Morning Four
Few of the castle's residents were able to sleep soundly through the night. Those that were not kept up by the lingering threat of death were still bothered by the howling wind as a storm picked up outside. In the darkness, snow piled up around the castle.
The sky brightened, but the denizens of the castle only rose sluggishly, exhausted even before the day had started. The wind was dying down by the time the crowd gathered in the snow-blanketed courtyard, and the Seneschal did his daily headcount. After running it a second time, the dwarf sighed deeply and called out. "Two more missing, m'lord!
Farmer Icekommander and
Maid LightFang!"
They found what was left of the Farmer's body in his modest room. The interior, even the walls and ceiling, were splattered with gore, and not all of the components of his body were accounted for. It looked as though he had been caught by surprise and completely torn apart, without even a chance to defend himself.
The Maid's room was modest as well, but virtually spotless aside from the trademark spatter of blood that the other killer had become known for leaving. Her body was unaccounted for as well, and most of the crowd quickly cleared the room, not wanting to spend a moment more than necessary at the scene of the crime.
Aside from the day's lynching, there were some items to be distributed.
Firstly, there were the executed Jester's
Hand Puppets, finely crafted things made of wood and cloth, and with a comical aspect to them. It was anyone's guess as to how useful they'd be, but perhaps someone could find a purpose for them.
The Maid had also owned some distinctly unmaidlike items - on a hunch, the Blacksmith had turned over the Maid's bed, and found an odd box hidden beneath it. Inside the box was a set of extremely sharp
Silvered Knives, deadly weapons that clearly weren't made to cut food.
Finally, the Healer raised a shout from the Farmer's closet, apparently getting over her squeamishness enough to notice a glint of metal in the corner. She emerged attempting to drag a massive
Greatsword that looked to be heavier than she was. The Hunter quickly went over to give her a hand lifting the thing, and it was brought into the courtyard along with the other items.
It is Day Four!
Players, place your votes!
Votes for the Hand Puppets are Purple!
Votes for the Silvered Knives are Silver!
Votes for the Greatsword are Brown!
Lynching requires a higher adjusted vote total than the runner-up (see the rules)!
Public posting is open!
Night falls in 48 hours!
