The hobbits stood now on the bring of a tall cliff, bare
and bleak, its feet wrapped in mist; and behind them rose
the broken highlands crowned with drifting clouds. A chill
wind blew from the East. Night was gathering over the
shapeless lands before them; the sickly green of them was
fading to a sullen brown. Far away to the right the Anduin,
that had gleamed fitfully in sun-breaks during the day, was
now hidden in shadow. But their eyes did not look beyond
the River, back to Gondor, to their friends, to the lands
of Men. South and east they stared to where, at the edge of
the oncoming night, a dark line hung, like distant
mountains of motionless smoke. Every now and again a tiny
red gleam far away flickered upwards on the rim of earth
and sky.

It is Night 0.
Send night actions to brebuga4@gmail.com
48 Hours until Day 1

Calenraug approached the cave cautiously. It was still
dark, but he could see well enough to get around, or so he
thought. He was prepared for anything. Anything except a
giant spider lunging at him. He managed to fire off a few
arrows that delayed it long enough for him to make his
escape. Elsewhere, Friend of Old was beset upon by orcs,
but he managed to escape unscathed as well.

Someone tried to kill Calenraug, but failed.
Someone tried to kill Friend of Old, but failed.
It is now Day 1.
There are 20 of you, so it is 11 to lynch.

[This message has been edited by Rotaretilbo (edited 09-30-2008 @ 10:43 PM).]

OBVIOUSLY THE WRITE UPS ARE NOT AS GREAT AS THEY WERE IN MY MAFIA

That aside, we have one scum faction and an SK, at least. Shelob is the Spider and an SK. She might have been blocked or Cal had a doc inspection. I don't think it's worth revealing our roleblocker to find out, though, because the write up doesn't seem to show that there was a block. In addition, Cal could also be iron or semi-iron, though. I do wonder if Rot has changed the ring function in this one, or if Nazgul feature. We know Rot always has all kill attempts mentioned in his write ups, but I sincerely doubt one SK and one mafia faction. We might want to look at any people who have been inactive BEFORE the mafia started or who don't visit here that often/are always inactive at mafias. I don't think that looking at inactives in the day will help, though. As for FoO, now, band of orcs means that's one scum faction down for us. However, I think this one might be Sauron's side, as Saruman's side would be Uruks, not orcs. There's not really any other scum factions in the Two Towers. Problem is, even Sauron doesn't feature much. It's probably just a mistake on Rot's part.

I have seen the movies, but from the write up it sounds like Friend of Old is Legolas.

Do newspapers appear in these types of mafias or is that only in SWGBH?

Arrows could also mean an Uruk with a crossbow, any of the other elves, or Faramir. Btu Legolas is the top choice.

HALDIR DOESN'T REALLY SHOW UP WITH ELVES AT HELM'S DEEP!!!!!!

Sorry, just had to say that. Could it be possible that FoO and Calenraug were targeted by multiple mafias?

First off, I would really appreciate it if we didn't make this into a some sort of Lotr trivia face off. If somebody gets something wrong, try not to come off like they just burned a bible.

Second off, I'm assuming this mafia follows the chronology and generally accepted facts as based on the book and not on the previous mafia, which would be completely retarded.

Calenraug approached the cave cautiously. It was still
dark, but he could see well enough to get around, or so he
thought. He was prepared for anything. Anything except a
giant spider lunging at him. He managed to fire off a few
arrows that delayed it long enough for him to make his
escape. Elsewhere, Friend of Old was beset upon by orcs,
but he managed to escape unscathed as well.

Giant spiders are found in Mirkwood and the pass of Cirith Ungol. Which means Calenraug is not Legolas, because what would he be doing in either of those places? Which means Calenraug is either a random elf of Mirkwood or an orc guarding the pass.

The question is: would the SK be some random spider in Mirkwood? I don't think so. The only character that truly fits the SK profile is Shelob. And since Legolas isn't there, and the hobbits don't have bows, it seems logical to think there's a good chance Calenraug is an orc guarding the pass and therefore scum.

Vote: Calenraug

Elsewhere, Friend of Old was beset upon by orcs,
but he managed to escape unscathed as well.

That fact that he was attacked by what must be the mafia would indicate he's clean (though he could be the SK!)

Do newspapers appear in these types of mafias or is that only in SWGBH?

The writeups serve the same purpose as newspapers.

Hrm, I didn't see the arrows part. But then again, if Cal was Legolas and Shelob attacked him, then how else would Rot have posted the write up? Obviously he has to make him at Cirith Ungol. But I agree that a claim would be nice.

That said, I can't vote for anyone today, so go figure.

Oh my bad. That write up was hard to understand being jumbled in one paragraph. Calenraug does sound more likely to be an elf, if not Legolas.

Friend of Old wasn't given much detail about his character other than he was attacked and managed escape.

Let me just say that there IS no other elf in the book except Legolas. However, Aragorn also wields arrows, and this book will surely have some Rohirrim characters, too. Eomer, Eowyn, Theoden, and Hama, plus Faramir. Quickly looking at the player list proves that there are quite a few who wouldn't be here, so scum really get an easier game here than they did in mine, and it also means that Rot wouldn't have put characters not in the book.

Pedin i gwath nin.


Im Legolas Thranduilon. Pedin i lam edhellen. Cenin ne ithil a im ang.


Ne ithil, cenantin ni Arvedui, a e na goth!

Pedin ni gurth: Arvedui