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"We know you did it," said Yoren, sitting together with Ser Aron Santagar at the top of the Wall.

"What do you mean?" Santagar asked, confused.

"We see it in your eyes, the bloodthirst," Yoren replied.

"That makes no sense! There are so many other potential suspects! Like him!" He pointed at Jon Arryn, who had arrived up the lift along with Ser Barristan.

"You accuse Lord Arryn? Have you well and truly gone mad?" remarked Barristan the Bold.

"He was sent to the Wall for treason!" protested Ser Aron.

"And why were you sentenced here again, may I ask?" noted Arryn.

"But—"

In all his desparation, Santagar did not noticed that he had slowly backed up to the edge of the Wall. Suddenly, the ice beneath him gave way, and Ser Aron Santagar fell.
Ser Aron Santagar, a black brother, a.k.a. Charles Watson-Turing-Donald, has been voted off and killed.

It is now the night phase! This phase will end in about a day, on Friday, February 9 at around 7:00 PM PST.

Additionally, @Crushita has now arrived. Please welcome him to the Night's Watch!

Whelp. Well, that's something. I... did not expect that. This is gonna force me to reavulate a few things.

DEATH

As Santagar fell, he saw his life flash before his eyes. He only screamed one thing.

ARRRRRYYYYYNNN

splat

Lord Arryn had been forced to endure some regrets in his life, certainly, but none quite compared to this. As he heard Santagar's retreating voice condemn him to all the heavens, he became sick, emptied the contents of his stomach right there over the wall. "Mother forgive me, what have I done?"

KING'S LANDING

You threw a brother from the wall and then puked on him. 

I'm really sorry for posting here Tau, it won't happen again!

The ranger sneaked out into the night, intent on finding the mysterious killer and ending him once and for all.

The ranger waited. And waited yet more. Still, nothing.

Suddenly, a pale horror appeared, also sneaking along. The ranger had heard rumors that the killer might be one of those mythical White Walkers, but had dismissed that as pure nonsense. Still, there had been some old dragonglass weaponry deep the armory, and there was no use not packing it along just in case. Upon realizing what the mysterious figure was, the ranger was very glad to have made that decision.

Then, the Other turned and stared. Neither of the two moved for a moment.

Finally, the White Walker charged, with surprising grace. But the ranger was prepared. The obsidian speartip struck true.

As the ranger ran away, all that could be heard was the cold, sharp, biting scream of a dying monster.
An Other who had stolen the form of Ser Barristan Selmy, a.k.a. PowerPAOK, has been killed by a ranger.

Additionally, please welcome the following people to the Wall!
@Red Mones
@Kane lives

Edit: The day phase began when this was posted, and will end in about two days, on Sunday, February 11 at around 7:00 PM PST.

Good on ye, Ranger. I never trusted that Selmy fellow.

So. We've identified one of the little beasties. Who's next? There must exist at least one more Other. It could still be me or Doc, but seeing as Doc was willing to go along with the let's-lynch-PP-and-Charles-first strategy, I'm not fond of that theory.

Whew, lucky break with the Other kill. Good intuition on whomever the Ranger is.

If neither Laurentus nor Doc are the Other (and hopefully there's only one left at this point), that means either Elbbsas, Crushita, or I are most likely the remaining Other.

I'm leaning more towards Elbbsas, though, since she and I arrived at the Wall sooner (and I think taulover would've stuffed another Other into the mix ASAP), and the Other didn't kill anyone last night, which might mean that the Other was inactive. Seeing as how Elbbsas didn't vote in the last day phase, she might've been inactive for the night phase.

Accuse: Elbbsas

If Elbbsas isn't an Other, though, I'll be pretty certain Doc is. But if Elbbsas is an Other, that'll pretty much have cleared the names of Laurentus and Doc.

Having read through the thread, I would wager it most likely that it is Elbbsas

Well that's a convincing argument. Making me second guess myself even more.

Not gonna lie, Cersei being an Other would be hilarious. =D

Good point on Gerrick's part regarding Tau wanting to add more Other early. But Tau probably used a randomiser in brackets to ensure fair play, so we can't exactly rely on Tau psychology to see us through.

Moving to your other point, I don't think inactivity works. Yes, PowerPAOK died. But as per the rolelist the Other collectively decide who to kill. That means either the Other were all inactive or they decided not to kill deliberately, or a mix of both. I think the middle option is more likely given the inactivity lynches already occured. Plus I posted in other portions of the forum during the night phase, so inactivity justification doesn't really work. =P

For now I'm going to vote No Lynch until/unless more clues are found, since I'm leaning in too many directions currently.

Jon Arryn avoided walking passed the area where Santagar's blood still soaked the snow. He had heard of their resurfacing ancient threat when he woke up, but he still wasn't sure he believed it. Regardless, something clearly died during the night, and the killing stopped. That was good enough for him.

He was hit with the realisation that if the monsters could impersonate his dear friend Ser Barristan, it could impersonate everyone. He considered how this might have happened. It would have had to occur when Ser Barristan was on his way North. Could it have been Yoren? Was he one of these monsters, as well? If so, he would need to tread carefully.

He also considered the previous Queen. He heard what happened, and about her relationship with her brother, but did he believe she could be one of these monsters, as well? The men around him certainly wanted to hang her, but was it a witch hunt, or did they have a point? None of these men were fond of the Lannisters.

I'm not ready to commit to Doc or Elb. I don't know what reasoning there is for Doc, actually, and the inactive theory for Elb sounds like it's making too many assumptions.

Not gonna lie, Cersei being an Other would be hilarious. =D

Good point on Gerrick's part regarding Tau wanting to add more Other early. But Tau probably used a randomiser in brackets to ensure fair play, so we can't exactly rely on Tau psychology to see us through.

Moving to your other point, I don't think inactivity works. Yes, PowerPAOK died. But as per the rolelist the Other collectively decide who to kill. That means either the Other were all inactive or they decided not to kill deliberately, or a mix of both. I think the middle option is more likely given the inactivity lynches already occured. Plus I posted in other portions of the forum during the night phase, so inactivity justification doesn't really work. =P

Don't know why I didn't just check to see if you posted during the night phase elsewhere. And I had even liked the post you made. Guess I was just subconsciously trying to make you seem more suspicious in my mind since I don't know who the Other is.

And it's also possible that if we have another sentry that they defended the person that the Other(s) targeted, so it doesn't necessarily have to be that the Other(s) chose not to kill or were inactive. But we do know that there is a Ranger, and in my mind it's less likely that Crushita showed up, was assigned the Ranger, and correctly killed an Other all on the same night -- so I'm thinking the Ranger is either Doc or Elbbsas. And I'm pretty certain that there's an Other among the people who arrived before PowerPAOK died, which leads me to believe either Elbbsas, Crushita, or Doc is an Other. I suppose if I don't want to accidentally lynch the Ranger, though, I shouldn't accuse either of the two I suspect is it. So I'm thinking about changing my vote to Crushita, especially with that incredibly short post he made accusing Elbbsas after I did (plus he was a Little Bird and probably helped Hydra decide to expose me as Petyr Baelish ). Waiting to hear everyone else's thoughts first, though.

I mean, if PP hadn't been revealed as the Other, I was pretty much gonna be obligated to gun for Laurentus, so I'm happy that's off the table now.
My suspicions aren't especially clear right now; I have a vague suspicion of Gerrick, but that's almost certainly because he's vaguely suspicious of me and I'm acting purely out of self-defense. I was initially leaning towards the 'might be Elb' theory, but that was predicated on inactivity rendering that unlikely.
Out of the shiggles, I'm always happy to vote out Crush on the basis of 'religious differences', but for now I've got little in the way of actual evidence, and consequently meaningful suspicion, to sling his way.
So I'm going to Vote: No Lynch until anything convincing should arise.

@Gerrick, how can you at once think the Ranger is either Doc or Elbbsas, and yet think one of the remaining Others is also one of these two?