Citadel's Shadow II, Session 23

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 23 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 28 April 2019 (UTC) (27 April 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
* Jinxi: androgynous jester with poppet Jack played by Michael Lee Viviano
=== Non-Player Characters ===
* Audrea Daleos: mage and helper at Maisson Boulavier
* Damiran Fiddler: violinist, singer, and acolyte
* Eduard Porra: carriage driver
* Juan de Fulmando: alchemist and swordwielder
* Rathe Lane: Corporal for the Trynser City Municipal Force
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Ulthrane 26 (Lordsday) (continued): Damiran Fiddler, Fern the Siegemaster, and Jinxi, in the Outer Riverside Ward of Trynser City, walked from talking to the halfing sister and brother Homlina and Yaqui to return to a carriage.  The carriage, apparently belonging to Eduard Porra who was there with his horses, was parked in front of the red brick storage building where they had previously delivered a box they later believed had contained the Globus Cruciger autem Dryas (Cross Globe of Yellow Mountain).  Juan de Fulmando was inside the carriage treating Audrea Daleos who had been bruised during a fall from passing out after experiencing terror due to a very tall humanoid named Harbol the Horrible.
As the three were walking, they were approached by three men and a woman.  From their clothes, all of them looked to be of average wealth.  The first man said, "Well, what have we here? Jinxi!"  Neither Jinxi, Fern, nor Damiran recognized any of the four.  The first man said that Fern and Damiran could move on, they wanted to talk to Jinxi.  After a failed attempt, the second man grabbed Jinxi, then the first started slapping and then hitting Jinxi.  Fern went to get help from the others in the carriage.
Jinxi, who had been injured with a punch to the face, escaped.  Juan came running with his sword, and Fern came running back with a knife.  Audrea stood and looked.  The four assailants (only two of which, the first and second man, had done anything physical against Jinxi), saw the others, and started running.  Jinxi hit the first man with Jack (a head on a stick that doubled as a mace), Damiran tried but failed to grab the woman, then a bolt of lightning hit her.  Fern grabbed the first man, who fast drew a knife with his right hand that Jinxi hit with Jack.  The man offered no more resistance, but cursed a lot.
Juan ran exceptionally fast, and caught up with the fleeing second man.  Knowing he could not outrun the sword-wielding Juan, instead of surrendering, the man drew a knife and fought Juan, saying, "I'll die before I'll surrender!"
Jinxi threw Jack at the third man, hitting him.  The man screamed, "Please don't hurt me!"  The woman ran to him, and held him.
While Jinxi ran to help, wiggling around and acting like a fool, Juan hit the second man twice in the battle, and the man went down, unconscious.
Jinxi told the third man and the woman to come closer, and that they would not be hurt.  They cooperated.
Fern intimidated the first man, who said his name was Will.  When questioned by Fern, Will told her that he wasn't working for anybody, but wanted a reward from Count Paltiog.
A halfling woman, apparently the mother of Homlina and Yaqui, approached with a corporal of the Trynser City Municipal Force.  The frist man Will said the others had attacked.  The corporal, Corporal Rathe Lane, checked Juan's permit to have a sword, which checked out.  The halfling woman said she and her husband had seen the battle, and that the three men and a woman had attacked "the fool" (Jinxi); the others acted in self defense.  The group told their stories, and the corporal believed the three men and the woman with them were guilty.  He also demonstrated that he could identify where people have lived by their speech patterns and accents.
The injured were treated to be in good enough shape to be transported.  Jinxi, with support from the others, did not ask for charges to be brought against the woman and the third man, as they had not made any physical attacks.  When Fern asked, Will said he had nothing to do with the "little red building," and that he and the others had just gotten there; they thought he was probably telling the truth.
The three men and one woman who had acousted Jinxi later had their identities confirmed.  The first man (who hit Jinxi) was Varlaam "Will" Carbone; the second man, the one who held Jinxi while Will hit him, was identified as Baldwin Rana; the third man, who did not attack Jinxi, was Mukammed Takahashi; the woman, who also did not attack, was Carla Jardine.
Juan did first aid on Jinxi, and Fern tracked the movement of the horses that had apparently pulled the wagon that took the Globus Cruciger autem Dryas (Cross Globe of Yellow Mountain).  Unfortunately, while the tracks were clear at first, further on they were covered with other tracks.  Fern suspected the wagon they had used had been stolen, and remembered a spell that could be used to find things (possibly even the horse that had left behind dung) called "Farquah's Wondrous Search Spell."  Fern reminded the others that, before they were allowed to leave the jail, the warden had something kept from each of them, a personal item or fur or hair.
The group remembered that the halfling boy Yaqui had spoken of something in a well house; they suspected this was a reference to Tucquew's Cabaret in Inner Riverside Ward in Trynser City, famous for being the starting place for future stars, and famous for being underground--people entered through a stairwell in a well house.  Jinxi had tried to get work there, but when Jinxi was continuously noisy back stage, was made to leave.  It was after 10 p.m. (22:00 hrs), and they thought the place closed at midnight and they might barely be able to get there before it closed.
Damiran, Fern, Jinxi and Juan got inside the carriage while Audrea sat next to Eduard the driver.  Eduard told his horses, "sugar run!" and they moved faster than they had.  Fern took a nap on the way.  They arrived at about a quarter after 11 (23:15), and Eduard gave his horses Taydee and Wind Breaker some sugar, then said the pair needed to rest.  All they saw there was what would look like a normal well house except for the glowing orb on top.
While Damiran stayed with Eduard, Audrea, Fern, Juan and Jinxi looked at the carriages and wagons parked there (all looked decent or better), then entered the well house, going down a circular staircase.  A young woman in tight clothes including a short skirt told them, "Admission's only $12 per person for that which includes dinner and drinks, or $100 for dinner and drinks and the show, $80 if you don't mind sitting further back.  But really, the show is almost over, so I wouldn't pay for that."  Jinxi said they were supposed to perform but were late, but the woman did not believe it, and asked if they wanted to pay the $12 or not.  Fern told her it would be a surprise, but the young woman didn't believe that either.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 04 27)
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