TOL-IN-GAURHOTH XII, Erbar Telamarth

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Fea has waited until the end to vote, which could be interpreted as wolvish manipulation; however, it could also be the action of a control freak who wants to ensure that her side wins by voting late to make her voice count.

Control freak, I assure you. I know that my vote isn't a wolf's, so I like to keep it handy in case of potential shenanigans. With the exception of just voting Encai, which I'd already promised I'd do if the majority (or in this case, 50%, which isn't an official majority, but we can't rely on her to insist I kill her) of the group wanted me to.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Bravo, Fea!! Well done, as now Underhill and I can implement an emergency plan, should Enca vote for one of us.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

But what if one of you is a wolf?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I'm not, and I'm willing to trust Underhill is not either. So much so, that I will let him have the last vote if he would like.

[Mister Underhill]

It does make me feel much better. I trust Esty as far as it is possible to trust someone in this game without knowing, and your vote makes me feel a lot better. We may have cornered our wolf; let's see what happens when Enca returns.

I have no problem waiting for you to post before any of the rest of us vote.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Now that the first vote has been cast for Enca, I can propound my emergency plan, Underhill. Should she be the wolf and vote for one of us, then you or I can vote for Fea, making it a three-way tie, of which the first and last person would then be lynched. The other of us would refrain from voting so as to make the plan work. As we all voted and contributed yesterDay, I'm sure the phantom couldn't break his own rule and kill one of us for a strategic non-vote on this last day!

*eagerly awaits Enca's vote...

[Mister Underhill]

It's a good plan. If Enca tries to hold her vote til close to the deadline, we'll be forced to vote for her and take our chances on Fea -- but that will also be an almost certain sign of Enca's guilt. The villagers may pull this one out after all, unless Esty is pulling a n00b master-stroke that will go down in Werewolf history! I'm gonna thrash you in effigy if you're the wolf, Esty.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

...a thrashing I would deserve but need not fear!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I'm here now, but getting tired rapidly. Shall I stick it out for awhile so that we can finish our voting and all get some sleep, or will it take too long for Enca and Fea to be able to post? If that's the case, I wouldn't mind sleeping a few hours and coming back later - or rather, early...

[Mister Underhill]

Do what you think is best, Esty. I'm starting to get a feeling that we've cornered Enca and she's gonna draw it out til the last minute, hoping to create some confusion right before the deadline. If you decide to sleep now, be sure your alarm clock is set.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Looks like it, Undé. I'll do that then. See you in a few hours!

[Encaitare]

Finally! My mom stopped making me do college applications. I've been trying to work on the analysis of Esty when she wasn't looking. Just letting you know I'm back.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I'm almost back, but not quite. You remember that potentially long-winded meeting at 4:15? He wrote down what I required (a whole nine words) and I was then there for another hour and a half. How is that fair? He's not even my teacher! So now I have homework, and I swear I'm not dragging this out, but this is art homework and if it gets any darker, none of my photos will take well. I'll be back a bit later. I'm going to guess late and say 8:30. With luck, it will be quite a lot before then.

Esty: I like your plan with the voting. If you are a wolf, you can bet your bottom that I will be torn between never forgiving you and holding you in the highest esteem humanly possibly for sheer ingenuity and clever avoidance of any true suspicion.

[macho voice] I'll be back. [/macho voice]

[Encaitare]

Okay. So I tried to do the analysis of Esty. And I came up with a few good points as to how she might be guilty, but I wasn't convinced. Remember what I said in my last post about how I wouldn't put it past the phantom to make a newbie a wolf? Well, no matter how hard I try (and no matter how badly I want to), I cannot find anything truly incriminating for either of them. The remaining wolf must then be Fea. I'm especially inclined to think this because of Mr. U's analysis.

If I were the last wolf, I would just go ahead and say so since it seems I will surely be lynched toDay. If you still want to go ahead with the double-lynching of Fea and myself, I will do my part.

I don't care what Fea-Wolf wants about waiting; I've had to wait long enough to be able to post. *grumbles about the trials and tribulations of RL*

++ FEANOR OF THE PEREDHIL

[Mister Underhill]

Well now I'm scared. Either one of you is a wolf bluffing it out to the bitter end, or Esty really has pulled it off. Either way, the die is cast. I may as well cast my vote now.

++Feanor

That leaves it up to you, Esty to tie it up with an Enca vote. I'll admit that even now, here at the end of all things, I'm not sure who it is.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Kind of you, Encai, to heed my begged request.

I suppose there is now no real point for me to "convict" Underhill, however I still intend to toss out a few random comments that I haven't come to grips with.

The most obviously innocent villagers are myself and Esty

Which is such dumb reasoning based on the pure chance of role assignation. They have the same probability of everyone else.

He mentions that we shouldn't trust the ones that consistently vote late, and consistently, he does. In post 302, he was one of the first, if not the first, to point out that TGWBS had some wolfish tendencies. In his next post, he analyzes him. Would we have been as worried about the guy who be dead if he hadn't? I'm not sure.

Originally Posted by Hillo-illo-illo

Cross-posting -- Esty, even though that self-vote by tgwbs raised a big red-flag for me, he was still relatively low on my suspicion list from yesterday. I was rather surprised when morm put him down as the #1-to-be-lynched when he posted his plan in #347-8. If Shorty hadn't of self-voted, or if morm had seemed less certain, I would have at least discussed that choice.

He said this today about how he wasn't that worried about TGWBS until the self-vote and morm's 347 plan, but I was remembering that post 302 when Underhill first pointed out his suspicions.

Quote:
I think Fea almost has to be on the list. If she were an innocent villager, she could have been a lot more helpful; instead, each day has seen her surrounded by confusion and doubt. She makes statements one way, then has to recant or back up her statements with more explanation. She may be innocent after all, but she's on almost everyone's list.
I'd also like to address this: how can one be considered helpful when one is automatically considered a huge threat and not to be trusted? I gave what help I could, offering strategies, tips, suspects, random observations. The only reason that there is confusion and doubt is because you have it. I didn't give it to you. You developed that all on your own. I don't recant and/or back up my statements with bad reasoning. Apparently there isn't a person in the world that is capable of following my line of thought. So I say something that I think is obvious, and then people tell me it isn't, so I have to rephrase. Occasionally I am wrong and have to correct myself. Sorry if admitting to be wrong seems wolfish.

Quote by Underhill:
I was leaning toward an innocent Enca before the "mistake". I'd go for a Shorty-B88 double.
So at this point, he's not thinking that Encai is innocent, and yet he passes up a lynching opportunity in favor of TGWBS?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Esty, it's important you vote Encai. If you are a wolf, it doesn't matter. If you aren't, we have got to have this double... it's our highest chance... Let's just hope we don't receive a "mwah ha ha ha ha" from Esty when she comes back.

[Encaitare]

Well, I'm out. Time for Enca to get some sleep. Whether Esty votes for Fea or for me, I will sleep well knowing that we most likely will have gotten our wolf.

And if Esty is the wolf... wow.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I'm glad you are here with me, Undé, here at the end of all things.

Enca, Fea, whichever of you is the wolf, cornered and trapped, you have my greatest respect for a game well-played to the very end!

Here is my vote. Eru help us all!

++ENCAITARE

[Mister Underhill]

Which is such dumb reasoning based on the pure chance of role assignation. They have the same probability of everyone else.

True in theory. And poorly phrased by me -- I should have said something more like the most likely to be innocent. My reasoning was that phantom wasn't likely to make the noobs the wolves among such experienced players. It would be like, well, tossing us to the wolves. I may well find out how dumb that reasoning was... we'll soon see. Anyway, you've got to start from somewhere on Day One.

My analysis of Shorty was sincere, as you will soon find out -- if you don't already know. I certainly wasn't the first to suspect he might be up to something, but I admit some of my analysis probably did help get the ball rolling against him. Still, you'll just have to take me at my word that I had stronger suspicions against others until he self-voted.

I just can't think of any good reason for an innocent to do something like that. This is a numbers game. This may be the voice of inexperience talking, but it seems that it might even be worth risking letting a gifted be lynched rather than offering yourself, or worse, voting yourself, if you're innocent. I can't think of any reason to do it other than that you're a wolf in a desperate situation making a last gambit to create confusion. Imagine how my head swam when two players in a row did it!

I'd also like to address this: how can one be considered helpful when one is automatically considered a huge threat and not to be trusted?

Well, clearly you have a reputation. I didn't have any preconceptions about you, especially starting out. But it seems to me that if you turn out to be innocent, then you played far too coy a game, unneccessarily drawing suspicion on yourself by hinting that you might be the wolf again and again, making votes for flip reasons, etc. I appreciate that if people are automatically threatened by you in a game, you're in sort of a situation, but from my point of view, you often created confusion and doubt when you could have been more straightforward.

Also, if you're innocent, I think you have to be sure to check your facts before floating theories or making accusations. When you have to correct yourself, it makes you look like you're running stuff up the flagpole to see if someone salutes. Your error on the voting in Day One that I caught today, for instance, really looks bad. If you're innocent, your big advantage is that you are innocent. Only the wolves need to run the risks of deception and lies. The more careful the villagers are, the easier it is to root out the wolves. Sloppy villagers = a dead village.

And in addition to all that, what can I say -- it's a tough game, I had strong doubts about you, I may have occasionally reached to try to make my points. If the dust settles and we've caught the wolf, we can kiss and make up later. Except you'll be dead. But you see what I mean.

If, on the other hand, you're a wolf, I have to hand it to you for being able to openly draw so much suspicion but still slip the noose time and again.

Anywho, we'll soon find out what's what. The suspense is killing me.

[Mister Underhill]

Cross-posted with Esty -- good to be the last two noobs left standing, even if it does turn out that you outplayed me!

You see? I'm still not sure!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Originally Posted by Mister Underhill

The suspense is killing me.

Me too. phantom, are you going to draw this all out to the deadline? We've all voted.

[the phantom]

phantom, are you going to draw this all out to the deadline? We've all voted.

Oh, I suppose I could start my wrap-up posts early, but there will certainly be delays between each one. After all, I'm making them up on the spot while also tyring to watch the World Series.

The four villagers who are still "alive" can continue yapping for a bit while I get things prepared.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Oh I'll yap. You just watch me yap.
And the World Series? Now who cares about that? We've got a village to know the saving or destruction of!

You know what would be great? If the wolf decided to take away all of the suspense that our supreme Mod God is enjoying dangling over our heads by coming clean.

[the phantom]

You know what would be great? If the wolf decided to take away all of the suspense that our supreme Mod God is enjoying dangling over our heads by coming clean.

If that happens then I'll kill absolutely everyone and you will be witness to the first ever MODERATOR WINS ending.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

[COUGH] [/COUGH]

[the phantom]

From the start of the day, Feanor of the Peredhil and Encaitare knew they would most likely be lynched. But neither of them wanted to die. They both tried to convince Mister Underhill and Estelyn to only lynch the other candidate.

Fea made a decent effort, and also tried to point a finger at Estelyn and Mister Underhill, but that simply made the pair more determined to include her in the double lynch.

Then, Encaitare took her turn.

"Haven't you noticed," began Enca, "That since the wolves arrived, two cows have been killed and eaten every single night? Doesn't that strike you as odd?"

"Werewolves need to eat. I don't see your point, Enca," said Mister Underhill.

"You see," she explained, "If the THREE wolves ate TWO cows the first two nights, why were TWO cows killed and eaten last night when there was only ONE wolf?"

"Yes, that's odd, but what are you trying to say?" responded Esty.

"Well, obviously the final wolf, the one we haven't caught yet, must be eating waaaaaay more than the standard werewolf," continued Enca. "And yet, this last werewolf was able to run with the others just fine, so it obviously wasn't overweight or anything- plus its tracks look a bit thinner than the other wolves, which means that it must be trim despite its diet, and thus it must have an unbelievable metabolism."

"Well, I suppose I could agree with that, but what does that mean?" asked Underhill.

"It means that Fea must be the final wolf! Just think about it. She works in a tavern and has easy access to fattening food and beer, and goodness knows she makes the most of it. She's always snacking and drinking, isn't she? But yet, she somehow maintains a ridiculously trim and fit figure. Isn't that a pretty compelling case?"

"So, you think Feanor of the Peredhil is our thin feral feeder? Pooh!" said Esty. "You are really stretching now, Enca."

"I don't know," said Mister Underhill. "She may be on to something. But even so, I think it is still our safest bet to kill both Fea and Enca."

"Well, then let's get it done and over with," said Esty.

(to be continued)

[the phantom]

Estelyn, Enca, and Fea stood in the grass outside Mister Underhill's hut. He emerged with two bows and two quivers of arrows.

"All right, Fea and Enca, you two go stand over there by those two poles, right in front of my watch stone. Esty, you take this bow," he ordered.

Fea and Enca slowly made their way to their positions. Now that the moment had come, both were shaking and sobbing, and barely able to stand long enough for Mister Underhill to tie them to the poles.

After he was finished, he walked back to where Esty was standing. "Can you shoot an arrow?" he asked her.

"I've shot one before. I can manage," she answered.

"All right," he said. Then he leaned in to Esty and whispered, "We don't want to shoot them one at a time. Only one of them can be a wolf. The other is innocent. If we kill the innocent first the wolf might break its bonds and then rush the two of us, and two might not be enough to fend it off. Neither of us is a great warrior or hunter. With three of us, on the other hand, we'd stand a chance, which is why maybe the wolf is waiting for the innocent to be killed to make its move. Also, it may be trying to put us off guard by cooperating."

"That makes sense," whispered back Esty, "So how are we going to do this?"

"On the count of three, we'll both raise our bows and shoot."

"Okay. You count."

"One..."

Esty and Mister Underhill looked at each other and nodded.

"Two..."

They both took an arrow from their quiver and set it upon their bowstrings.

"Three..."

The executioners raised their bows and pulled the strings taut. Fea and Enca screamed out in fear and shock.

Mister Underhill and Estelyn released...

(to be continued)

[the phantom]

The targets were too close to miss.

An arrow thudded into Fea and Enca's midsections.

After a bit of weak moaning, both young ladies' heads drooped and did not move. Mister Underhill and Estelyn stood silently and watched for one...two...three... four seconds. As time approached a minute, Mister Underhill began trembling.

Finally, unable to stand the tension any longer, Mister Underhill cried out "YOU!!" and swiftly snatched another arrow, placed it on his string, and aimed it at Esty.

(to be continued)

[the phantom]

But Esty had also snatched an arrow and had placed it on her bowstring. Her arrow was aimed between Mister Underhill's eyes, and his arrow for Esty's heart. They were so close the bows were nearly touching.

Both of them were breathing heavily, and were having difficulty keeping their bows still.

"You've been the wolf all along!" cried Mister Underhill.

"Me?! You're the wolf!" objected Esty.

"Don't even try to play that card!" shouted Mister Underhill. "Enca and Fea are dead, and they didn't change. We are the only two left, and I know I am not a wolf, so it must be you!"

"That's the same thing I am thinking right now!" Esty shouted back.

Mister Underhill slackened his bow just a bit, but then suddenly tightened it again. "No! I'm not letting you trick me! You can't talk your way out of this! If I die then you die with me!" he growled.

(to be continued)

[the phantom]

Suddenly, Fea crashed into them like a ton of bricks, knocking their bows to the ground and sending them backwards several paces.

(to be continued)

[the phantom]

Esty landed with Fea right on top of her.

"Help!" she cried. "It's Fea!!"

Mister Underhill seized Fea and threw her with all his might.

Her dead body landed at the feet of Encaitare, who then, for the second time, picked her up and threw her at Underhill and Esty, knocking them down once again.

"No, I insist- keep her, Mister Underhill," snarled Enca as her body began to change shape. "You killed her, after all! Esty on the other hand- you shouldn't have had so much faith in her archery skills. She missed my heart completely- and now, you will both pay for that mistake!"

(to be continued)

[the phantom]

Encaitare tore the arrow out of her middle and flung it at Mister Underhill. It pierced him in the thigh, and he fell with cry. Encaitare then hunched down and began slowly creeping towards her victims. Esty sat on the ground with eyes open wide, too scared to move or scream.

Mister Underhill threw his head back and cried to the empty sky, "Eru! Deliver us from this Werewolf!!"

Encaitare pulled back her clawed hand, preparing to slash Mister Underhill, but suddenly two thick arms grabbed her around the waist.

"What?!" she yelled, as she was lifted off her feet.

It was Mister Underhill's watch stone.

"May Eru be praised!" shouted Mister Underhill.

Encaitare struggled with all her might. She kicked the watch stone, and scraped at it with her claws, but nothing could break its hold. Mister Underhill painfully crawled forward and picked up his bow and arrow.

"You won't recover from this shot!" he said as he loosed the shaft. It flew straight into the roof of Enca's open mouth and pierced her evil brain.

The villagers had won!

(to be continued)

[the phantom]

"So, they found the wolf, M'lord?" asked Mortakh.

"Yes, they did indeed," answered Sauron with a laugh.

"But why aren't you upset?" asked the orc captain. "You are usually quite angry when your wolves are defeated."

"Why am I not upset? Well, Mortakh, the two survivors are probably going to travel to another region, and find a village to become a part of," answered Sauron.

"Yes, Master," said Mortakh, "But how is the two of them escaping good?"

Sauron threw back his head and laughed for a moment. Mortakh waited for the explanation. "Mortakh- our wolf was shot with an arrow, and then she took that same arrow and hurled it at that watch stone maker, and it stabbed him in the thigh."

"All right, but what does that mean?" questioned Mortakh.

"That watch stone maker was cursed, Mortakh! And so, since he was stabbed with an arrow that had the blood of a werewolf on it-"

"He's going to become a werewolf!" finished the orc.

"Exactly! Without my power overshadowing him it might take a while, but trust me, he will turn within the next month," said Sauron with delight.

"Well, why not concentrate your thought on him and turn him now?" asked Mortakh.

"I want him to find a new village and get settled in first. I don't want him changing when he's still out in the wild. He'll do more damage in a village," answered Sauron.

"You really are an evil one, Lord Sauron," said Mortakh with admiration.

"Yes I am," said Sauron.

[the phantom]

Werewolf XII, Erbar Telamarth, is officially over

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by the phantom

Werewolf XII, Erbar Telamarth, is officially over

Thank Eru!

Ack!

What a BRUTAL game! And a most unfair one...

We Wolves suffered two MAJOR setbacks in our hopes for a victory. The first, of course, was Eomer pegging Cailin as his first target, and us pegging him. That meant, of course, that the village immediately had three innocents around which to rally- three less people to cast suspicion on, three less people to vote for, and, most dangerously, three opinions that would be listened to and respected.

That done, I started immediately to come under suspicion, and because it was the Three Innocents, I had no way to escape. If Morm, Firefoot, and LMP had not been known innocents, I would have had a chance... But as it was...

And then there was Enca's slip of yesterday. At least, I assume it was a slip. After all, if she had done as they asked, there would still have been two casualties, neither of them hers. But the slip totally ruined her chances of surviving the final day.

The last two days were brutal to watch, by the way. As flattering as it was to see my posts given such weight, I couldn't stand the agony of not knowing if Enca could pull it off. The double innocents lynching with her survival had me high for hours, but I knew that the chances of her surviving the last day were axed with that horrible accident...

All in all, an excellent game, and kudos has to be given to the Phantom for his awesome modding- and player list. The mod scenes were VERY well done, being on-topic Tolkien, humourous, and VERY suspenceful. The great number of them was also awesome.

Sadly, I am now a nervous wreck, thanks to this game, and I highly doubt if my sanity will be returning any time soon. If you see it, send it this way, would you?

~Michael A. Joosten - Now affectionately known as "Weredacil"~

[mormegil]

Wow what a game!

Thanks to everybody I had a great time. Phantom wonderful job modding, and Enca wonderful job at irritating by ruining my plan . This will go down as one of my favorite games. I just also need to give Kudos to Eomer for giving us such a big break at the beginning.

I really think that everyone did a wonderful job and I'm amazed at how much talking we had especially on my last day...oh and incidentally I apologize for my 68 posts

Thanks again all

Cheers.

[the phantom]

Living-

• Estelyn Telcontar (Ordinary)
• Mister Underhill (Cursed)

Dead-

• the phantom (Moderator- captured by Sauron and slain by wolves on Night 1)
• Anguirel (Ordinary- beaten to death by villagers on Day 1)
• Eomer of the Rohirrim (Hunter- died bravely battling Werewolves on Night 2)
• Cailin (Werewolf- slain by Hunter on Night 2)
• Shelob (Ordinary- beheaded on Day 2)
• littlemanpoet (Ranger- ambushed by Werewolves on Night 3)
• Lhunardawen (Ordinary- killed by Werewolf on Day 3)
• Formendacil (Werewolf- taken down by villagers on Day 3)
• Firefoot (Seer- slashed, beaten, stabbed, and snapped in half by Werewolf on Night 4)
• Boromir88 (Ordinary- couldn't stand knuckle-headed villagers any longer and commited suicide on Day 4)
• the guy who be short (Ordinary- got fed up with accusations and defenses and commited suicide on Day 4)
• mormegil (Ordinary- as he predicted he was mauled by a Werewolf on Night 5)
• Feanor of the Peredhil (Ordinary- killed in an attempted double lynching on Day 5)
• Encaitare (Werewolf- thwarted by watch stone and slain on Day 5)

Score: Villagers- 2, Werewolves- 0

[Mister Underhill]

Well, a dubious victory -- only two survivors, and one of them cursed, oy vey -- but a win's a win, right? I knew the watchstone would come through in the end!

Thanks to everyone for making my first Werewolf game so deliciously excruciating, and thanks especially to the phantom for the invite. I'd popped in to take peeks at a few Werewolf games in the past months and was starting to wonder how I might get an invite to the party and learn the secret handshake (++[whatever]).

There's a ton of rep to be handed out here -- great leadership late in the game by morm, a bold ploy yesterDay by Enca that almost pulled it off, top flight moderation by our host, excellent play on the part of all our gifted, and many more -- but that will all have to wait til tomorrow. I'm exhausted, and I'm looking forward to the first safe night's sleep in many days.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Good grief. I hope you know, tp, that I very seriously considered writing "mwahahahaha" at the end just to mess with the village, but I wasn't sure how many live'uns were still up.

PS: tp: due to your truly suspenseful narrations, it is now 2:05 AM, and I have an 8:00 class.