Citadel's Shadow II, Session 66

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 66 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 9 February 2020 (UTC) (8 Februrary 2020 for some participants).
== Personnel ==
===Game Master===
*GM: played by Michael Lee Viviano
===Player Characters===
*Fern the Siegemaster: inventive fox-person student played by Rail Runner
*Minigallith "Miss Mini" Atakares: half-elf mage played by Alden Loveshade
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
* Audrea Daleos: human mage of Shining Luck Mages' Guild
* Eri Snow: fox-person entertainer at Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills
* Kyrie Kelevan: human priestess of Damira
* Rajzhela Carnelian: student at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
* Shamenell Garrok: author and bookseller in Shadowfall Night Market
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 32 (Middleday): Eri Snow, Fern the Siegemaster, Kyrie Kelevan, Minigallith Atakares, and Rajzhela Carnelian had decided to go to Shadowfall Night Market and see Shamenell Garrok, author and bookseller there. Baroness Lyndara Xlayde, who had been with the group when they met Shamenell, declined to go, as she thought Shamenell "a bit greasy" and didn't want to be seen in that area.  Eri said she had to be back to do a performance in the evening.  As Mini wanted there to be six people going, she had Fern ask Turgan Tin-Finger if he wanted to go; he declined as he had been told to never go there and didn't want to travel with Rajz.  Eri said they could bring Audrea Daleos.
The group arrived at Maisson Boulavier, where Eri and Audrea lived, just as Audrea is flouncing out the door wearing "a sexy little dress."  When told where they were going, Audrea laughed, saying they would be a sight, but decided to go.  Mini told Audrea about the six noble riders that they had tracked after they galloped down the street, knocking things over and injuring people.  She also told Audrea that Fern might get with a writer to produce a book about steam engines.
The group got to the entrance of Shadowfall.  A lean woman saw them, and said, "Oi! Who are you? You lil' girls can't come here! Turn around, get lost!"  Rajzhela recognized the woman, and identified her as Sophie Lahnkara.  The woman slapped her, and said not to use her full name; she was just "Lahnkara."  Lahnkara said, "Listen, this neighborhood is no place for sweet little kids like you. You might end up on sale here."
Miss Mini, who was an assistant teacher at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth, wondered if she should have brought Fern and Rajz as they were students there.  But she reasoned that it was alright as both were members of St. Bassard's After-Class Exercise Club.  Fern had brought a rifle and Mini had her quarterstaff.  Lahnkara told them they didn't need people in there looking around; Mini said they might be there to meet somebody. but couldn't say who; the woman said that made sense, and let them go in.
The group of six females saw six males hanging out in an alley who seemed to be looking at them.  The males came toward them.  Fern said, "This is a potential disaster."  "Why hello, sweetie! Why don't you come back here and talk to us for a while!" and reached for Mini.  Another one said, "Got me a furry one!" and another said "Me Too!"  One came toward Fern.
Kyrie said, "Whatever you have to talk about you can say here. Otherwise leave us alone."  Fern dodged the man who tried to grab her.  Mini tried to parry the man who tried grabbing her arm; she failed and he did.  "Now that wasn't very ladylike, darling. Let me teach you all about being a woman."  Mini cast Fear on him, and he let go and backed away looking worried.
With staff in hand, Mini said, "You want to try to grab me again? Or maybe you and your boys want to go somewhere else."  Eri deployed her lajatang.
The man who had grabbed Mini said she was a wizard of some sort, while another guy sarcastically said, "Really."  The guys drew their weapons.  Mini encouraged her group, while Fern began aiming with her rifle.
Rajzhela stabbed one of the attacking men with her knife.  Audrea fired a lightning bolt, and one man went down.  As those who could started running away, Fern shot one of them.
No members of the group were injured.  While Mini debated between treating the injuired or leaving them, Kyrie started treatment while Fern shrugged and said, ""Well, I'm not wasting my supplies on them, personally."  Audrea was shocked to learn the man she had shot had died; the others were still alive.  While Mini encouraged Audrea, Kyrie did enough treatment on the man who had been shot to keep him alive (the half-orc who had been stabbed was lucky; the wound was relatively minor).
The group knew that the police avoided the area.  While at first there was some concern about taking items from the fallen being considered stealing, they realized that anything left on the injured would almost certainly be taken by someone else, and could be used "for evil purposes."  Mini said she could take things as payment for healing, but Kyrie said she had treated the man who was shot.  They collected a broadsword, lock picks, and about 15 dragons from the Thalosian man killed by lightning, and a longsword, bottle of foul alcohol, and about 12 dragons from the man who was shot.  Mini took something minor, such as a button, from each of the fallen men.  The group got out of the area.
The group continued on, going past The Lead Monkey Inn and got to Shadowfall Night Market.  Fern told the others she thought the inn had a room in Packer's Cave that had been involved with the rat invasion that Fern had helped deal with, and that Sir Lyus Sleyden had gotten involved in difficult negociations with.  Mini remembered it had involved the Rat King, and said she had seen one of the rats.
The group got to the Shadowfall Night Market which had about 20 tens and stalls.  They saw a foul-looking woman selling foul-looking meat and vegetables.  Fern wondered how people got in without being attacked, but Kyrie and Mini thought they had been attacked because they looked vulnerable.
They saw a tie-dyed looking gnome selling small vials of fulminating liquid, and a shady looking half-elf with white hair with assorted trinkets at his table.  There was another tent with strange barking and snarls within.  And they saw Shamenell, whom they went to.
They found various books there, including pornography.  Shamenell told Mini she hadn't yet gotten a book on fairies, ellylon, and/or billiken.  Fern found a fairly thorough-looking book on fox-people anatomy; Eri did not want to look at it.
Kyrie saw what she called "a very bad book," the Thalotas Melifilum which Audrea recognized, as did Rajzhela; it was the ancient holy book for the Thalosian Empire.  Mini remembered having seen a copy in the back room of the library at the Palace of the Lady With Seven Golden Rings; she knew the book was generally illegal to possess.  The book was written in Thalosian.
Kyrie recognized some of the books as having false information; Shamenell said, "You're very knowledgeable."  Fern and Kyrie had a discussion over knowledge, with Fern saying Kyrie didn't know how to design steam engines and Kyrie sarcastically said to Fern, "Could you explain the Seven Holy Waters of Ancient Lydaelian philosophy?"  Fern did not, although Mini said, "Well, the seven holy waters is a progression, only each one is different than the other, not like a straight line...I'll let Kyrie explain it if she wants."
They learned the Thalotas Melifilum cost 10 crowns; they did not buy it.  Fern bought a stack of technical notes and papers for two dragons.  They dealt with hydraulics, mechanical screws and pulley systems, much of which Fern knew, but some she found interesting.  Mini asked if she had any books by Nalo de Sombrano, whom had been close friends with Mini's grandmother Estrella Atakares (and had been falsely rumored to be Mini's father by Estrella's daughter Gina Atakares); she did.  Eri got performance-related books including Dances of Suledaria.  Mini got El mago de Seadale (The Wizard of Seadale) and El demonio de Seadale (The Demon of Seadale).  Audrea purchased some of the pornography.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2020 02 08)