Heinrich

Was the cut on his stomach jagged or was it clean?

You anvil is piled in flakes of metal offer a days work, and they tend to pile up. Don't insult my intelligence by denying it.

You are also rather quick to defend Bartolemew. Is he your leader or your minion?

OOC: I'm a blacksmith IRL, and how metal produces flakes of slag that turn brown and look like rusted metal. These flakes pile up everywhere and fling to your boots. Also, you definitely work rusted metal if you're a medieval smith, and I work rusted metal a half the time myself.

It's a bit in between, really. You can't make out what made this cut.

Gil'glar

Haha! Nay, nay, my friend. I did not insult your wisdom, I meant that merely in jest. You needn't worry about the night though, 'tis not in my nature to do so.

Heinrich

This is interesting, when I was a young boy, my fathers farm was beset with wolves, and when wolves attack their prey, you know it.

Alain

What material was the surface of the floor floor in Sarah's lounge?

Let's talk about the indentations, the fact they were directly behind Sarah's chair makes me think that the approaching wolf didn't want to kill her and waited behind her in fear/indecision, hence the additional waiting time led to the sinking of the floor and the indentations. When Sarah noticed it, the wolf then was forced to attack in panic, hence the abruptly cut off scream and the messy kill.

Alternatively, the wolf was less discrete and ran and and jumped into the kill but then the indentations would be further behind. Thoughts?

OOC: Not important...

Dirt.

_Nyran_

"I believe that our priest Bartholemew is innocent. I think that the cowardly wolf was someone with a more reclusive personality. However, I have not determined who yet. I say we search the Barley Barrel, or whatever it is called."

?Alain

DId the rain affect the softness of the soil?

The rain didn't seem to have any lasting effects. Especially inside buildings.

Gil'glar

Were any blood stains found near the feathers?

A few, nothing too big.

Brother Bartholomew

The one that was in the manacles is a new wolf, that is why there are now at least three colors of fur - the recruit will be colored brown.

It saddens me that people are so quick to jump on Indy's death as an apparent reason for my guilt - it should have no bearing. And indeed, with a new day and new evidence, we should be carefully reexamining to whom we point fingers. After all, the fact that the one obstensibly supplying the alcohol at the farmhouse was justifiably executed last night should at the very least make my innocence more likely.

I shall have to prepare a more steely defense, of course, and I will, but I want to point you to an ACTUAL culprit now, and let you at least open up some debate. Debate will do us all some good.

The leader of the wolves is Alain Libavius and his one known minion is, as John pointed out, Gil'glar the ironsmith.

This conversion business with the manacles makes it apparent that the leader of this pack is observant and patient. Alain, a man of science, is both. And the one placed into the shackles was obstensibly his experiment. Very methodical. Add to that the spatters of blood on the table and the fur on the floor and Alain's penchant for messy business comes through once more (I had mentioned in the previous day that I suspected him as the one one poised behind Sarah, observant yet messy in the kill). His personality also fits as the grey wolf on the first day, neither willing nor unwilling to commit to action.

Some seem to think Nathaniel was the impulsive wolf - not so. Nathaniel's narcissism would have precluded him from engaging since he was too self-interested. And so, there is an eager black wolf to find. Enter Gil'glar.

Gil'glar is competitive and would have entered most any fray enthusiastically, so that fits. He is also good-natured - I suspect he was the one to sit with Sarah yesterday and soften her nerves. He is an ironsmith, and indeed one of only three among us with items of iron on his person likely to have made the flakes of rust we found in the forest (For reference, the other two are Eluard and Idoso). And finally, while it is possible the manacles in Indy's shack were from Indy's own quackish procedures, there is also a distinct possibility they came from outside, and there is nobody better suited to provide them than Gil'glar, who has been known to disembowl bears with his trap contraptions.

So, with so many choices that make more compelling sense the day after, I will choose Gil'glar the Ironsmith as my vote for the gallows.

_Nyran_

"Our priest makes a fine case. But why would the smith politely straighten the farmhouse after a brutal maiming of Sarah, or whatever her name was? It makes some sense, but not enough.

I find that Alain is obviously a guilty one. His transformation to walk among the lycanthropes must've been the result of one of his experiments. I say we put Alain down, while there is still time. Maybe Alain is the leader of the pack, and destroying his rule will disrupt the other skin-shifters."

OOC: Sorry for bringing this up from the old thread, but this is not universally true. Bathing only really fell out of vogue in the places in Europe where the old Roman infrastructure broke down. In "barbaric" places like Scandinavia, regular bathing was the norm.

Karen Reynolds

Karen thumps her chest

You want a piece of me canines? I kill you. I kill you DEAD!

Karen regains her composure

Those of you voting for Brother Bart are misguided. We killed the wolf that hung back in the initial attack. Nathaniel was too stuck up to join the attack. That means of the original wolves alive, one is the leader, and one hurried into the fight. I do like the case brought up by Brother Bart, but I will have to examine everything for myself.

I suppose it depends on where this little village actually is then huh? I didn't know that about the Scandinavian countries though.

Cedric Drake

I think you guys are making a mistake with Brother Bart, it would be too obvious for him to be a wolf. I like his case against Gil'glar, but I will not vote just yet. However, like I said I think we should search the Barley Barrell.

Karen Reynolds

So, this rusty dust, what would happen if one snorted it?

Is it spread around the clearing evenly, or is it in clumps?

The dried blood on the manacles, is it like really dry (been there for days) or just a bit dry (Early last night)?

Reibardt E'lutice

Reibardt stood staring quizzically at the scene. "It's too bad about Nathaniel. He was the only one who made any real sense around here -- aside from myself of course." he stated without mourning. "But alas, we must carry on."

Reibardt turned to John's direction and stated bluntly "I see you are still trying to stamp your feet across my freshly slept floors, John. There is no need to even go near my home. I am currently holding very particular experiments that must not be disturbed. I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself."

I say we search the Barley Barrel, as it seems to be the hot-topic of the day. As for an execution? I say we get rid of John. He has been causing a mess of trouble for the scientific minds of this community since day one, and I will not have it! And look, Eluard has even voted to search the scientist's homes as well. Just as I predicted in the beginning. The two of them are in cahoots!

You'd probably have a stuffy nose for a few days.

There's only one spot where there's a few specks of it.

Really dry.

Heinrich

Is it possible that the creature bleeds when the transformation takes place? If so, here's what I think happened, one of the wolves wanted to be cured, he went to Indy on the first night, he was shackled, he transformed, and that's where the blood is from. If that's true Indy knew who that wolf was, and the other wolves killed him.

Karen Reynolds

Interesting. How often does Idoso Fraco unsheath his sword?

How different is Indy's expression of saddness than his usual one? Is he more sad, less sad, the same?

You've never heard about that before, and you've not seen it happen either. You'd assume not.

Not often at all.

More sad.