Citadel's Shadow II, Session 56

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 56 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 1 December 2019 (UTC) (30 November 2019 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 "Mini" Atakares: half-elf mage played by Alden Loveshade
=== Special ===
* Audrea Daleos: human mage played by Miley Spears
* Juan Silvio-Vagle: human guard/alchemist played by Alden Loveshade
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Alarra Gormann: human princess student at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
*Donghai Ping: gnome grandmaster alchemist
*Eri Snow: fox-person singer-dancer for Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills
*Henna Brenafar: human student at St. Bassard's
*Rajzhela Carnelian: human/thalosian student at St. Bassard's
*Valen Arthur Wayden Galderon: Prince Imperial
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 10 (Godsday) (continued): While Henna Brenefar had convinced her roommate Fern the Siegemaster to go to Divine Circle services with her, sister roommate Princess Alarra Gormann requested Fern stay in their room.  This was in the girls' dorm on the fifth floor of St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth.  Their other roommate Rajzhela Carnelian said, "Go ahead and stay with Alarra," and agreed to go with Henna.  Fern stayed, and Alarra prepared her small altar in her room.  Alarra said, "Fern, you don't have to believe, but I would appreciate it you you listen."  Fern said, "I can listen."
Alarra said, "I stand before the gods of my homeland in a distant and hostile land. Twice I have faced mortal danger, and twice you have come to my aid. I, Princess Alarra Gormann, daughter of King Danult Gormann of Bortania, offer you my gratitude.  And I swear, if any person, beast or thing wishes to cause you harm in my presence, I shall be a wolf at their throat.
Alarra continued.  "Furthermore, before my gods, and if they so please, those of Trynser, I Alarra Gormann... deeply apologize.  I have treated you horribly over the last five years. I had thought you all brains and no heart. I was wrong."
Fern said, "Sure, I just help people if it's within my capability."  Alarra said, "You are a good person, Fern."
Audrea Daleos and Minigallith Atakares arrived at the girls' dorm at St. Bassard's, and saw Scorpia Lee leaving.  Mini said that there might be another option to executing Terron Gorgonshield, the male St. Bassard's student who had stabbed and nearly killed Alarra at the previous day's school dance.  By magic, he could be made her slave not by law, but my the desire in his own mind.  Alarra said she wasn't anxious to see his face again, "brain dead or not."
Fern, on the other hand, said, "Well, if it's worth thinking about I could use one more person who could assist me in the workshop."  Fern was told that wouldn't help Alarra, then Audrea suggested Terron be made a "love slave."  Alarra rejected that suggestion.
It was the group's presence (those who were close witnesses to the stabbing attack on Alarra) would likely be requested at Terron's trial.
Mini asked Fern (and later Eri Snow) to never mention the gathering of royal blood after Alarra's stabbing, and to keep it as "just clean up."  Both agreed.
Audrea started singing, and Mini joined her.  Princess Alarra said there was a recital that day at Kelled's Theatre featuring religious music.  She asked if the others wanted to come,  Fern and Mini agreed.  Audrea thought it might be boring, but was talked into it.
Fern and Princess Alarra's other roommates Henna Brenafar and Rajzhela Carnelian arrived.  Henna was interested in going, Rajzhela less so (Alarra offered to pay for those who were with her at first, Audrea, Fern, and Mini, but not the other two).  Rajzhela, however, decided it might be interesting to experience a concert "from the seats for once," and decided to go.
When they arrived in the area, they found the streets were rather crowded as the cathedral had small services for different gods throughout Godsday.  The group was at Cathedral Street approaching St. Tanta Plaza near the bridge from the borough hall to the police station.
They then saw something that looked rather like a naked baby, about four inches tall, with big feet and tiny wings that was about to walk into traffic.  Fern considered that an interesting thing, Mini tried to figure out the best and quickest way to get to it, and Audrea simply ran out toward it.  Without looking either way, it walked out into traffic.  A horse team and buggy rolled right over, but somehow missed it.  It then nearly got trampled by people walking, but didn't.
Audrea picked up the creature before Fern and Mini could reach it--and Audrea went down in traffic!  Fern and Mini avoided getting hit, and the naked creature, which appeared to be male, stepped into Audrea's open hand.  Audrea failed to dodge a horse and buggy, but believed the creature would protect her.  She might have been partially right, but did get kicked a bit and had her hair run over.  The others got Audrea out of the street.
They spoke to the creature, which most of them had no idea what it was, although Audrea suspected of being "fey," a fairy.  It didn't answer back, but chuckled.  It crawled on Audrea's arm and went to Mini, climbing to the top of her head.  Audrea said she hoped it didn't poop on her head.  Audrea dealt with her dirty head (soiled from the street), and cast a Clean spell on herself.
After a debate, they decided to hide the creature.  After Mini decided she did not want to tried hiding it in her blouse as suggested by Rajzhela, Mini tried putting him in her back; the creatured did not resist and chuckled.
The group sat at the concert in the third circle, "way up high."  His Imperial Highness, Prince Imperial Valen, was announced, and the group courtseyed as appropriate (although Fern needed some instruction and Princess Alarra remained standing, but nodded slightly.  The prince seemed to look toward the group.
During the first half before intermission, Minigallith enjoyed the music, Fern was relatively neutral (and was more interested in the workings of the instruments), and Audrea was a big bored.  Audrea and Mini began to leave for a break, when imperial heralds came over.  They asked about Princess Alarra, and she told them a bit of her background.  They said His Highness thought it a shame for one of her standing to be "languishing in the third balcony," and invited her to sit with Prince Imperial Valen.  She declined, saying she didn't want to abandon her friends; but they said her friends could come with her.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 11 30)