Citadel's Shadow II, Session 47

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 47 was actually a few short fill-in sessions of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played between 27 September 2019 and 1 October 2019 (UTC) (dates varied for some participants. Note that some parts of this were actually discussed/played before the "previous" session).
== 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 ===
*Alarra Gormann: deposed princess of Bortania
*Earnest Guzmann: mercenary and former knight of Bortania
*Phyllis Guzmann: horse trainer and wife of Earnest
*Jinxi: androgynous human jester with poppet Jack
=== Special ===
*Juan de Fulmando: sword-wielding human alchemist usually played by Alden Loveshade
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Flowering 26/Gillihís 26 (Lordsday/Odía) (continued): Princess Alarra Gormann, Donghai Fern (Fern the Siegemaster), Jinxi, Juan Silvio-Vagle (Juan de Fulmando), and Kyrie Kelevan, accompanied by Sir Earnest Guzmann, exchanged Trynsern for Millisymphian money at El banco de la olla de oro (Bank of the Gold Pot) for a 5% exchange rate. This was in in Montículo Perlat, Milspar, Millisymph. Alarra planned to buy a new dress, and Kyrie encouraged Fern to buy different clothing to wear for the next day. However, Juan said that the phrase that had been used in different forms to describe Fern and Kyrie, "¡La zorra encapuchada y la sacerdotisa!", meant "The hooded (female) fox and the priestess!" He said people had been saying it with respect. Fern thought that meant they liked her outfit, but Juan said he thought the respect was for what she and Kyrie had done with "la bamba" and the crowd there, and they had now helped rescue a princess.
They then headed back to the nearby El mesón de la rosa y el cangrejo (Rose and Crab Inn). There Kyrie saw Clia Neel, mother of Alicia Neel whom Kyrie had left at El templo de Grebonia de Milspar. Clia's husband and Alicia's father, Oren Neel, who had been looking for Alicia, soon joined them. Alarra said she and her entourage would meet Kyrie Kelevan where she planned to stay, El templo de Grebonia de Milspar (Temple of Grebonia of Milspar), the next day to then travel to Parque Sierra. Kyrie told Oren and Clia where their daughter was, and the three headed to the temple.
Princess Alarra Gormann decided to stay at La posada de la paloma blanca, "The Inn of the White Dove." However, Alarra and Sir Earnest Guzmann, Donghai Fern (Fern the Siegemaster), Jinxi, and Juan Silvio-Vagle (Juan de Fulmando) first went to La olla de la ropa (The Clothing Pot). Juan advised Princess Alarra to not spend all of her vacation money too quickly, but Alarra largely ignored his advice. She bought an expensive dress and shoes to wear for Mojarósa's 500th birthday party where she has been asked to meet Rei Geraldo VII, king of Millisymph.
The group then visited Earnest's wife Phyllis Guzmann at the hospital where she was being treated. Phyllis was expected to make a full recovery.
The group then went to La posada de la paloma blanca, where they rejoined Master Donghai Ping, Donghai Xiang, and Donghai Chang. There Master Ping and his wife Xiang shared a bed while Chang, Fern, and Juan each had a cot to sleep on. Alarra was concerned about not having a lady-in-waiting for her meeting the king the next day as Phyllis was in hospital, but one of the serving girls, Rebeca Perez, said she had the next day off and would be honored to serve, and Alarra accepted her. It was decided that Rebeca would stay in Alarra's room, while Earnest heartily agreed to stay in Rebeca's room for that night. However, he was significantly less enthused when he learned Jinxi would be staying in the room as well. Fern had already eaten supper, and the rest ate it there, although Fern had a drink.
Those from Trynser City found they shared an odd feeling that meal time and bedtime didn't seem right. None of them had experienced it before, even though some of them had traveled from one country to another before. Based on her knowledge of astronomy, Fern expressed an opinion that the odd feeling could have been due to the different relative position of the sun as it appeared to be about 2 to 2 1/2 hours earlier in Milspar than in Trynser City. Master Ping found it an interesting concept. While most of the vacationers slept fine, Master Ping and Chang had trouble sleeping. Sir Earnest, who was used to the time zone, had the most trouble sleeping as he kept waking up wondering what Jinxi was up to.
Meanwhile, Kyrie Kelevan, Oren Neel, and Clia Neel had arrived at El templo de Grebonia de Milspar (Temple of Grebonia of Milspar). On the way, Kyrie had told the parents of Alicia Neel that Alicia, who was at the temple, had claimed she was Kyrie's sister, but then admitted she had made that up. The parents agreed to stay outside while Kyrie talked inside with Alicia.
Priestess Andrea Maldonaldo told Kyrie that Alicia had applied for sanctuary in the temple. As Alicia was apparently age 12, she could be considered an adult by the laws of Millisymph, and would be qualified to apply for her own sanctuary, meaning she could not be removed from the temple.
However, Andrea also said, "Here, we follow the principle of 'sigue la ley a menos que sea malvada. Si es malo, entonces reconstruye la ley' ('Follow the law unless it is evil. If it is evil, then rebuild the law'). So we don't actually give sanctuary here. But in extreme cases, we could transfer someone to a temple that does. But perhaps it might be easier if you spoke with her."
Kyrie did, and Alicia admitted she made up the sister connection. Alicia said her father didn't trust her on anything and blamed her for everything. She said, "Every time my Mama says, 'We have to do what your father wants. He is the head of the household.' Well here in Millisymph I'm an adult so can do what I want."
Kyrie lectured Alicia about the virtues of honesty and maintaining one's integrity. "I cannot make you promise not to lie again; that is a choice that you have to make. The gods have seen fit to include among their number Lheris, the deity of trickery. His faithful test me constantly. But by constantly shining a light on the truth, you can learn to avoid such tricks and live a true life. If you, Alicia Neel, decide to go forth and live with integrity, I would be proud to call you a sister." Alicia was touched, hugged Kyrie, and said, "I'm going to be a priestess like my Sister Kyrie!"
Kyrie and Alicia then joined Oren and Clia Neel. Alicia said she was 12, so she was old enough to become a priestess like her sister Kyrie. Oren said, "You won't be 12 years old for a week, you're only 11!" Alicia said they told her in Millisymph they didn't go by the day a person was born, only by the year, so she was 12 years old. Kyrie talked to Oren about how Alicia felt, but Oren said Kyrie wasn't a parent and was barely older than Alicia was. However, Alicia finally agreed to rejoin her parents. The family, like Kyrie, had tickets to return to Tyrner City through a gate at El mesón de la rosa y el cangrejo (Rose and Crab Inn) at 10:00 on Flowering 37, two days after Alicia's birthday.
Kyrie stayed at the temple. She found that she felt hungry at odd times, and felt sleepy two to three hours earlier than usual. However, she had a good night's sleep. (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 09 27+)
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