Citadel's Shadow II, Session 91

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 91 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 18 October 2020 (UTC) (17 October 2020 for some participants). (Special thanks to the folks at https://discord.gg/hWHbuvF who contributed plot ideas, and recognition to Kilmore who started this.)
== Personnel ==
===Game Master===
*GM: played by Alden Loveshade
===Player Characters===
*Fern the Siegemaster: inventive fox-person student played by Rail Runner
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Audrea Daleos: certified human mage
*Eri Snow: fox-person entertainer
*Kyrie Kelevan: human priestess of Damira
*Mamwucza Rosekeeper: human woman innkeeper for Twelve Rose Inn
*Yesenia Silvio-Vagle: alchemist and demon dust maker; sister of Juan Silvio-Vagle
=== Special ===
*Juan Silvio-Vagle: sword-wielding human alchemist usually played by Alden Loveshade
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Damirin 9 (Restingday) (Festival of Damira) (continued): Eri Snow, Fern the Siegemaster, Juan Silvio-Vagle, and Yesenia Silvio-Vagle were together after a science fair competition in the University Ward Commons in Trynser City.
Juan said, "Fern, I didn't want to say anything until we were alone, but Eri, Yesenia, and I talked to Mistress Mojarósa while you and the other science fair students were with Mr. Mordh'Dhagai." Juan also said he believed Fern had made the right decision in turning down Otto Mordh'Dhagai's offer of employment. Fern remembered she wanted to talk to Mugsey Dormp about it, and made herself a note as a reminder to try to do it soon.
Juan said Mistress Mojarósa said she had recognized Fern as la zorra encapuchada, the hooded fox, but that had nothing to do with Fern's team at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth winning the science fair competition.
Juan said Mojarósa had given them a sealed letter to identify Eri, Fern, Juan, and Audrea Daleos and Kyrie Kelevan, who were not with them, to personnel at the Twelve Rose Inn. The five had been involved in the recovery of Mojarósa's stolen golden chain which had little gold disks, symbols of major gods. Eri, Fern, and Juan decided to talk to Audrea and Kyrie on whether to take Mojarósa's $25 reward for the return of her chain, or $500 if they got the thieves caught. Juan said, "She doesn't want the bad publicity of someone breaking into her inn. So far, nobody knows about it but us and some of the inn staff--I think not even all of them know that." They debated about which to look for first, Audrea or Kyrie. They decided to look for Kyrie's usual temple in Delctra's Cauldron Borough, and found a wagon stop, where they took a wagon. The wagon stopped two blocks away from the temple, so Eri, Fern, Juan, and Yesenia walked the rest of the way.
They spoke to a woman at the temple who said Kyrie would be busy the rest of the day, and the woman didn't know when she'd be coming back. Juan left a spoken message, and Fern a written one, for Kyrie meet them the next day at Maisson Boulavier, following temple services, at about 13:00 hours.
Fern arrived back at St. Bassard's where she worked in the workshop, and Eri, Juan, and Yesenia arrived at their home at Maisson Boulavier. (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 20201017)
Damirin 10 (Godsday): Audrea Daleos, Eri Snow, Fern the Siegemaster, Juan Silvio-Vagle, and Kyrie Kelevan met in Maisson Boulavier at about 13:00 hours. They met in the room of Juan and his sister Yesenia Silvio-Vagle, the latter of whom was somewhere else.
The group agreed to try to track down the thief or thieves of Mistress Mojarósa's stolen golden chain. Everyone had time to head for Twelve Rose Inn to gain details of the theft. Kyrie was concerned about learning the truth; Audrea just wanted the award. Juan said, "A reminder that nobody knows about the theft, that was it was stolen from the inn. So don't tell anyone. Not even all the inn staff know. We have to talk to the innkeeper in private. She knows."
Audrea, Eri, Fern, Juan, and Kyrie arrived at the inn. They were welcomed by the innkeeper, Mamwucza Rosekeeper. Fern (who had tried but was unable to see what was inside the envelop) handed the sealed envelop that Mojarósa had given the group to deliver to the innkeeper. She opened it and read the letter, then got a half-elf woman named Vasati to take her place for a moment.
In a private room, Mamwucza asked the group to keep the theft secret. She said they figured the chain was taken from Mojarósa's suite two days ago. She said she had a list of everyone who stayed in the inn then. Juan and Fern told her the theft had been more than two days ago; Juan remembered they had gotten the chain about 15 days earlier. Fern thought it odd that they didn't know the chain was stolen earlier, but Mamwucza said it had been kept in a locked safe in Mojarósa's suite. Fern asked if anything else was missing, but the innkeeper said only the chain.
The group looked over Mojarósa's suite. They saw various nice items, furniture, decorations, some very nice if small clothing. Fern recognized the artist's name on a painting, and figured it was worth about $300. Kyrie recognized some rare books. Fern, Juan, and others wondered why nothing else had apparently been taken.
Fern examined the lock to the safe. She said she didn't believe it would take a master to open it; she believed she could. Mamwucza said, "You could have done it?' Fern and Juan reassured her that Fern wasn't the thief, and hadn't even been there. Fern examined the lock on the door to the suite; she estimated it was an average lock, not as good as the one on the safe. She didn't believe either lock had been tampered with.
Audrea and Kyrie checked the door for a magical lock; they detected one, which they believed was very powerful. Mamwucza said she and the chambermaid opened the door to the suite with a key, and didn't know how the magic worked. Audrea didn't believe the door would open with a key--unless the key was magical. Audrea and Kyrie checked the key; Kyrie wasn't sure about it, but Audrea said, "This key doesn't detect as magic. You'd never open that door with this key." Fern said, "I guess the magic spell recognizes something or someone else to allow the door to open." Audrea said, "Could be."
Mamwucza said the only ones allowed to unlock the door were her and Vasati Wranlar, a chambermaid. To test it, Fern checked for traps, then tried opening the door. Audrea and Kyrie weren't sure if there could be a magical trap. Fern tried opening the door with the key, in spite of Eri's concern of a magical trap, but no trap went off and the door didn't open. Mamwucza tried, and the door opened. (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 20201017)
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