First,
unvote.
I don't see much reason for that vote on NQT to be there any longer!
NQT:Birdy— Tell us what you know about your (character's) family. Also, what do you think of Ottofar's play yesterday?
I haven't seen anyone in my family in years, either because they are dead or I've lost contact with them. That is the short story.
If you can afford to be a bit patient with me, I would rather wait on making a fuller claim. I have a more meaty post written up on my family history armed and ready, but I need to ask you one question first. What is the relevancy of my family history to the scum hunt? I'll admit that I have been thinking a lot about family since I've got the role PM, which makes your question seem a bit… clairvoyant if you will.
I suspect you suspect something that I haven't been able to confirm as of yet regarding my family. Ottofar didn't leave me with much to work on as far as character development, so I'm behind when it comes to internal investigations.
Speaking of which, Ottofar. I'm a bit confused as to why he held his vote on you for so long, but I suppose he isn't one to give up on the ghost easily. He tunneled you hard and kept his eyes straight forward. As far as I can tell, he never took the opportunity to look deeply into our Role PM, which is testimony to that fact.
Tiruin:birdyTiruin:As you were dying, the inquisitor asked you something... Do you recall what that was?
...I got nothing, really. Not a word, nor anything in my memory pre and post death. I put that under the end flavor of the day but as my response was disgust, I suppose it went along the lines of how the papal bull was written, and I was asked if I ever indulged in such. On why the captain said 'you chose well', I believe it went along the bolded line as stated in the spoiler below.
tl;dr: No, I have nothing on what he said, what he asked, what he wanted, or why I replied as such.
I'm deriving all information from my knowledge of history, and net sources.
Uzès
The Papal Bull as announced here.
What was as I believe mentioned to me was this statement:
"[m]any persons of both sexes, unmindful of their own salvation and straying from the Catholic Faith, have abandoned themselves to devils, incubi and succubi, and by their incantations, spells, conjurations, and other accursed charms and crafts, enormities and horrid offences, have slain infants yet in the mother's womb, as also the offspring of cattle, have blasted the produce of the earth, the grapes of the vine, the fruits of the trees, nay, men and women, beasts of burthen, herd-beasts, as well as animals of other kinds, vineyards, orchards, meadows, pasture-land, corn, wheat, and all other cereals; these wretches furthermore afflict and torment men and women, beasts of burthen, herd-beasts, as well as animals of other kinds, with terrible and piteous pains and sore diseases, both internal and external; they hinder men from performing the sexual act and women from conceiving, whence husbands cannot know their wives nor wives receive their husbands; over and above this, they blasphemously renounce that Faith which is theirs by the Sacrament of Baptism, and at the instigation of the Enemy of Mankind they do not shrink from committing and perpetrating the foulest abominations and filthiest excesses to the deadly peril of their own souls, whereby they outrage the Divine Majesty and are a cause of scandal and danger to very many (...) the abominations and enormities in question remain unpunished not without open danger to the souls of many and peril of eternal damnation."
The Malleus Maleficarum.
Here, I compared what was given and myself. The only conclusion I can ascertain is the same conclusion I saw was wrong with the other witch trials proceeding such:
Women were persecuted due to their liberal nature (Yea, sexism was rife at this time. Gender-roles were more upheld and expected back then, and during this time any deviation from the norm caused more than suspicion).
...And I was being very liberal, as far as I see it.
...But I'm confused on the relation of all of it. Uzes is in France while most of the related ideas in the first day pertain to Germany. If it was generalized into Europe, that also makes sense..but I can't grasp it right now.
Heh… I think you are looking into this a bit too deeply! The reason you were lynched is because we voted for you and declared you a witch. The priest was simply the judge over the proceedings while we were the jury. Whatever he said to you though, probably isn't of vital importance.
However since you brought it up, I highly doubt that it was the fact that you were being liberal alone. You didn't cry. I cannot recall where I read this, but they believed that women who didn't cry at their trials were witches automatically. The fact that they didn't show fear with tears was considered damning. The fact that you were dragged in front of everyone, had a rock strike your face, was yanked up to the inquisitors face, and still had the audacity to spit in defiance was pretty well damning. It's no wonder that they believe you are a witch really. Even a normal woman can't be expected to have that much endurance!
Toaster:Birdy/Tiruin:
Tiruin:As you were dying, the inquisitor asked you something... Do you recall what that was?
This is an excellent question and worthy of checking with LNCP over.
Judging by her answer... I think she has checked with LNCP.
She claimed to have no memory pre and post death regarding what he said. To be perfectly honest, with the consideration that she was gutted a few seconds later, I'm willing to forgive her for not remembering!
With that finished... I am fully against having a repeat performance of last night's lynch. I oppose any idea that involves lynching Tiruin. Her role has already flipped once for the sake of information and paranoia. Let that be enough. Our goal is not to kill Third-Parties over and over, our goal is to kill witches. To do that, we need to look elsewhere for people to lynch. Killing her again achieves absolutely nothing.
Further, I believe her claim that she can help the Town. All she needs to do is ensure this Death Shaman doesn't win. All we need to do is eliminate the witches. It is my belief that these two goals can coexist. This isn't Toon Mafia, where the Third Parties needed to keep the scum around long enough to win.
We have characters such as NQT and Toonyman that might warrant protection, protection which Tiruin would be able to provide.
There is a lot of mystery involved in this matter, but I am willing to put faith into the idea that Tiruin won't go out of her way screw over the Town in a fantastic murder plot. The fact that someone or something took her eye only reinforces my thoughts on the matter.
If I can help it, she's staying alive.
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