The Midgard Saga II [Concluded]

[Crazed Rabbit]

I can tell you that Husar and Disco are innocent after observing them in holmgang. Sarathos is Guilty he showed up as Jotun.

Gee. REALLY GOOD WORK ON THAT ONE, TOWNIE NETWORK.

Great job, really. Hey, let's lynch the guy who's given us a Juton instead of, you know, the Juton he named. Instead of maybe seeing if he's right, let's off him the instant he reveals his abilities to us. And then let's high five each other.

Luckily there will be only one Juton left after this.

CR

[Craterus]

Gee. REALLY GOOD WORK ON THAT ONE, TOWNIE NETWORK.

Great job, really. Hey, let's lynch the guy who's given us a Juton instead of, you know, the Juton he named. Instead of maybe seeing if he's right, let's off him the instant he reveals his abilities to us. And then let's high five each other.

Luckily there will be only one Juton left after this.

CR

It's 'Jotun'. Seriously, for the last time, J.O.T.U.N.


In other news, vote: Sarathos

[Crazed Rabbit]

Meh. Jotun then.

I'm glad the network got one insignificant thing right.

CR

[Husar]

Vote: Sarathos

Well, CR, I'm sorry we lynched you, I sort of was told that noone had cracked your code and when I cracked it (and won a prize as Sigurd told me, I'll send you my data later Sigurd ) I thought it was so easy that if you had had it for a while you would have surely cracked it because, and you may take that as a compliment, I think you are pretty clever. So my reasoning was that you prolly gave it to us to lead us astry and made the whole christian thing up to cover your jotun friends after seeing that some people apparently went to heaven in writeups. I'm sorry that I voted for you for thinking you were too intelligent.

As for my role:

Huggne "The Saxon"

Your role is War Veteran. You serve the Lord of Jomsborg. You feel patriotic towards your faction and will rejoice at the other factions misfortune should they be killed either by Holmgang or Jotun. Your duty to your king and the Allthing is to find and promptly execute the Jotun that hides in the King’s retinues during the day phase of the game. During the night phase and starting in round 2, you will be able to show off your skills with the sword and challenge any other player to a Holmgang.

May the Gods be with you.

Holmgang ability: [just awesome]

and a bit later:

Night 6

As you walk among your fellow Jomsvikings, Husar you notice their new found respect for you.
You crushed your opponent in a Holmgang. The War Veterans of your faction slaps you back and you are called into your leader.

Styrbjörn the Strong calls you into his presence and gives you the new office of Champion.

Your Holmgang value is [even more awesome].
Your leader is [a friend]

BCC to [that friend] as a FYI.

Now that tells me GH didn't make the promotion up and when Gh then doesn't come up and say Motep is not his king then I suppose Motep is indeed his king, i.e. the swedish king.
TinCow is indeed the first champion of my king and PKev was/is the champion of someone who was attacked/killed so if Grizzly really is Tyr then I say we should be done once Sarathos is dead and if it's not we might want to pit Grizzly against a certain someone I won't name before we're there.

The only thing that makes me feel weird is that we had a similar situation in Midgard one, but Tyr's result on Sarathos seems rather clear, so maybe this time it ends well after all.

[FactionHeir]

So uh with 1 king left, defeat is immiment if there are 2 Jotun (or 1 jotun, 1 killer) left?

[GeneralHankerchief]

Stay nice to each other - Andres

[Csargo]

I like donuts.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

All is not lost then...

However I can reveal that aside from Sarathos there should be another Jotun hiding. I know this because I am Thor. I protected Sarathos last night as an experiment, and no that is not as stupid as that sounds. If by some chance I protect a Jotun they cannot kill that night and receive a penalty during Holmgang.

[INDENT]

You are Þórr(Thor) God of thunder and the most formidable Æsir warrior.

You are a one of the Æsir and are currently hiding amongst the retinues of the kings at Althing. You do not know who your fellows Æsir are. One of the traits of gods in hiding is their ability to completely hide from each other. You will seem like a red haired thrall to them.

In this game you are the ultimate doctor and have the ability to protect 2 players from the evil Jotun. Should you be killed which is hard, you will still be able to protect one player as Gods don’t really die but will return to Asgard.
Every night you will lay a hammer amulet outside the door of two players and when they put it around their neck they will become an immortal. Also they will gain a Holmgang point in the following Holmgang round.

Should you be so fortunate to place your hammer amulet with a Jotun, the magic will reverse. He become cursed and will not be able to perform any night activity. His Holmgang score will be temporarily reduced with one point the following Holmgang round.

[/FONT] Your foremost task is to aid the humans in their search for Jotun and help them expel the sorry beasts to Hel.
During Holmgang you will be able to mask your godly abilities but you will seldom lose.
Should you fight against another God or Jotun, you will notice, but the crowd will not.

Holmgang ability: [All you need to know is the best...]

This leaves us in a pretty poor situation. Let me sum up the claims of various people. Please feel free to correct me where I am wrong. I feel justified doing this because while giving out the identity of 'Kings', with my ability this will guarantee us this day phase, the night phase, provided no Kings challenge, and the next day phase and a Holmgang at least, before the 'Kings' can be killed.

We need to figure out who is lying...

Curio: Thor
Little Grizzly: Tyr (and just about the only person left alive that I have no doubts over)

Husar: Champion
PrivateerKev: Champion
Tincow: Champion
Discovery1:Champion

Motep: King
Craterus: King
Ichigo: King

Sarathos: Guilty

On that bombshell...

Vote Sarathos

[Craterus]

nevermind.

[Csargo]

You guys are acting like children... whining and bickering.

[Csargo]

No point in not putting it out there now:

Prince Styrbjörn the Strong of the Jomsvikings.

You are the first ruler of Jomsborg, and a former Varangian guard. Trained and schooled in the skills of war makes you a formidable foe in Holmgang.

You have been summoned to this ting by the rulers of the Norse world to settle a dispute between Harald Bluetooth of Denmark and Haakon Jarl of Norway. Harald Bluetooth hired a Jomsviking army from you, but it was crushed by Norwegian hirdmenn. This is a stain on your honour as a leader of a mercenary band. You are at Althing to try to regain some of that honour you once had.

Your survival is important. The Jotun is out to get you and your retinue. The Jotun will win if they kill you and the other Lords.

You have a champion in your retinue. This is Palnatoke one of your Captains.
If you are challenged to a Holmgang he can take your place. If the Holmgang you have been challenged to is the one which will be fought I will send you a pm with the question of you wanting a champion in your place. Your captain is however a free man and can say no to your request. It is however not honourable amongst the warriors of Jom to fight another man’s battle.

Your champion is: TinCow

Holmgang ability: = 8

[discovery1]

Vote: Sarathos of course.

And remember that huge thing about motep and him accidentally revealing me as his champion? Curio has it right.

[Privateerkev]

Well, Curio put it out there so I will confirm it:

Jardar Viking, son of a chieftain in Hordaland

You are the Champion to Haakon Jarl of Norway.
You have trained at Jomsborg and will soon serve in the Varangian guard after this meeting at Althing, Iceland.

If your King is challenged to a fight you can take his place. This is however risky as the Jotun will see that another took the king’s place.

Your King is: Craterus

You have secretly converted to Christendom and have in your position a relic that you got on a secret pilgrim journey. It is an amulet with the text XY inscribed on it.
Do not disclose the knowledge of this relic to any other player. Dire consequences might come of it.


Holmgang ability: 5

Craterus was attacked by someone. He is innocent. I am in his role PM and he can confirm it.

If that is not enough, I got the positive (meaning: non-Jotun) protection from Thor, I got investigated by Loki and CR (otherwise known as not-Jesus)

Night 1

You find an amulet depicting a hammer on your bedroll.
You put it on and feel somehow stronger. It is as if you have gained immortality.

Your Holmgang ability has been temporarily increased to 6 for this coming round.

Night 2

As you stumble upon privateerkev, you notice his calm and poised being. He takes care of his gear before lying down to sleep. You notice that he is alert even in sleep. Yet as you hope something will happen, it doesn't.
He stays on his bedroll the entire night.

As a transfigured being, you really have no need for rest and you find yourself walking amongst the sleeping men in the camps.

You see the man that had been a leading voice in the discussions at Althing (privateerkev) and decide to take a closer look. You scan his belongings and you find an amulet with the description XY on it. You find it compelling. Could this be related to the numbers you found? They came in pairs. Also this man wears a cross around his neck and you find a scrap of paper with

So, Craterus, Curio, glyphz, and CR can all confirm what I am saying.

And, before I forget...

Vote: Sarathos

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

This is all I'll have a chance to say until tomorrow.

Tyr has the innocence of some people established. I suggest you apply to him for details. Of course there is the possibility that I'm mistaken and that Sarathos is alone, but I seriously doubt that.

I hope you insignificant mortals don't massacre yourselves before my return.

(OOC: )

[Csargo]

Night 7

You find an amulet depicting a hammer on your bedroll.
You put it on and feel somehow stronger. It is as if you have gained immortality.

Your Holmgang ability has been temporarily increased to 9 for this coming round.

[Motep]

Jumpin on the wagon...

Vote: Sarathos

[Tratorix]

Well, the town seems to be on the right track. Which makes me think that everything is going to fall into chaos soon.

[LittleGrizzly]

I think we have this lynch sorted out, various sources point to him, its where we go after that im not sure about...

[Privateerkev]

I think we have this lynch sorted out, various sources point to him, its where we go after that im not sure about...

Afterwards we do as TC says. We pick two people who have not Holmganged and let them fight. You watch them and let us know the verdict.

[Crazed Rabbit]

The town should look for those who have not had their story and role confirmed by others.

It will also be important to note the manner of death for Sarathos, to see if it is similar to El Diablo.

CR

[Csargo]

That would only leave Tyr and Thor

[Crazed Rabbit]

Or we have more than three Jotun.

Has Sigurd specifically said only three Jotun?

CR

[Csargo]

Curio and LG can be vouched for by their abilities

I can vouch for TC and Husar, and they can do the same for me

Crate and PK can vouch for each other

Disco and Motep can vouch for each other...


No he didn't specify

[TinCow]

Curio: Thor
Little Grizzly: Tyr (and just about the only person left alive that I have no doubts over)

Husar: Champion
PrivateerKev: Champion
Tincow: Champion
Discovery1:Champion

Motep: King
Craterus: King
Ichigo: King

Sarathos: Guilty

This is not entirely accurate. I remember reading someplace, either in the QT forum or via PM, that disco had claimed to have been promoted to a Lord.

Everyone now has someone vouching for them, and all roles have been disclosed, so someone is lying and has produced a fake role PM. In my mind, the only people who are currently innocent are the Gods and the people that Tyr has cleared. The rest of us are guilty until proven innocent. Craterus is possibly the only exception to this, though if Sigurd went so far as to provide Jotun with townie role PMs, then he may have allowed Jotun to fake an attack on themselves. Given the number of pro-town roles in this game, that might have been allowed to balance things out.

Regardless, I am going to challenge PK or Motep in this coming phase. None of the three of us have fought in a Holmgang, and LG can confirm whether any survivor is innocent or not. I am open to suggestions about which of the two is a better choice.

[edit] PK suggests that I challenge him, so that will probably be my choice.

[Privateerkev]

I said this in the QT but I'll say it in here now.

I am leaving tomorrow morning for two days. I'll be back sunday. The LotR people can confirm this.

So, if anyone is going to be challenged, it should probably be me. That way, if I die, at least we don't lose an active member this weekend. For two days I'll basically be "deadweight" since I won't be able to vote or anything.

We're in the "endgame" now so we need the people who are alive to be active.

[Crazed Rabbit]

No, someone besides PK should be involved in the Holmgang.

CR

[seireikhaan]

Something about this isn't sitting well with me. I've got a feeling the pro-town group is gimp.

[Privateerkev]

Nah, I want to be in this one the more I think about it.

Let TC challenge me and don't water it down. In fact, I ask that LG bless TC this turn.

See, I might not be able to make the next vote. I don't know when I'm coming home Sunday. We need active voters.

This is much better than "suicide" or "wog". By doing this, I'll prove both TC and I are innocent.

[Crazed Rabbit]

If Grizzly is innocent.

CR

[Privateerkev]

His role PM is a little elaborate to make up.