>but at least at first I think it's bad form to not trust the
>word of your own villager against outsiders. If it were other
>villagers, ok, then maybe you have a problem to figure out.
>But outsiders? Enemies? Not so much.

Curious: Isn't Rektath a duergar and you a dwarf? Maybe racial hate is some of the reason he was ready to listen to others over you? I know nothing about the situation, just offering that.