Intros do not usually include clues but in this one I used a subtle one that was also the background to the whole story. The fact that I did not specify a date or even a year to the story (like I had in the previous one) was in order to make it less obvious. The fact that the story takes place "some time" during WWII was a hint to the second part of minigunny's name.
"101244" -> 10 December 1944.
Chapter 2, A scent of death in the air
As I mentioned before there was another killer as well. He was Crowy. The first murder was committed by him, and they would take turns killing people.
Chapter Quote; "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."
The "Those" is a clear reference that there is more than one killer. The "One" is a reference to God. I worked really hard to find an existing quote that would subtly hint there were more than one spy.
"In times of despair, people turn to animals." As you figured out I was referencing someone that had to do with animals and expected Dark Wolf to be killed and then you'd forget it and move on. Congrats to you for sticking to that one, although I wasn't going for Wolves (the team Crowy supports) but crows, his actual name.
"We moved around as a group, that way we would be stronger, we could support each other." Just like crows move in groups.
"Legend says there was a sign in the old entrance that read "MFWA"."
Double meaning. A crow on its own is a sign of death. Mfwa in the word for death, in the regional dialect of Bemba. This was a pre-hint to the chapter "Nôno Mfuti". As AndyD_U shrewdly noticed, Rhodesia in the WWI was the region that eventually became Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Northern part (roughly) became idependent as Zambia. One of its native languages is Bemba whose full dictionary is impossible to find on the internet. This is the best I could find.
As you can see this chapter is dedicated to Crowy. Every chapter would give clues about the one that committed the murder, but due to his death, it was the only one that talked about him.
You might also observe that the MO of the killer is different than the other chapters. Instead of a stab in the heart, in this chapter the throat was slit. This was to signify the different murderers.
Chapter 3, Savages
"His throat wasn't slit, but he was stabbed right in the heart." Further indication about the 2 killers.
"My not so secret diary was now my only companion." If you google "minigunny" all you find is a series of accounts in different sites (probably by the same minigunny) followed by the name Joe Guntrip (the name is for a later chapter). The link between the quote is this one.
Chapter 4, Deception
Chapter Quote; At this point you had already killer Crowy on a triple tie that also involved minigunny, I thought I'd give him a chance to survive another chapter and maybe if he played his cards right avoid suspicion for a few more. The Chapter name and quote indicate that the chapter was based on deceptive clues.
"I have been walking alone for many hours" We are a football forum and I fully expected you to pick up on that and blame one of the 2 Liverpool fans in the game. (Dance for me puppets )
"Perhaps their search for vengeance was over." This one you missed. The usual connection between Macleod77 and the Highlander franchise. "Search for vengeance" is a Highlander cartoon movie.
There were also a few random stuff that could be clues. "Half empty" for example. All this was just to screw with your head.
"Instead of evolving, making groundbreaking discoveries, people are just killing each other." The only real clue in here was in the very first paragraph (so as to pass it by quickly and ignore it).
Spoiler:groundbreaking discoveries
His dream of a global interlinked “web” of documents lying in ruins, information-science pioneer Paul Otlet dies.
The Belgian bibliographer’s grand scheme to organize the world’s information made him the aspiring Google of his day, but his sprawling card catalog and decimal classification system proved woefully inadequate to the task.
Some historians see in Otlet’s work a prototype of the World Wide Web and the hyperlink. Although unsuccessful, it was one of the first known attempts to provide a framework for connecting all recorded culture by creating flexible links that could rapidly lead researchers from one document to another — and perhaps make audible the previously unheard echoes between them. Anticipating postmodern literary theory, Otlet posited that documents have meaning not as individual texts, but only in relationship to each other.
Building on the achievements of Carl Linnaeus (father of the simple genus-species classification and inventor of the 3×5 index card) and Melvil Dewey (inventor of the Dewey Decimal System), Otlet developed what some regard as the first faceted classification system.
Otlet briefly won the support of the Belgian government to underwrite his ambitions following World War I, and by the late 1930s he had amassed a catalog consisting of some 15 million index cards and tons of documents. He piled these into a former government building, which he rechristened “The Mundaneum,” or city of knowledge. Among other things, the collection sustained a small research business, fielding — for a fee — about 1,500 queries a year by mail and telegram.
At the height of his reputation, Otlet was lionized as a visionary, and the decimal classification system he developed lives on in some libraries in Europe. But he and his work ultimately fell into obscurity after a series of setbacks.
Midway into the project his funding was withdrawn, forcing him to scale back. Then the Nazis destroyed much of his archive during the invasion and occupation of Belgium in 1940.
Otlet fled to Paris, and died four years later, a disappointed man.
Vast portions of his collection survived, however, and Otlet has lately enjoyed renewed recognition for his early contributions to information theory, and as something of a historical curiosity.
Researchers have restored what remains of his work at a museum in Mons, Belgium. (The internet archive hosts a 1998 documentary video by Otlet biographer W. Boyd Rayward.) Scholars have revived studies into his legacy, and his theoretical writings about information science have been recently reprinted, though not yet fully translated into English.
CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 8 B-25s bomb Kutkai, Burma and hit targets of opportunity in the Liuchow, China area. In China, 25 B-24s bomb the city of Hankow; 3 others bomb Samah Bay docks on Hainan Island; 118 P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on armed reconnaissance over wide areas of China attack numerous targets of opportunity, concentrating on rail, river, and road traffic, especially in the Hochih, Changsha, and Yuncheng areas.
INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 20 P-47s fly close support strikes in the Bhamo area; 8 others blast approaches to the Hay-ti road bridge; 50+ P-47s hit warehouses and other storage areas, troop concentrations, and positions at Daungbin, Myebalin, Kyaunghkam, Pongon, Thinbaung, Kawnghkang, Pangteng, and Hsipaw; 12 B-25s hit storage areas at Meza, Namun, and Kungmong. Transports fly 178 sorties to forward areas.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 3 B-24s from Saipan and 1 from Guam fly harassment strikes against Iwo Jima during the night of 10/11 Dec.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In principal strikes of the day B-24s hit the Pamoesian tank farm and nearby alternates of Lingkas tank farm, Labuan docks, and Lutong refinery all in Borneo, while B-25s pound Sidate Airfield. In smaller raids P-38s hit Port Misamis on Mindanao. B-25s bomb airfields on Boeroe Island in the Sunda Islands and Ambon, and fighter-bombers pound storage facilities and targets of opportunity in the C Philippine Islands. Lost are C-47A 42-24215 and B-24J 44-40929.
Chapter quote; The quote and name were clear clues to check the MO of the killer and realize that there were 2 (even though one was already dead). I intended to do this chapter and thought I'd get it out of the way early.
"Todd & June Tigi", A gravestone ,"Someone had carved in the stone two names wishing them to rest in peace" As I mentioned earlier Joe Guntrip kept coming up if you search for "minigunny". Since I saw them in a grave and read the stone, the encryption would say RIP, "Todd & June Tigi". I also mention that someone wished them to rest in peace. "RIP Todd & June Tigi" is an anagram that says; "Joe Guntrip did it". Obviously the toughest clue in the game but I love anagrams and I had to include one.
Chapter 6, Nôno Mfuti
Since I saw minigunny was on the verge I decided to gamble. Throw you one of those clues that would be right in your face but required rational thinking, in the hope that it might confuse you even more. "Nôno Mfuti"...
Chapter quote; Here. A famous quote in Bemba. The dialect I had been basing most of my clues. (The connection is geographical and mentioned above). I changed the quote slightly, converting the "does not" to "doesn't". If you google it with the first way (including it in quotation marks to ensure that the phrase is exactly the same) you will find the blog as the only result. If you do the same thing with "doesn't" you will find nothing.
"Nôno Mfuti" With the dictionary I gave above you can see that "Nôno" means little and "Mfuti" means gun. I did google "Mfuti" in other African languages to ensure it meant something different but I missed the dialect AndyD_U based his theory on. congrats again mate, very well thought-out!
When I saw him misinterpret "Nôno" (because he did have the wrong dialect after all) I made a comment to see if he would stick to his theory or cave. He did cave but of course couldn't change his vote...
"Just another average Joe looking to survive." Joe? What Joe? ...oh yes...Guntrip of course!
Extras; Highlight the same area where catchfire's name was hidden in the previous game (beneath the DR Spy banner) and you get a funny message. Macleod77 picked up on that...
I tried Todd & June Tigi as a anagram but didn't add the RIP on
The anagram was to make me look cool... I'd be devastated if someone picked up on it.
Also, the reason I delayed this chapter is that I was thinking to have someone die by accident (ex. rock slide) and have you keep voting until in the end you realize that there was no murderer since the very beginning. I later decided that it might be more irritating than fun so I thought I'd end the game.
Surprised minigunny101244 didn't kill me considering I was onto him for the last three updates, but then maybe that would have been obvious. Well played Jabba and well done guys for getting it