Citadel's Shadow II, Session 41

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 41 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 1 September 2019 (UTC) (31 August 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
*Juan de Fulmando: sword-wielding human alchemist played by Alden Loveshade
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=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Audrea Daleos: non-certified mage
*Father Comfort: priest of the Sardaster cult
*Jinxi: androgynous jester with poppet Jack
*Kyrie Kelevan: priestess of Damira
*Leowine Vandarvaskard: prince and lord colonel of Kastebani Phantom Force Four
*Lon Sillavan: teacher at St. Ingrance's Nursery
*Shesta Zarzulian: officer in the Kastebani Phantom Force Four
== Events ==
Ulthrane 45 (Restingday) (continued): Audrea Daleos, Fern the Siegemaster, Jinxi, Juan de Fulmando, and Kyrie Kelevan were on the balcony of Melgren's Tower watching a group of cultists who followed the Prophet Sardaster below and about 60 feet away.  With them were Prince Lord Col. Leowine Vandarvaskard, Capt. Shesta Zarzulian, and two soldiers.  They had just seen a man who had been preaching seize a resisting man, the preacher with a "glint of steel" in his hand.
Juan asked His Highness Prince Leowine Vandarvaskard if he could get help to stop things as soon as they could, and suggested Audrea fire lightning toward the group close to them as a distraction.  Prince Leowine asked Shesta to listen while prepared "the gate."
Meanwhile, the man with the knife was leering and making threatening motions while shouting at the crowd. The crowd were getting whipped up into a fanatic frenzy.
Shesta said, "No lightning," that they wanted the cultists to stay together.  She then said the cultists were going to sacrifice the man to their prophet.  Fern started taking aim with her rifle.  Prince Leowine used a wand, Shesta and Audrea chanted, and Juan called on Goddess Samorojia for speed.  A gate opened, and most of the group went through (Fern continued to aim).
Juan went through first, and found himself in the same area as the cultists.  With sword drawn warned the cultists not to harm anyone.  However, a couple of the cultists opened the doors to a small brown shed, and a giant scorpion came out.  Attempting to hit the cultist who held the man, Fern fired and missed.  Juan said, "By Ebonia, some maniac is shooting at us!"
Audrea tried firing lighting at the scorpion and missed, blasting the roof of the shed that the scorpion was in.  Juan resisted a "wave of sleepiness," but many others groaned and dropped.  Juan hit the preaching man with his sword in the face; the man dropped to the ground.  Juan was then attacked by two opponents, one of whom swung successfully while Juan failed to block with his shied, and Juan got hit in the torso.  The giant scorpion attacked and grabbed Juan's other opponent.  Juan hit his remaining opponent in his right leg, fracturing it.
Meanwhile the prince shot lightning at the scorpion, shooting off one of its legs.  Fern tried fast drawing a knife as she tried going through the gate, but lost the knife.  Fern used a claw on an opponent, but missed.  Jinxi "played rodeo clown" with the scorpion, while Kyrie whacked at the scorpion.  The battle continued.
One cultist tried dragging off their intended victim, with Fern grabbing the man to save him.  Corporal Daltazian got hit with a glancing sting from the scorpion, and Kyrie got badly hurt.  Audrea blasted the scorpion, the preacher chanted and grabbed Fern's arm with hands on fire; Fern's arm was badly burned.
The battle continued, with Kyrie going down.  The group that had been put to sleep started waking up.  The intended victim was pulled safely from the hands of his captor, Juan cut an opponent badly, Audrea fired lightning, and Jinxi took out with thrown "Jack," the metal poppet.
Juan treated Fern's arm, and others were treated.  The intended victim, Lon Sillavan, a teacher at St. Ingrance's Nursery, thanked Prince Leowine profusely.  The group heard "pops" which they later identified as members of the Phantom Force "popping in."  Soldiers were putting out several small fires; Juan asked Gods Kiria and Stormia for clear air, which occurred.  The preacher who had threatened Lon was identified as Father Comfort.
A couple of the soldiers were treating a fallen patient; Juan discovered it was Kyrie.  Juan diagnosed that she got a critical wound to her chest, around the left ribs, barely missing her heart.  The wound was somewhat knitted together by what he figured was a minor healing spell.  Juan learned Corporal Daltazian has cast the spell.
Prince Leowine said he would cover everyone's hospital fees, which he did.  With approval of the prince, Fern took a sword for herself from the cultists, and Juan asked for and was given the rest to help those in need.  Audrea reported that the woman who had apparently been guarding the cultists while holding a crossbow needed "a new set of teeth."
At Melgren's Tower, Juan told the prince his plans to travel to Aborea to rescue his family and others from slavery; he asked if the prince knew somone who could help.  The prince said he would think on it, and meanwhile offered Juan the use of the remaining weapons of the cultists.  Fern looked for the knife she had lost, and finally found it.
Juan traveled with the still unconcious Kyrie to hospital, and Fern also went to the hospital.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 08 31)
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