QF78: Hearts of Riches, Rhythms of Hatred [signups]

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

1 hour ago, Qianweilian said:

Penguin, why are you just now actually contributing and being active? You're just reading off stick's post. 

Because I'm less busy now, and more interested

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

7 hours ago, Wahrheitswächter said:

Also I want to point out that one of Sticks Arguments for suspecting me was a missing Stormform, which Was revealed to be Jo, we unfortunately do not know (as far as I am aware) what Jo claimed TOWs Role Was to Stick, only that he is village. Also TOW came with his sneaky claim Kinda out of nowhere (at least it felt that way to me)

There's a simple explanation for that. I was embarrassed that I kept forgetting to submit the action, so I didn't want to say I was Sneaky and then have to tell you all I kept forgetting. I put in the action today, though!

7 hours ago, Wahrheitswächter said:

Docs Observation of that turning the attenntion away from him is interesting, I think TOW knew how accurate Sticks Analysis was and when we exed Jo he feared that he could be the next, bussing TUM in hopes of gaining our trust.

But this logic doesn't quite make sense. As I've said twice before, the elims are being helped by the Shardbearer. They would have had an easy enough time getting rid of him after he had killed most of the village. The only way that I could see e!me wanting to get rid of the Shardbearer would be if he was close to parity.

There are six of us, so I think there's only two or one elims. I'm thinking Wahr and Penguin.

[Through the living Wahr He/Him]

5 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

There's a simple explanation for that. I was embarrassed that I kept forgetting to submit the action, so I didn't want to say I was Sneaky and then have to tell you all I kept forgetting. I put in the action today, though!

Maybe you actually forgott, but there is still an unacounted Dire Form still running around, you were probably converted C1 and lost your original Role and instead became a Direform, that way you needed an excuse for nor putting in your sneaky actions and you claimed to have forgotten to do that. But 3 Cycles in a Row, that seems unlikely to me, even if you forgott there was no night day distinction, why wouldnt you put in an Action C2? You would either assume night, since New  topic, or you would noticed that two topics in a row voted and noticed Oh no D/N distinction, lets put in a sneaky action, the only reason to do neither is to be unable to do it because you were a direform

Edited February 6 by Wahrheitswächter

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

The more I think about it, the less TOW's arguments make sense 

if its not TOW, then it's Wahr.

[Doc12]

18 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

I vote Wahr, because Stick.'s only been wrong once (me), and also, it's worth more to the village to execute a less active player.

Actually, by my count, you're the less active player here  

18 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Actually, I'm wondering that myself. But why would I have bussed him? I could probably have pushed the vote another way, so why would I choose him, who again, would be progressing e!me's objective?

It's a good question - I didn't think a regal would bus the Shardbearer when they both need more kills per night to reach their own win cons. But given that everybody was ready to vote on you or TUM based on Stick's analysis, I can see a world where e!Worldhopper offers the Shardbearer to clear themselves because obviously, as you keep repeating, the regals would rather the Shardbearer alive, therefore you couldn't be a regal. 

7 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

There's a simple explanation for that. I was embarrassed that I kept forgetting to submit the action, so I didn't want to say I was Sneaky and then have to tell you all I kept forgetting. I put in the action today, though!

So you're saying for 5 cycles of the game, you only took one action, and it just so happened to be the one that caught a Shardbearer, ie the only target that the villagers would be more willing to try and exe than a regal? 

I think I'm happy with my vote where it is for now. 

Other thoughts: I've gotten claims from everyone. So far only one other person has claimed a role while three have claimed vanilla. I find myself slightly skeptical as every villager who's died so far has had a role. 

Current thoughts. 

Wahr: 

Currently everyone's top suspect aside from TOW. I voted on Wahr day 1 because I thought their votes were a little weird. They poke voted Coco, but then changed their vote to Stick when Archer voted on them. Other than that, they've voted TUM consistently. On c4 they and Jo voted on each other briefly, which Stick suspected could be distancing. The fact that they voted for TUM a lot before TUM actually turned out to be a Shardbearer makes me trust them slightly more, which is also part of the reason I'm choosing not to vote Wahr this cycle.

Penguin:

Their vote patterns are a little more erratic. C1 Akimiko, c2 TOW, c3 themself, c4 Jo, c5 TUM. They seem to be more present now. Still an unknown. I know that a lot of us are voting off Stick's analysis because she turned out to be right about Jo and TUM, but I do hope that people also develop their own reasons. If TOW is village, I'd look at Penguin.

Qian: 

Vote patterns: c1 Akimiko, c2 Honor's Ghost, c3 Penguin, c4 did not vote, c5 TUM. Staying on Penguin this cycle. I thought at first that Qian seems to just be following what other people are voting, but now they seem focused on Penguin, which I can appreciate. Voting Akimiko c1 and not voting on Jo c4 seem a little weird, but so far they seem rather earnest. 

Coco: 

Vote patterns: c1 jumped around but chose not to vote. c2 Honor's Ghost, c3 Mippo, c4 Jo, c5 TUM. I was suspicious of them for not voting on a train c1, but other than that they've been on all the winning trains. I like them more than most as in PMs yesterday they were more willing to discuss alternate people they would vote on while everyone else was pretty set on TUM/TOW. That shows me they're trying to solve rather than sitting back. 

[Qianweilian He/him]

7 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

Qian: 

Vote patterns: c1 Akimiko, c2 Honor's Ghost, c3 Penguin, c4 did not vote, c5 TUM. Staying on Penguin this cycle. I thought at first that Qian seems to just be following what other people are voting, but now they seem focused on Penguin, which I can appreciate. Voting Akimiko c1 and not voting on Jo c4 seem a little weird, but so far they seem rather earnest. 

On 2/4/2026 at 2:54 PM, Qianweilian said:

Penguin Jo

I actually did vote c4, but the GMs missed it for whatever reason.

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

34 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

you're saying for 5 cycles of the game, you only took one action, and it just so happened to be the one that caught a Shardbearer, ie the only target that the villagers would be more willing to try and exe than a regal? 

That's exactly what I'm saying. Stick. PMed me and told me to take the action, and I asked who they thought I should do. They said TUM, and so I targeted TUM.

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

32 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

I find myself slightly skeptical as every villager who's died so far has had a role. 

There were only two vanillas last game...

Watch as I'm the only vanilla

Looks like once again another pretty uneventful cycle. I think we all are happy with our votes.

If there are two regals, and we vote a non regal off, we lose.

If there's one, and we vote the wrong one then we probably end up 2-3 E-V

If there's 2 and we get it right, then we figure it out from there

If there's one and we get it right we win

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

Edited:

3 hours ago, Wahrheitswächter said:

Maybe you actually forgott, but there is still an unacounted Dire Form still running around, you were probably converted C1 and lost your original Role and instead became a Direform, that way you needed an excuse for nor putting in your sneaky actions and you claimed to have forgotten to do that. But 3 Cycles in a Row, that seems unlikely to me, even if you forgott there was no night day distinction, why wouldnt you put in an Action C2? You would either assume night, since New  topic, or you would noticed that two topics in a row voted and noticed Oh no D/N distinction, lets put in a sneaky action, the only reason to do neither is to be unable to do it because you were a direform

That would make sense, except I'm just really forgetful. Ask Doc, I've done this before, twice with coinshot and once in the AG, if I'm remembering right. Also, how would I have known that TUM was the Shardbearer? 

[Qianweilian He/him]

3 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Watch as I'm the only vanilla

I'm vanilla. 

[coco.pudding she/they]

Pretty sure we have 3 vanilla claims at the moment. So far we’ve had two of each village role (I think) so that seems a bit weird as that would likely mean we’re missing one actual role. 

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

Well, it looks like I'm gonna die, so when I do, take a closer look at Penguin. I'm sneaking him tonight, though I suppose it doesn't matter.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

The cycle is closed

Apologies for the delay, I was expecting Twin to do it but don’t know where he is

Expect a while for the next cycle to be up because I can’t do it and, again, see above

Game is not over

[Verdance he/him]

*spectating intensifies*

 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

QF78 - Cycle 7: Silence

…

Silence.

The seventh day of the resistance’s fall was filled with silence.

Most of the Fused attention was concentrated on the Kholinar preparations - the army would leave the morning after the next, charged by the coming Everstorm - and the resisters were mainly quiet in the day. But it seemed they had not entirely given up, since in the night, Bitel spotted the small group that remained emerge from their caves and gather on the outskirts of the city, near the warcamp. Interested, he lashed himself in their direction. Perhaps the little things could pull off one final spectacle.

…

The picture of the Nameless still haunted Jojoja’s mind. In his damning gaze, the eyes of a friend.

Jojoja had no friends left.

No, the shapes that beat him up, dragged him through the streets, and tied him up to a pile of sticks were nothing more than Voidbringers. He knew what they intended. He had been part of the planning.

It was intended to be a counterattack. A response to the brutality that had been committed to Khenari, the uncorrupted would burn a Regal at the stake outside the warcamps - where every Fused and every Singer could see. It was intended to be a show of strength. But as he watched Marne strike the match, Jojoja wondered if anyone would storming care.

He could not scream. They had gagged him. He could shut his eyes, but what would that do? His flesh would still burn, surrounded by the ghosts of friends.

In that final moment, he wondered if that was what the Regals had truly wanted. They could have killed them all at the start, or forcibly converted them - but instead, they had infiltrated the ranks, offering a far slower - and crueler - demise. Through subterfuge, it had been so easy to unleash the monster in innocents. To show the world the worst side of those who fought back. And they had succeeded. Oh, Jojaja thought as the pile was set on fire, the flames lapped at his skin, and he shut his eyes: they had succeeded.

…

Bitel watched the Singer burn for a while until the last embers died. The rest of the resisters left, and no one came. At long last, as the sun rose again on the sky, without knowing what drew him, Bitel lashed himself and flew up to get a closer look at the charred corpse. It was hardly recognizable, and it was a fight not to avert his gaze. Then, suddenly, a shiny glint amid the ashes drew his eye. Protected by his voidlight healing, he reached in and brushed away that black remains to reveal a silver blade. It was TUM’s Shard. Bitel took a second to admire the blade, took one last look at Jojoja. And caught a single tear, fragile, dripping down his face.

Then he took the sword and flew away, let the silence rule.

When Revolar awoke, it would find another body hanging in its plaza. And another message scratched on its chest.

ONE MORE NIGHT.

ODIUM REIGNS.

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Coco.Pudding has been killed! They were a Heroic Listener!

ThatOneWorldhopper has been executed! They were a Sneaky Listener!

Final VC:

TOW (4): Doc, Coco, Wahr, Penguin 

Penguin (2): Qian, TOW

Things to Note:

• PMs are open!
• This cycle will end on Monday the 2nd of February, at 8 PM CST
• Maintain your sanity! Or don't! Go crazy! I don't really care! This is SE!
• Have fun!
• PMs are still coming, please be patient!

Players

Spoiler

 

1. @Wahrheitswächter as Marne, a singer who doesn't like people who try to meddle with his life

2. @Mistfallen Soldier as Narash, who really really wants to be able to fly Direform Regal

3. @|TJ| as Taxill, a living being Willful Listener

4. @A Jo in the Bush as Jojala, former servant to the brightlord of Revolar, and a listener fanboy who wants to pilgrimage to Narak... but the world has other plans Regal Stormform

5. @Akimikoisthecutest as Khenari, a Scholarform historian wary of manipulation - with bonus trauma! Inspiring Listener

6. @Honors Ghost as Fernri, who is probably neither a plant nor a werewolf but sounds like both Spren (A Jo in the Bush)

7. @mippoas Dahran, a once-parshman who wants nothing more than an uneventful life Willful Listener

8. @Stick. as stick, the Omniscient Overlord of Everything Heroic Listener

9. @ThatOneWorldhopper as Jojoja, who's definitely not related to Jojala in any way Sneaky Listener

10. @IcedOutPenguin as    , a singer of few words and fewer names

11. @Doc12 as Dienna, an artform singer with a close relationship to the Almighty

12. @The Unknown Medallion as    , an unknown persona  Shardbearer

13. @coco.pudding as Kiri, trying to get a life Heroic Listener

14. @Qianweilian as      , a        who       … but     

15. @Archer as o, an apipophobic (yes, I had to look it up, you're welcome) Discerning Regal

16: @DrakeMarshall as Yakat, who wants the very best for Revolar's singer community Spren (Archer)

 

Edited February 8 by Araris Valerian

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Yikes... Well, this is it. One of us is an Elim, the rest are not.

It is either Wahr or Doc, but I'm inclined to believe it is not Doc, depending on the result of his discovery and how frank he was last cycle in PMs

I believe it is Wahr

Edited February 7 by IcedOutPenguin

[Through the living Wahr He/Him]

Well, thats not good, seems like I was wrong, and from the looks of it that will probably mean that I am going to die.

From the few of us that are still alive I am going to vote Penguin as I do not trust him. If every Village Role really exists twice, there can only be one other Vanilla and I am by far more inclined to beliefe Qian over Penguin.

Question for @TwinStorm and @Hoid Slayer: 

If TOW did not forget to submit his sneaky action, will the villagers be informed about his results? As far as I am aware the Regals were Informed about at least Archers Discerning Results.

 

[Doc12]

Storm this. Coco was the one I trusted the most.

I followed Wahr last night as I suspected them the most after TOW. They did not visit Coco. 

This means the regal is penguin or Qian. I'm voting on Penguin. 

Edited February 7 by Doc12

[Araris Valerian he/him]

3 hours ago, Wahrheitswächter said:

If TOW did not forget to submit his sneaky action, will the villagers be informed about his results? As far as I am aware the Regals were Informed about at least Archers Discerning Results.

This is a misunderstanding. Dying players are informed of the results of their actions, but since they are dead, they are unable to communicate those results. At no point do the GMs communicate the private results of one player’s actions to a different player.

[Through the living Wahr He/Him]

@Araris Valerian

I was asking because 

Quote

also, apparently Mistfallen’s team would have gotten results for their C1 discerning action. id assumed they didn’t because generally speaking if the action taker dies with an informative role their results do not get shared with the team, regardless of the order of actions but I’ve just confirmed with the GMs. just something to note ig

Acording to Stick they had GM confirmation, that the Result of Archers Discerning Action was shared with his team.

It is of course possible that Stick had misunderstood the GMs there

 

 

[Qianweilian He/him]

Penguin, for all the reasons listed above and in previous threads.

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

8 hours ago, Doc12 said:

Storm this. Coco was the one I trusted the most.

I followed Wahr last night as I suspected them the most after TOW. They did not visit Coco. 

This means the regal is penguin or Qian. I'm voting on Penguin. 

Really, Wahr came up blank? 

Dang. 

Doc  

But since you're all voting me, I guess village loses

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

7 hours ago, Wahrheitswächter said:

@Araris Valerian

I was asking because 

Acording to Stick they had GM confirmation, that the Result of Archers Discerning Action was shared with his team.

It is of course possible that Stick had misunderstood the GMs there

 

 

Stick had misunderstood the GMs

It was my bad

[Qianweilian He/him]

46 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Stick had misunderstood the GMs

It was my bad

If a sneaky listener is roleblocked, are they told that? If an action fails, are they informed? Or is it a false result?

@Hoid Slayer@Araris Valerian

Edited February 7 by Qianweilian

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

3 hours ago, Qianweilian said:

If a sneaky listener is roleblocked, are they told that? If an action fails, are they informed? Or is it a false result?

@Hoid Slayer@Araris Valerian

Everyone is warned of any failed action

VC:

Doc (1): Penguin

Penguin (3): Wahr, Doc, Qian