The Midgard Saga II [Concluded]

[Crazed Rabbit]

Q:
Why do I have to be a God?

Q:
Why would I tell you something that would mean I have to be a Juton?

I've never gotten lynched as mafia (just once as serial killer) - because I don't act like I do when I have a power town role. I just don't do anything that would let me get caught.

Q:
Why can only Gods and Juton investigate?

Q:
Why in the vast world would I give you all that info, which your accursed townie network passed around without giving me one iota of info back, if I was Juton?

No, you and your accursed network got the willies because there was something not exactly the same as Midgard I (see Loki) and you overreacted out of fear.

CR

[Sigurd]

Round 7



The Men of the kingdoms stood around the body of the law speaker and didn’t quite know what to do. What was that oath he made? It was a funny wording and it reminded them of something a hovgod would say at a blot, praising the Gods. Warmaster answered them. “He was a follower of Christ, but I can’t exactly say what his prayer meant. It was strange to my ears too”. The man called Sarathos stepped out of the ranks with an accusing finger. “What do you mean about a follower of Christ? Who is this Christ you speak of?” One of the Rus men answered: “White Christ was the only son of the Jewish God, or so they claim those down in Constantinople. A few of the Swedes and Norwegians stirred and spat on the ground. One of them had something to say: “Odin and his sons, yeah our God have several sons, will not approve of this. I think it might offend them to learn that we had a White Christ follower as the law speaker at His Thing”. The other Norse shouted hear, hear. “Odin might even smite us with soot or weak arms in battle for this offense”. The warrior called Sarathos turned on Warmaster, “You seem to have known that the law speaker was a white Christ follower, how did you come to such knowledge?” Sarathos grabbed the tunic of Warmaster. A small wooden cross attached to a leather cord around Warmaster’s neck spilled out of the tunic. “What have we here? I think we have another one”. Sarathos let go of Warmaster’s tunic and grabbed the pommel of his sword. “I call you out on a Holmgang. Let’s see whose God favours who. Your God against mine.
Sarathos stepped away from Warmaster and the crowd made a clearing in the throng. Warmaster stood with his head bowed and someone threw a sword at his feet. “Come on Jew, show your skills with the sword. Let’s see if your faith is more than sucking thumb” The others laughed at the jest. Warmaster looked defeated and would not take up the sword. One of the Rus chimed in: “I heard that master of yours were a man lover, is this so?” More laughter was heard. Warmaster seemed to not care. He knew he wouldn’t stand a chance against a Norse battle hardened warrior, besides his master did forbid it. Turn the other cheek was the mantra and his followers had done so and were murdered. Warmaster looked up towards the sky and calmly spoke: “My Lord my God, I give my soul to thee.” Sarathos exclaimed: “Not another weakling… I remember having seen this display before. How could I have forgotten? There were many fine and barely ripe women on the isles south of Hjaltland that did that display of meekness. I thought they were giving their maiden head to me as a gift and it was me that they called Lord. HAHAHHAHAA it was actually a prayer to that White Christ? This is too good to be truth”.
Warmaster finally reacted: “Those were innocent nuns, you bastard!!” Warmaster grabbed the sword and with the strength of faith slashed at Sarathos. Sarathos did not expect this and was caught off guard. He received three wounds from the frantic slashing of Warmaster and was bleeding much. Sarathos was losing strength but he was the better warrior and countered the next attacks giving Warmaster a few wounds too. Warmaster made a final attempt to get back at Sarathos, but this time Sarathos was prepared. As Warmaster tried to use the sword as a spear, Sarathos twirled and lopped Warmasters head off by a well placed blow to the neck.

Warmaster was floating in darkness and hurried to a light which made him feel comfort. In the light he found friends waiting for him and he was at peace.

In the Rus camp, Fenring felt much better, surprisingly much better after yesterdays Holmgang. The healing process was nearly unnaturally fast. The wounds had closed and his muscles weren’t sore. He could nearly function as usual. He walked over to his tent and picked up a skin of mead. As he gulped down its contents he saw a small man standing a little way up grinning at him. Before Fenring realised his mistake he was on the ground with stomach cramps. “Damn that dwarf, he has poisoned me”, was the only words he could utter before slipping into darkness.

Fenring felt a little agitated when he found himself in a field of flowers. He was killed by the worst thinkable and cowardly way, and by a half man. This didn’t bode well for the place at Odin’s table. A woman’s voice came from behind him and he felt two lithe arms snuggling around his waist: “Hello there stranger, I am to take you home. Do you mind spending some time here first?” Fenring turned in the embrace and answered when he saw who stood behind him: “Not at all, I believe I have an eternity waiting. A few moments in this place shouldn’t matter at all”. The woman laughed and kissed him deeply.



Killed: (8)

Twilightblade (R1)
Caius (R2)
Rythmic (R3)
Eliit Tuhkur (R4)
shlin28 (R4)
Proletariat (R5)
Kukrikhan (R6)
Fenring (R7)

Killed in Holmgang: (6)

makaikhaan (R1)
FactionHeir (R2)
Andres (R3)
woad&fangs (R4)
GeneralHankerchief (R5)
Warmaster Horus (R6)

Lynched: (6)

CountArach (R1)
Tratorix (R2)
glyphz (R3)
El Diablo (R4)
Seamus (R5)
Crazed Rabbit (R6)

WoG: (6)

scottishranger (R3)
TevashSzat (R4)
Quintus.J.Cicero (R4)
Kagemusha (R5)
pevergreen (R5)
Omanes (R5)

Living: (10)

Craterus
discovery1
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Husar
Ichigo
LittleGrizzly
Motep
Privateerkev
Sarathos
TinCow





Vote people... Deadline at 2000 GMT on Freya's day the 22nd of August

[Ferret]

Who are these Juton you speak of?

[Craterus]

I say we go after the ringleaders. These would be PK, Craterus, and TinCow. There's a very good chance that one of them has successfully infiltrated as Jotun and screwed everything up. There's no way that a "network" could be this counterproductive on its own.

And BTW, wasn't there a bandwagon on CR earlier in the game, sometime around when everybody viewed me as suspicious? Take a long look at those people as well.

And how was the town doing before the network? A god and a king lynched consecutively?

Well. Done.

Stubborn townies such as yourself have been nothing but a hindrance for pretty much the entire game and now you're hellbent on those final few steps of self-destruction.

Go ahead.

[Kralizec]

If the townie network can't garantue that all its members are innocent (hint: they can't) we should start lynching their champions. If the death writeup paints a champion as guilty, the identity of the "king" must be revealed since he must be guilty as well. If the champion is innocent the king should stay hidden of course.

[Craterus]

If the townie network can't garantue that all its members are innocent (hint: they can't) we should start lynching their champions. If the death writeup paints a champion as guilty, the identity of the "king" must be revealed since he must be guilty as well. If the champion is innocent the king should stay hidden of course.

And if the write-up yields nothing?

Because hey, please identify the guilty write ups so far (hint: you can't). Or are you sure that there are still 3 Jotun among us?

[Privateerkev]

Fenring:

Since we seem to be losing 4-6 people a "turn," that strategy will not work well for us.

[Ferret]

I still think Fenring could be Jotun...and I never did believe Motep's reveal.

[Craterus]

Just some info we digged up about your 'character', Fenring.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir

Finally got the link right.

[Warmaster Horus]

He's supposed to be the son of Loki (glyphz)... Seeing how Loki was (apparently) good, maybe lynching his kid isn't a good idea?

[Privateerkev]

There was never proof that Loki was good. Only that he had not turned yet.

[woad&fangs]

Or Sigurd could just be making Fenring's name Norse sounding like he did to mine and GH's.

edit: and didn't Loki's death writeup have him being greeted by his father? Loki's father was Jotun. His mother was Aesir. At least that's how I remember it.

[Kralizec]

Just some info we digged up about your 'character', Fenring.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir

Finally got the link right.

Kev posted that before, and it hasn't gotten less stupid since.
My role name is Fennir the ringleader. Like with everyone else it's a play on my forum name. The resemblance is pure coincidence (as is the fact that you found such an obscure "clue", I suppose), and drawing conclusions from it is as stupid as concluding that El Diablo because of his name.

[Warmaster Horus]

Well, we've now got the proof: Fenring is (was...) innocent, and I was a follower of Christ. That you people would call me a Jew... Get your religions right! (that last line was a bit of IC banter, no insults intended).

From the write-up, I managed to hurt Sarathos a bit, and I don't think he's a Jotun.

[Csargo]

Fenring felt a little agitated when he found himself in a field of flowers. He was killed by the worst thinkable and cowardly way, and by a half man. This didn’t bode well for the place at Odin’s table. A woman’s voice came from behind him and he felt two lithe arms snuggling around his waist: “Hello there stranger, I am to take you home. Do you mind spending some time here first?” Fenring turned in the embrace and answered when he saw who stood behind him: “Not at all, I believe I have an eternity waiting. A few moments in this place shouldn’t matter at all”. The woman laughed and kissed him deeply.

No horses.

[Crazed Rabbit]

I said Fenring was innocent, did I not?

CR

[Kralizec]

Well, that's it for me I guess. Good luck guys

[Crazed Rabbit]

For the sake of good as well as your pagan gods, lynch Sarathos. He lied about his knowledge of the Juton, as even PK admits.

CR

[glyphz]

Living: (10)

Craterus (was attacked, likely innocent)
Gaius Scribonius Curio (was attacked, likely innocent)

discovery1 (fought a Holmgang, and won)
Husar (fought a Holmgang, and won)
Sarathos (fought a Holmgang, and won)

Motep (claims to be a king)
Privateerkev (claims to be a champion)
TinCow (claims to be a champion)

LittleGrizzly (Tyr)

Ichigo


What now?

[Kralizec]

No horses.

It was a murder. Think about it

[LittleGrizzly]

I was a bit unsure about this, but its getting late in the game maybe its best my role is out...

You are Týr the God of combat and glory. He lost his hand when he bravely placed it in the mouth of the wolf Fenrisúlfr (Fenris) so that he could be bound with the ribbon Gleipnir.

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.

In this game you are master of Holmgang and have the ability to bless the fighters. Every night you will decide to bless one of the fighters in a Holmgang challenge. If that challenge is selected, the fighter will gain 2 Holmgang points for that round. No one will notice this blessing and it if it helps them win it will appear to be by luck.
Pm me the name of the player you wish to bless every night. You can only bless a player who is listed in one of the first 6 Holmgang challenges.

You are also a master of all combat forms and can spot them easily. Any Jotun who fights in Holmgang will make their abilities known to you, even if they attempt to hide it. If a Jotun fights in Holmgang, you will notice.
The penalty is: you must spend much time to observe the fighters before and after Holmgang. If a god or Jotun observes you, they will notice you are not asleep.

Holmgang ability: 100 against humans (guarantied win). 10 against other gods or Jotun.


I used copy paste to put it in here, i remember some argument about that earlier, i couldn't copy the whole image.

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

Just before everyone in the townie network decided to reveal i was talking about the possibility of the small dwarf being an SK, this i wouldn't notice from holmgang...

anyway this is the post i made...

He was determined to find that little bastard that was poisoning his men. The law speaker believed this dwarf was a jotun shape shifter, but Kukri was not convinced. Why would Jotun shape shift into such a puny little weak thing.

That is an extract from kurki being killed by the dwarf..

Now compare it to the extract from the huge killer..

The creature was huge and it was completely dark save for a smile of white fangs and a pair of shining yellow eyes.

The man was called Craterus and he seemed as he didn’t want to tell his story, but finally he spoke up: “Last night … a … being entered my tent. He was more than 8 feet tall and can only be described as a Hulk… He had dark features and yellow eyes and very white teeth with fangs”. The Danes sucked in air and looked at each other. This description only fitted with one creature. “Jotun!!” exclaimed the law speaker.

Out of nowhere appeared a great and dark Hulk who grabbed Craterus by the throat one handed and lifted him up to meet a pair of yellow eyes. “Be afraid little human, you are about to die.” Craterus squirmed in the strong grip and he felt that his windpipe was crushed. The dark hulk grabbed Craterus’ head and twisted.

[FactionHeir]

If disco is innocent, Motep is too.

So that leaves PK, TC and Ichigo.

[TinCow]

Sarathos is Guilty he showed up as Jotun.

Vote: Sarathos

[Csargo]

Vote:Sarathos

[Kralizec]

nevermind, I think you can figure it out now.

[TinCow]

I am declaring right now that I am going to challenge PK in Holmgang. Whoever survives, LG can publicly state whether they are guilty or innocent.

[LittleGrizzly]

Forgot we were in voting period

Vote sarathos

[FactionHeir]

Ummm I don't get this. LG first posted that Sarathos, Husar AND disco were innocent. Then he edits and makes Sarathos guilty.

[LittleGrizzly]

Yeah it took me a while to make the post, getting my role together and the stuff i wrote about serial from the townie network group and after i made the post i got a pm from sigurd...

You observe the combatants as they circle each other in Holmgang. Warmaster Horus does not handle his blade well, and his thrusts are clumsy. Luck and frenzy are all that count for his hits. But Sarathos looks strange. He is clearly a skilled warrior, but he makes mistakes that seem intentional. Sarathos is intentionally hiding his skill at arms, and there is something about his grip that makes you sure he is Jotun.

[Kralizec]

I'm unsure about LG's edit. I do agree with Factionheir that discovery1 is innocent.