Rebellion IV - Death of the Lich King (Day 10)

[Zeb The Troll]

Alright. I've stalled on this long enough. It's time to get this show on the road.

Decades have passed since Xykon Fan overthrew the Zombie rule and had himself declared Lich King of your fair land. As expected, darkness and turmoil reigned supreme. Seems not all undead make good rulers. Unfortunately, there were no high level adventurers around to depose the Lich King so the despotism went on unabated until recently.

As it happens, word got out that there was a threat to humanity, one GM told two of his friends, and they told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on and so on until it finally got around to a GM that was running an epic campaign and had run out of things to do.

Immediately he set his party to the task of righting wrongs and dispelling evil. The party managed the task quite handily enough, but in the end, they, like most parties, were only interested in loot and xp and forgot to tell anyone else what they were up to. As a result, no one noticed that Xykon Fan wasn't ruling anymore for several months.

Once again the land is thrown into turmoil as several factions blathered on about their claim to the throne. Eventually it wound down to two factions, one decended from Crystall Myr and one decended from Castaras I's third cousin twice removed. Crystall Myr's decendant won the throne, but the supporters of Castaras I's rightful heir haven't given up hope.

As before, the sitting ruler sent forth two of the best secret agents in the land to root out the pretender and secure his legacy. And also as before, since they hadn't been training secret agents, the two were still rookies and wholly incapable of infiltrating the rebellion. They were found dead at a donut shop. The autopsy said the icing was poisoned.

Summary: Zeb The Troll and Alarra were killed by Rebels.

Day One begins and will end at Noon Eastern Time on Sunday.

Spoiler

THE RULES

THE CLASSES AND THE ROLES

There are two classes: Nobility and Peasantry. There are also two alignments: Loyalists and Rebels.

NOBILITY

• Emperor – The Emperor cannot be slain at night while Loyalist Imperial Guardsmen or the Captain of the Guard still live. The Emperor’s vote counts thrice. The Emperor cannot be converted.
• Heir – The Heir becomes the Emperor upon the Emperor’s demise. The Heir’s vote counts twice. If the Heir succeeds the Emperor, there will be one full day between the previous Emperor's death and the coronation of the new Emperor. (If the Emperor is lynched on Day 1, Night 1 and Day 2 will pass, and the coronation will happen at the end of Day 2. If he is killed by Rebels on Night 1, Day 2 and Night 2 will pass and the coronation will happen at the beginning of Day 3.)
• Royal Investigator – The Royal Investigator has many tools and much training at his disposal and is able to determine a player's role and allegiance with a night action.
• Captain of the Guard – The Captain of the Guard sends Imperial Guardsment to protect one citizen each night from assassination. He is difficult to corrupt.
• Imperial Guardsmen – The Imperial Guardsmen fight side by side and know each other well. They are difficult to corrupt.
• The Court Couple – The subject of much discussion and speculation amongst the upper crust, a pair of Nobles have fallen in love but must keep it a secret. Should one of them die, the other dies as well. In addition, if the court couple both point at the same person, their combined vote will count as three instead of two.
• Court Noble

PEASANTRY

• The Sheriff (Day Baner) - The Sheriff is a loyal appointee of the Empire and is duty bound to protect it. He is capable of keeping lynch mobs in check and as such can protect a person from being lynched. He is also trusted by the Court and can keep them from executing a person he believes is loyal to the crown. Vote counts twice. This person is difficult to corrupt.
• The Gossip – The Gossip has tendrils in several circles and can learn a player's class and allegiance with a night action.
• The Drunkard – The Drunkard thinks he or she is the Gossip, but people have a grand time giving this person faulty information to see how long it takes to figure it out. When scrying, the Drunkard will be given a random class and allegiance.
• Lovers – The fates of the lovers are intertwined. Should one die, so too the other. In addition, if the lovers both point at the same person, their combined vote will count as three instead of two.
• Peasant

REBELS

• Rebel Leader – The Rebel Leader picks the Rebel Soldiers and the Rebel Spy. The Rebel Leader appears as a Loyalist Peasant when spied upon.
• Rebel Spy – The Rebel Spy, trained in the same investigative techniques as the Royal Investigator, but somewhat less restricted in information gathering tools, can determine a player's class and role with a night action.
• Rebel Soldier

THE ACTIONS

DAY

The Peasantry, both Loyalist and Rebel, incite a lynch mob each day, choosing to kill one person.
The Nobles, both Loyalist and Rebel, meet in court each day, choosing to execute one person.
All votes are made communally. They are tallied separately.
The Sheriff may opt to protect someone from either lynching or execution (one or the other, not both). This decision is sent to the narrators via PM before the end of the day is posted.

NIGHT

The Rebel Leader can send his Rebel Soldiers to assassinate one person or to convert one person to the Rebel Forces.
The Rebel Spy can follow one person to determine that player’s class and role.
The Royal Investigator and the Gossip may each follow one person to determine that player’s alignment and class, but not the player’s role.
The Drunkard can follow one person but, due to his or her drink-addled mind, decides upon a random alignment and class.
The Captain of the Guard protects one person from assassination each night.

ACHIEVING VICTORY

BY CLASS AND ALIGNMENT

The Loyalist Nobility wins by eliminating all of the Rebels.
The Loyalist Peasantry wins by surviving the rebellion until it ends.
The Rebels win by eliminating all Loyalist Nobles and the Sheriff or by placing a Rebel Heir on the throne.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

The Heir wins if his alignment wins and he has succeeded the Emperor.
The Imperial Guardsmen win if their alignment wins and an Emperor or the Rebel Leader is still alive.
The Court Nobles win if their alignment wins and an Emperor is no longer alive.
The Sheriff wins if he survives and either The Emperor or a Loyal Heir is on the throne.

OTHER NOTES

CONVERSION
To convert someone, the Rebel Leader must send me the name a person they choose to convert and a decision of whether or not to attack on a refused invitation. I will then send the person who is to be converted an invitation. Should the person refuse and the Rebels have chosen to attack, there is a 20% chance of the person being slain, a 10% chance of a random rebel being slain, and a 10% chance of a random Rebel being unmasked in the ensuing battle. If the person is playing a role with the “difficult to corrupt” description, there is a 20% chance of the attempt automatically failing. Conversion can only happen every third night (nights 3, 6, 9, et cetera)

AUTOLYNCHING
Failure to vote three times will result in an automatic death.

Note that there are some changes to the rules as posted in the recruitment thread (see in particular the Gossip, Royal Investigator, and the Sheriff).

Player List 3/29

Spoiler

Aemoh
Atreyu the Masked LLama - executed/lynched Day 1 - Peasant and Loyalist
CurlyKitGirl - executed/lynched Day 3 - Lover and Loyalist
DarkLightDragon - Murdered Night 7 - Drunkard and Loyalist
Doseki - autolynched on Day 5 - Peasant and Loyal
Dr. Bath - Killed by Rebels, Night 4 - The Gossip and Loyal
easyname - Executed Day 8 - Peasant and Rebel
Eldritch Knight - committed suicide Day 3 - Lover and Loyalist
EmperorDemonking - executed/lynched Day 2 - Court Couple, Noble and Loyalist
evnafets - Executed Day 10 - Peasant and Rebel Leader
Fin - Lynched on Day 7 - Capt of the Guard and Loyalist
Fleeing Coward - Executed on Day 7 - Rebel Soldier and Peasant
Freshmeat - Murdered Night 9 - Heir and Loyal
Gwyn ap Nud - Lynched Day 6 - Imperial Guardsman and Loyal
Mordokai - Murdered Night 5 - Loyal and Imperial Guardsman
Mustiado - Lynched Day 8 - Imperial Guard and Loyal
Ominous - autolynched Day 4 - Sheriff and Loyal
PenguinSushi
PGCoD - Lynched Day 10 - Court Investigator and Loyal
Pwenet - lynched/executed Day 4 - Noble and Loyal
Ranna - Executed Day 6 - Rebel Spy and Peasant
Shadow - lynched/executed on Day 5 - Noble and Loyal
Shishnarfne - Murdered Night 8 - Peasant and Loyal
Stu42 - Court Couple - died in response to the execution of ED - Loyal
SweetLikeLemons - killed by Rebels Night 2 - Noble and Loyalist
Szilard - Lynched Day 9 - Emperor and Loyal
topher - autolynched Day 4 - Noble and Loyal
Zar Peter
Zombie pixe - Executed Day 9 - Peasant and Rebel

[easyname]

No one has any idea who's who...

It's always hard at the start of the game, so lets just decide on someone to lynch and lynch them.

We don't have much information yet, but we could still get lucky.

[Shishnarfne]

Francis, a young gentleman living near the edge of town, emerges to discover that there are two mysterious deaths...

"What news have you on this?Fleeing Coward, is this your handiwork?"

[easyname]

I wouldn't act rashly. I don't think there is a big chance of him being a rebel...

[Emperor Demonking]

"Easyname. Really protecting one of your fellows so early. I always thought you rebels didn't have much brain."

[easyname]

So now you're accusing me?

I just don't think we should start by making such rash decisions.

I find coming in and voting for whoever you want suspicious.

That is why I vote for Shishnarfne

[Zar Peter]

Zar Peter, dressed in a silken robe, walks through the town and listens to easynames accusations. He points at easyname:

Coming in and pointing at people is what we do here, young one! You never can find a bad guy on day one by discussing. In fact you only find a bad guy on day one only if the bad guys want you to find them. So don't accuse others for pointing, you have to do the same. I, for example, point at Pwenet, just for fun! Kill me if you like.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Its fairly obvious really, who to point at. You need only compare the past to the future and you find the present.

In the past, who has been a rebel?? The cats! Castaras played a cat and was a rebel in Rebellion II. So it seems logical there would be cat rebels in the future, which is now. Now, we don't have anyone playing cats, but someone ALWAYS has a cat present and that person is CurlyKitGirl. Its in her avatar, its in her sig, its in her very soul and therefore Curlykitgirl is a rebel and must be lynched.

Also, I'm debating between LLambo, the action movie hero and Llama Wright, the Sim City Planner.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Originally Posted by Atreyu the Masked LLama

Its fairly obvious really, who to point at. You need only compare the past to the future and you find the present.

In the past, who has been a rebel?? The cats! Castaras played a cat and was a rebel in Rebellion II. So it seems logical there would be cat rebels in the future, which is now. Now, we don't have anyone playing cats, but someone ALWAYS has a cat present and that person is CurlyKitGirl. Its in her avatar, its in her sig, its in her very soul and therefore Curlykitgirl is a rebel and must be lynched.

Also, I'm debating between LLambo, the action movie hero and Llama Wright, the Sim City Planner.

"Oh really? And who's the sneaky Llama King opressing the rights of sheep everywhere? You! Who's always in cahoots with the Rebels and the bad guys? Who presonally knows the name of at least two rebels?
The Llama!
That's right ladies; gentlemen and others The Llama is conspiring against us andour faithful sheep.
We want Sheep RIghts and we want them now!
Shepherds For Justice unite now!" The Sheep Rights activist hoists her placard and walks around the Llama in a circle chanting loudly all the while.

((EDIT: Go for the City Planner.

Point: CurlyKitGirl! Three capital letters: CKG. It's not that hard. Heck, just go for Curly. It's easier apparently.))

[Stu42]

As usual, I point at the next person to post.

[Zar Peter]

Originally Posted by Atreyu the Masked LLama

Its fairly obvious really, who to point at. You need only compare the past to the future and you find the present.

In the past, who has been a rebel?? The cats! Castaras played a cat and was a rebel in Rebellion II. So it seems logical there would be cat rebels in the future, which is now. Now, we don't have anyone playing cats, but someone ALWAYS has a cat present and that person is CurlyKitGirl. Its in her avatar, its in her sig, its in her very soul and therefore Curlykitgirl is a rebel and must be lynched.

Also, I'm debating between LLambo, the action movie hero and Llama Wright, the Sim City Planner.

I bow at your logic, Mr. Llama! I wished I had the same cognitive abilities as you!

* Looks up *

Crap! Why are you pointing at me

[Fin]

There is just something inherently wrong with the idea of Penguinsushi so it has to go away or be lynched or whatever is fastest and furthest away!

[Supagoof]

((Ooh, I vote for Llambo!

<.<
>.>

What, just cause I'm not in the game doesn't mean I don't watch.

Plus, I did help put a cat on the throne. Go REBELS!
This in now way supports or rescinds the idea that people with cats are rebels.))

[Doseki]

I come today
To say
That the bad guys in this game
I proclaim
Should watch there backs
Beware the kola bear
In his lair
Playing the violin
So take it on the chin
Fin

((It's fun to rhym))((Even if it isn't any good))

((Edit: Sorry Fin, yours was the only name that rhymed))

[Fin]

@Doseki: In that case call me Purple.

Rhyme that!

[Doseki]

Purple... shmurple

See, I can do it with anything.

[Pwenet]

"Friends! Enemies! Llamas! Lend me your right nostrils!"

Standing on a podium is Pwenet with a jug of wine in one hand, and a staff with a strange diamond on the top of it.

"I have here the all-seeing staff of SMELLING. By point it at one of you, it shall reveal your cruel intentions! PREPARE TO BE JUDGED!"

At that moment, sunlight strikes the diamond, and it bursts into flames.

"Well, that sucks. I want my money back! Now to point, I shall point at the one who can't spell names properly, like the smelly llama he is!!!"

Having made his point, Pwenet jumps down from a podium and goes looking for someone to buy his defective staff.

[Szilard]

I, who is easily swayd by crowds, points at Llama!

[Aemoh]

Walking about the area, looking around and listening to the others, is an older gentleman in dress robes.

"Well, well, well. Getting off to fine start aren't we. No matter, the first day is always messy.

Oh, and easyname it's probably a bad idea to want to just lynch someone and then say 'oh, no, not him.' Kinda suspicious."

[SweetLikeLemons]

"Oh, dear. This is all so unpleasant. Well, I suppose thatLlama is pretty suspicious, being masked and all. People in masks cannot be trusted."

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

I see. Hmmmm, so we are lynching the one person who attempts to apply logic to the situation. If is the case, this city will be rebellion led by the end of the week. Dooooooooom.

(In all fairness, its been over a year and a half since the WW phenomenon started and I've yet to be the first person lynched. It had to happen sometime I suppose.)

[Fleeing Coward]

Well, I've almost run out of the key ingredient for my mystery meat sushi so guess a dead llama would be just what I need.
On the other hand, I hear hear this city is the natural habitat of the readymade sushi...
The sushi salesman digs out his ACME PenguinSushi Trap v1.1 and goes in search for the nearest igloo.

[topher]

I find you all suspicious for not pointing at PGCoD. His name says it all, he'll be the DOOM of us all!

[easyname]

Sorry...I've only ever played one game before and it was on a different site.

[Ranna]

Llama - Llama's spit, that upsets me so its gotta be you.

[Ominous]

*jumps on one of the passing bandwagons* Llama

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Originally Posted by Atreyu the Masked LLama

(In all fairness, its been over a year and a half since the WW phenomenon started and I've yet to be the first person lynched. It had to happen sometime I suppose.)

(That still doesn't make it any easier to watch. I give credit to Ranna for making me laugh )

[Eldritch Knight]

I concur. The Llama must die! (Preferably spitted and barbequed........ What? I'm hungry!)

[Zombie pixe]

so um... we do this poiting thing...?

so what? like i point at the Llama and then that gets put in a different colour?

oh that is fancy indeed!

well then, so what am i doing now, i have to use my new found knowlage to point at someone?!

thats not very friendly!

well...





sorry, what am i doing again?

[Shadow]

llama, the idea that you could use any logic at all seems laughable to me.
But the fact that you have come up with such an outstanding conclusion on day one! is absolutely brilliant! I applaud your Shadow-esque-ness and point at Curly to show my support.

Originally Posted by Supagoof

Plus, I did help put a cat on the throne. Go REBELS!
This in now way supports or rescinds the idea that people with cats are rebels.))

Ooooh! So did I! So did I!