Citadel's Shadow II, Session 44

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 44 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 15 September 2019 (UTC) (14 September 2019 for some participants).
== Personnel ==
===Game Master===
*GM: played by Alden Loveshade
=== Player Characters ===
*Fern the Siegemaster: inventive fox-person student played by Rail Runner
*Kyrie Kelevan: human priestess of Damira played by Michael Lee Viviano
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Alicia Neel: young human daughter of Oren Neel and Clia Neel
*Andrea Maldonaldo: human priestess of El Templo de Grebonia de Milspar
*Donghai Ping: gnome master alchemist and demon dust maker
*Jinxi: androgynous human jester with poppet Jack
*Rudibert Puddifoot: halfling librarian of La Biblioteca Subterránea de Milspar
=== Special ===
*Juan de Fulmando: sword-wielding human alchemist usually played by Alden Loveshade
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Flowering 26/Gillihís 26 (Lordsday/Odía) (continued): Master Donghai Ping, Donghai Xiang, Donghai Chang, Donghai Fern (Fern the Siegemaster), Jinxi, Juan Silvio-Vagle (Juan de Fulmando), and Kyrie Keleavan were with over 60 people in an outbuilding of El mesón de la rosa y el cangrejo (Rose and Crab Inn) in Montículo Perlat, Milspar, Millisymph.  They had come through a gate from Twelve Rose Inn in the Uphill Ward of Trynser City.  (A bit later, they noticed the two inns were virtually mirror images of each other.)
They received final instructions from Ivory and Ebony Tresa, including a reminder of when people with stand-by tickets should return (every hour starting at 09:00 until a return gate could be held open for an extended time); others were advised to return by 09:00; for both groups the date was Flowering 37/Gillihís 37.
Oren Neel again thanked Kyrie for finding his "forgetful" daughter's missing ticket with another thank you from his wife and Alicia Neel mother Chia Neel; Chia said again, "It's not my fault."  Kyrie said it meant she should be more alert.  Alicia promised Kyrie she'd be more alert and would pay attention to everything.
Juan recommended Kyrie visit El Templo de Grebonia de Milspar (The Temple of Grebonia of Milspar) then as he didn't think they'd ever be any closer, especially because after Master Ping and his family attended Mojarósa's birthday party, the group would be leaving Milspar.  Master Donghai Ping, however, suggested she wait until the others checked into an inn so she'd know where they were staying.
(Kyrie had two books to deliver to the temple: An Introduction to Leathane (in Trynsern) which was about 11.25 by 8.75 inches (286 by 222 mm), and La sexualidad de los humanos (in Thisslam, illustrated), which was about 12 x 17.5 in (307 x 445 mm)).
Donghai Xiang wanted to stay at El mesón de la rosa y el cangrejo, but her husband Master Donghai Ping said the district was the most expensive in Milspar, and they could stay at an inn in the more affordable Valle de Arbusto district.
Master Ping also said they would miss the red-capped boats on Padrig's Day (Día de Padrig) which disappointed his son Donghai Chang.  But Master Ping said instead they'd be at "El ingenio de la Universidad de la luz de las estrellas, 'The Academy of Starlight Engine,' probably with members of Los alquimistas del ratón morado. We will meet with famed gnome inventor Terri 'Smart' Brunt, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and alumnus of St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth. They have a lot going on there on Día de Padrig."
The group saw a couple of signs, one saying "WELCOME TRYNSERNOS!" and another saying "Trynserno to Lamadien dinero money exchange 5% todia!"  (After Fern noticed what seemed to be a similiarity in the native language of Thisslam to her Trynsern, Master Ping said the second sign was likely an attempt by a Thisslam writer to write in Trynsern.)  Master Ping said that was better than the usual 10& exchange rate.  But Kyrie suggested they check and see if an inn could take Trynsern money directly without an exchange fee, and the others agreed.
Juan suggested they return when Princess Alarra Gormann was scheduled to come through a gate; Fern remembered Alarra planned to come through with someone at 14:00.
The groop say people selling tickets.  A woman and a poorly dressed man they had seen come through the gate were each selling a ticket to Trynser City for $300; the group checked their tickets, but all still had them.  Noticing the group's suspicion, the woman said she didn't want to go back to poverty after Storm Audrea.  There was another man on a street corner who, unlike the first two was speaking Thisslam instead of Trynsern; he was also further away from the inn.  He said, "¡Consigue tus entradas para un viaje hasta Ciudad de Trynsero en el Empre de Trynsero! Si usted buiy righrt ahora, cada boleto cuesta sólo $200!"
The group took a wagon, and checked in at La posada de la paloma blanca, "The Inn of the White Dove," using Trynsern money without having to make an exchange for which Master Ping thanked Kyrie.  They discussed exchanging their remaining money at the 5% rate which they could get locally.
Fern accompanied Kyrie on a wagon returning to El mesón de la rosa y el cangrejo which was three blocks away from El Templo de Grebonia de Milspar.  They saw Jinxi entertaining people with the poppet Jack.  Kyrie debated going to the temple lf Leathane where she could get food and lodging, but as she learned it was about half a mile away, decided to deliver the books to the nearby Grebonia temple first.
El Templo de Grebonia de Milspar was built almost entirely underground, under a mound; the portion above ground was deceptively small and plain for a temple om a large city.  Kyrie thought it looked more like a tomb or perhaps a temple of Ulthril.
A woman greeted them and said, "Soy la Sacerdotisa Ana Arroyo. ¿Te puedo ayudar?"  Kyrie remembered the phrase she had been taught, and said, 'Yo no hablo Thissalam. Hablo Trynsern" (meaning "I don't speak Thisslam. I speak Trynsern.")  The woman left and got Priestess Andrea Maldonaldo who spoke both Trynsern and Thisslam.  She said they had been expecting Kyrie, and that her sister was already there.  Kyrie, who was an orphan, thought Andrea was talking about another Candlebearer of Damira, but learned Andrea meant an actual sister named Alicia.  Kyrie decided to meet her "sister" while Fern helped halfling librarian Rudibert Puddifoot carry the two books Kyrie had brought.  La Biblioteca Subterránea de Milspar (The Underground Library of Milspar) connected to the temple underground.
Fern looked at a book by Terri "Smart" Brunt and was talked to by three teenaged boys, one of whom spoke both Thisslam and "Trynserno" (although the latter with an accent and a little awkwardly).  One of the boys made a comment in Thisslam which got some of them laughing; the Trynern-speaking boy said, "What him say that it means your clothing it is very special."  After Fern asked what was special, the boy said, "Hood with dress that it is very nice."
After a short discussion in Thisslam that seemed to involve some disagreement, the Trynsern-speaking boy told Fern, "Tomorrow it is Nudía. Zorras-personas, fox-people, on Nudía they must become naked in public places."  Fern said, "I might want to avoid public places tomorrow," but the boy said it had something to do with fur, and that fox-people must go outside.  Rudibert came by and said, "Shh," and the boys and Fern were quiet.
Meanwhile, Kyrie met her "sister."  She was the 12-year-old Alicia Neel.  Kyrie wasn't certain if Alicia was lying or not, so questioned her, particularly about Kelevan.  They talked and asked, when offered juice, for grape juice.  Kyrie found that Alicia's knowledge of Kelevan, where Kyrie had been as a young girl, was completely wrong on a number of points.  Kyrie decided to report what looked like a deception by Alicia.
She went by a door and saw Fern in the library, and Fern joined her.  Rudibert said he knew nothing about the girl (Alicia), and recommended she speak with Priestess Andrea Maldonaldo.  Kyrie told Andrea her suspicicions about Alicia, and asked about using magic to confirm her suspicions; Andrea said it would be better if she did that outside of the temple.  Skeptical, Fern told what she had been told about fox-people going nude on Nudia.  Andrea said it was not true, but that story was told to many people visiting from other countries.  Fern asked for some carrot juice, and Audrea said she'd have some brought.
Kyrie showed Andrea the token she had been loaned by Gina Atakares who said showing it would give her food and lodging at a temple of Leathane and possibly at one of Grebonia or Damira; Andrea said it looked very nice.  Kyrie explained why it had been loaned to her, and Andrea said she and Fern were welcomed to stay overnight.  Kyrie decided to go and deal with Alicia, when they heard Rudibert crying out "Una bomba!  Una bomba!"  They learned there was reportedly a bomb outside.  Fern said she knew demolition, and Andrea asked Kyrie if she could talk to the Trynern people outside; Kyrie agreed.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 09 14)
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