

"I - I am doing all you ask!"

"The flagrancies of the Watchers I will revenge. Two curses in addition you will make tonight, by my power." Out of the darkness of the Shadow an arm of malice sprung and enveloped the evil wizard. Cold fell power drenched the evil wizard, who smiled a slow smile as the Shadow left the little room.

"Three curses tonight. It shall be an evil night." The evil wizard's smile spread with a sheen of maliced madness.

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The evil wizard chose the curses for the night: three. The evil wizard was rewarded with two werewolves and one seer ungifted. "Curses!" the evil wizard cried unoriginally. "I wanted three werewolves!" But then the evil wizard thought better of it, and that evil grin spread on the evil wizard's face once again.

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Meanwhile the good wizard thought about the villagers and their behavior of late, and chose one to scry. The result was a new gifted, for the villager was not a werewolf nor the evil wizard, and this villager was gifted as the new hunter.

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The seer dreamed that night in relative peace, and learned of the innocence of a second villager. But suddenly the seer's eyes opened and the realization hit that the seer gift was gone.

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The two veteran and two new werewolves were dispatched to kill twice.
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Day Four Begins

Cailín was a happy woman. Match making was so much fun. She had set up Lhunardawen with Eonwe - which should have been a happy marriage, how was Cailín to know there would be so much sorrow? She had hooked up Spawn and Nilp, Saucy and Celuien, and lately Zali with the phantom and Eomer with Kitanna. It was a shame about the curse. All those great matches were falling apart! She turned over in bed. What was a matchmaker to do? She hit upon an idea. Why, Zali needed another match. Eonwe was available now. Then there was Diamond. These werewolves just might do her a favor and kill a wife so that a man would be available. She winced, horrified at what she had just thought. That wince never left her face, for two werewolves descended upon her hungrily. In moments she was eaten, her heart ripped out.

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The good wizard was waiting for dawn to arrive to see who had died, when two werewolves threw themselves into the good wizard's room.

"You'll not kill me, miscreants!" Staff rose, light flared, and the werewolves ran away howling in fear and rage.

They crawled back to the evil wizard to report their failure. The evil wizard, however, smiled in maddening glee.

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The villagers found Cailín at the foot of the Watcher rock. They were horrified at the mangling done to her, and not a few lost their appetites. The werewolves were getting more vicious.

~ The Tally ~

One evil wizard
One good wizard
Four werewolves
One hunter

~ The Dead ~

Elempi, father of Diamond of the Battledore, killed on Night One
Loki the leech collector, lynched on Day One: innocent
The Saucepan Man the barkeep, killed on Night Two: innocent
Nogrod the retired jester, lynched on Day Two: werewolf
the phantom the loud, unpredictable, adventurer: hunter
Naria the servant who empties and cleans chamber pots: werewolf
Celuien the Healer and Cupper, lynched on Day Three: innocent
Lhunardawen the jeweler, committed suicide on Day Three: innocent
Cailín the match maker, mauled by werewolves on Night Four: innocent

~ The Living ~

Diamond of the Battledore
Caranlondien the Sled-Team Driver
Roa Aoife the weaver
Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant the Baker
Kath the minstrel
Lommy the little girl who steals other children's candy
Glirdan with the giant crush on Kath
Valier the gardener
Sleepy Ranger the former wanderer
Kitanna the beloved of Eomer
Firefoot the artist
Alcarillo the old retired sea captain
Oddwen the filthy, insane street urchin who steals chickens
mormegil the retired mariner and current mayor
Feanor the shepherdess with a love of alliteration
Zali the seamstress and beloved of the phantom
Jenny Hallu the unmarried maiden & aunt
Lalaith the frivolous aunt and guardian of Oddwen
Eonwe the freeloading husband of Lhunardawen
Eomer the adventurer & lover of Kitanna
Nilpaurion the ne'er do well hubby of Dancing Spawn
Gurthang the stable-hand

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OUCH! I thought we were doing well too. Now we are up against four wolves which means two kills a night . We have done well to keep their numbers in check so far but after this blight I'm not sure what to make of it. Thinkin on yesterday the person who struck me as the most odd and out of character, so to speak, is Valier. This is even more so than Alcarillo, at least Alcarillo has been consistent. I'm thinking Valier was converted to a wolf the night before and buckled under the pressure.

However, I'm still nervous about Alcarillo and truly believe he is hiding under role playing.
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I'd say that our position has definitely taken a turn for the worse. Four wolves, two of whom are new and so have left no trail yet. We don't have a seer, and the EW knows who the GW is, but not vice versa. Actually, with that being true, I think that we could now start to at least seriously consider having the GW reveal him/herself. It's something that might be looked at toDay.

I'm unsurprised that Cailin was the wolves' victim last night. Just about everyone thought she was innocent.

As for Celuien, I never thought she was a good choice for lynching, but you win some and lose some, I guess. I thought the same thing about Nogrod.

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Ummm wow I was not expecting to live let alone find Cailin has been the one killed So according to the narration the EW now knows who the GW is? I think this is right...It may be in the GW's interest to hang in there one or two more Day so that they may have a full roster of gift eds before they challenge the EW, But this leaves it open for the EW (Roa) to make more werewolves...
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Then there was Diamond. These werewolves just might do her a favor and kill a wife so that a man would be available.
Despite this rather morbid suggestion, I have no intention of going after the newly widowed Alcarillo. Romantically, that is.

And what's all this about my Lhuna commiting suicide? I thought that until the village got much smaller, absences would be tolerated. Instead you take my eldest, my favorite, and turn her into a child full of woe... woe... this is about Smith isn't it? Oh never mind, great Seal, do whatever you must, I will still be strong.

Now I'm going to take a closer look at the Celuien bandwaggoners. I told you she wasn't suspicious enough to lynch, but nooooooooo, you went and killed her.

I'm still suspicious of Azaelia, but I'm going to put that line of thought on hold in favor of the whole Celuien foul up yesterday. Back with thoughts.

EDIT: By the way, I'm not suggesting LMP offed Lhuna because of me, I just noted a rather dire representation of my motherhood in the narration, and he did promise to have revenge on me. Hmph.
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Just to be clear, Lhunardawen requested to be taken out of the game, very sorry that she could not be more involved.
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Oh my.

Um... not good.

This is why I was so mouthy about finding the evil wizard. What will happen now? I assume that the evil wizard will put off killing the good wizard so that he has more time to create wolves. That means the evil wizard will be protecting the good wizard... right? So that we don't try to lynch him?

So we should be watching out for defenses...

And I'm aware I said I'd analyze everyone but I got caught up in [shepherdessing] until about 2:00 AM and then slept up until [shepherdessing] class that I was only recently released from.

I mean to do that tonight.
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I think that we could now start to at least seriously consider having the GW reveal him/herself. It's something that might be looked at toDay.
No. This is the Day for Revelation. {insert suspenseful music}
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Yay! I have a chance to be here early! Oh... ew, nevermind. This seems quite unfavorable to us. Perhaps the former seer can come forward with what they found out?

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This is why I was so mouthy about finding the evil wizard. What will happen now? I assume that the evil wizard will put off killing the good wizard so that he has more time to create wolves. That means the evil wizard will be protecting the good wizard... right? So that we don't try to lynch him?
I wouldn't think so. The GW can't die except by being called out to deul by the EW. There's no reason for the EW to protect the GW, since even if the GW was found out, it's no news to the EW. The EW doesn't have to deul the GW if the GW gets found out, only if the GW finds out the EW, and calls the EW out to deul.

Did that make sense?

Edit: Cross posted with Gurthang... What does that mean?
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That means the evil wizard will be protecting the good wizard... right? So that we don't try to lynch him?
I don't think Evil Wizard gives a damn. Even if we lynch the Good Wizard, this doesn't tell us or the Good Wizard who the Evil Wizard is.

I find this whole 4 wolves/GW discovery thing to be pretty demoralizing. *sigh* Especially since we lost two innocents yesterDay.

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Alas, how I have rued my vote from yesterDay... But, as Firefoot said, you win some, you lose some.

I agree with Gurthang; I think the time has come for the GW to reveal him/herself. Unless they have some amazing, revolutionary plot up their sleeve, it looks like we innocents could only benefit from knowing the GW's identity.

Having, overNight, reviewed Valier's posts from yesterDay, I found myself suspecting her strongly. Her first post toDay has just confused me. How are you so certain Roa is the EW, Valier? And why do you think she would kill you, if she were?

I know this is the blasted "polling the village" and I'll be jumped upon for it, but does anyone have something in their lorebooks about Roa as an innocent? I'd like to know if she's behaving as she does when she's innocent, because, to me, her behavior so far is reminiscent of her days as a werewolf.

Diamond seemed odd to me yesterDay, but that was just intuition, and I realize I may be wrong. Her first post toDay seems normal, anyway.

I still don't know about Eomer, though for now I'm inclined to trust him, as I've other more pressing suspects.
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That means the evil wizard will be protecting the good wizard... right? So that we don't try to lynch him?

So we should be watching out for defenses...
Fea this makes less sense than most things you say. We cannot lynch the GW even if we tried so why would the EW desire to protect him/her? It may be prudent to have the GW step forward so we know who he/she is too. I have an idea but I will let the GW decide. He/She could add a voice of reason and Fea you are correct that the EW probably will wait but perhaps will take his chance today while we are down our seer. One thing is certain we need to get a wolf today otherwise we're in trouble tonight.
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