Citadel's Shadow II, Session 52

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 52 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 3 November 2019 (UTC) (2 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 Atakares: half-elf mage played by Alden Loveshade
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Eri Snow: fox-person entertainer for Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills
*Katerina Smartcat: professor at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
*Rajzhela Carnelian: human/thalosian student at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
*Scorpia Lee: human student at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
*Turgan Tin-Finger: goblin student at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 9 (Restingday): Female fox-person Fern the Siegemaster was in love with a male fox-person. He was everything Fern was; intelligent, crafty, athletic; and was everything she wasn't; sociable and able to speak eloquently to others.  They worked in harmony on a project for the upcoming Festival of Damira together.
But then there was another fox-girl in the school, and soon there was suspicion, and the gutting feeling of betrayal, and the horror of living as the bottom dropped out of her universe. There was bewilderment, anger, and pain, with a beating faster and faster.
Then the world was spinning, and Fern felt the rough hemp of a rope around her neck and heard the thud of a heavy object hitting the floor.  Then the floor jerked away from under her feet, her life jerking away with it.  Then Fern woke up.
Fern's roommates in their fifth floor room reacted differently; Henna Brenefar was concerned, Rajzhela Carnelian noticed Fern's fur was sticking up, and Princess Alarra Gormann said, ""She was dreaming of getting some fox tail," which drew laughs from Rajzhela and scolds from Henna.  Fern said, ""I already have one, why do I need another?"
Alarra and Rajzhela discussed why all the girl's dorms had eight rooms from third years up, except sixth years had only seven.  Their room passed inspection by Prof. Katerina Smartcat.
Meanwhile, Minigallith Atakares picked up Eri Snow from Maisson Boulavier. As Eri came out, Mini saw Constable Thuddeus Gunch walking up the street from the bridge; he had an adolescent goblin struggling to keep up with him.  The goblin was Turgan Tin-Finger.
After introductions, Thuddeus said the goblin was found in the morning strapped up to the bridge over The Cut. Mini took an instant liking to Turgan, and asked who did it.  He said said, "I'm saying nothing about anything!" but then said he didn't know who did it anyway.  Mini and Eri said they could continue taking Turgan to St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth as they were headed that way anyway.
Mini offered Turgan a hug (which he accepted), and he agreed to let her cast a "helping spell."  Using magic, Mini learned Turgan thought "these are nice girls" about her and Eri, and that he had been spying on Scorpia Lee. He said, "Someone told me that Scorpia Lee and some Rajzhela girl were up to something and they were meeting on top of the Cut. So I went to investigate. Then something went in my mouth, and a bag went over my head, and I got wrapped up, and somehow ended up hanging from the bridge."
Eri thought Scorpia was a "bad sort of girl," and Mini was very sympathetic.  Mini asked Turgan what he wanted to happen to the people who tied him up; he said most of his thoughts about it weren't right, but Mini knew he had thought about "creative goblin retaliation,"  Mini went to see Scorpia whom she learned was a student at St. Bassard's.
They saw a cat, Prof. Katerina Smartcat, whose human "brother" was Professor Clarence Smartcat.  She learned Mini was a daughter of Gina Atakares, and learned what happened to Turgan.  He suspected "Rajzhela with the red eyes" was involved.  Katerina said she would talk to the girl, who had apparently recently left.  Fern went to find her.
Mini met Princess Alarra Gormann and told her what had happened to Turgan.
Meanwhile, Fern tracked Rajzhela to a spice shop where Fern lost the scent.  Fern described Rajzhela to the shop owner, who said she had been there and left.  Fern eventually picked up the scent, and figured she had climbed up the Marketplace High Road; Fern did the same quite easily.  As the high roads were for nobility and imperial traffic, and as a horse was approahing, Fern jumped down and hung fron the ledge, trying not to be seen, which succeeded.
Fern followed her scent up another building, climbed...and fell.  Fortunately, she was caught--by Rajzhela.  Fern was pulled into a room.
Meanwhile, Mini, Eri, and Turgan went to Scorpia's room on the third floor.  She talked to Tianne, who said Scorpia was sleeping.  She got woken up.
Mini questioned her about Turgan being tied on the bridge.  Using magic, she learned that Scorpia did not know it was Turgan, but knew about the incident and suspected "some shadowy figures" of being behind it.
Meanwhile Fern was with Rajzhela in an empty room.  Fern thanked Rajzhela for saving her, and Rajzhela said she liked Fern and didn't want her getting hurt.  Rajzhela said, 'I'm working with Scorpia on a 'behavior modification program'. You don't need to know about it."
The two started walking back to St. Bassard's.  Rajzhela mentioned that Sst. Bassard's was funded by the Imperial Government.  She said, "So they have a school full of students, hand picked, best and brightest. Full of skills, and little in the way of family ties to hold them down."  Fern said she had suspected the school might have been looking for spies to go to foreign countries or something similar.  Fern asked if Rajzhela thought they might be interested in her.
When they arrived at St. Bassard's, Prof. Katerina Smartcat demanded to talk to Rajzhela immediately; the girl went with the professor.
With Turgan's permission, Mini cast a spell to help Turgan feel peaceful and safe, then they hugged.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 11 02)
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