Legendary 034 -

Friday, July 8, 1066 SE

During the night, Mon explores the third floor of the South Gate hotel, looking for secret spaces. He questions Hennadi about his ownership, and the owner tells him he’s owned the building about seven years. Three or four of the rooms were permanently occupied by individuals for various extended stays, including for more than 12 years. All three of them had left prior to Hennadi purchasing the building.

Mon helps Hennadi prepare breakfast.

After waking up, Branna sends a message to her parents asking if they can keep Dhuka until tomorrow morning

Luba has recovered from the shock of yesterday’s performance.

Sir Sergeii is here early again, second day in a row. Breakfast at the South Gate Hotel, the Konstantina Sun's review. The newspaper praises Luba and the crew of the Legendary. Sir Sergeii wonders if some of the disruptions could be incorporated into the actual play, as a wink to what happened yesterday. Marigold suggests they move a tree for every performance. 

There have been a series of burglaries, and rooms have been broken into. Several things are missing, including 

Anya’s Arcane Study Notes: Mon has been training Anya to "tap into arcane power" so she can use the message cantrip to communicate despite her "stolen voice". As a new student who is often seen "retreating within herself" during her training, Anya likely possessed notes or mnemonic sketches used to help her master the "rudiments of magic"one more night.

The Master Annotated Script for Masha and the Bear: Branna and Mon spent significant time "jotting down adjustments" to the script, replacing "independentist" themes with "religious iconography" and "pious labor" to ensure the play was not seen as a threat to the crown. This hand-marked, unique copy would be an essential—and potentially incriminating—document for the troupe to lose just before their premiere

Entry A (1051 SE): Notes a female birth to the King and an unnamed "Northern Lady" at a discreet residence outside the capital. The child is recorded only as “Girl. A similar entry in 1054 announces the birth of another girl child. The entry is heavily coded but lists the same paternal source ("His Majesty, the Sovereign") as the entry for Anya in the official records.

Branna puts 100 gold down on the mirror. 175 gold, plus responsible for moving it. 

A

 

Tinker's Trinkets

Playing Cards for Mon, Spades ...

And musicians from the Jenken Ensemble.




Friday, July 8 - King Stanislas II will attend the Opera’s opening night of The Cartographer’s Fractured Mirror.
Saturday, July 9 - Archduke Maksimillian III welcomes King Stanislas II back to the Palace for the last ball of the King’s stay.
Sunday, July 10 - King Stanislas II and his entourage will attend the church service at the Cathedral, greet well-wishers, before returning to the royal yacht and depart back for Sejza during high tide later that afternoon. 

Mykola

• "The royal line is fractured, two branches now hidden from the sun."
• "They took her away, the men in white coats, to a place of rest."
• "The fountain weeps for a child whose song was stolen."
• "A melody without a singer, a heart without a home."
• "He who holds the key also holds the silence."
• "Look to the Port Authority, where names are erased but whispers remain.”
• "The iron hammer of the blacksmith sings a patriotic tune, but the gold it strikes funds the serpent's dinner."
• "Every new key made in this city has a brother that opens a vault better left sealed."
• "They say the Black Tears of Olha protect against evil spirits, but grief always remembers the face of the betrayer."
• "The King's two daughters are a riddle wrapped in silk. One is lost to the earth, the other, to a tune only the river knows.
• "A map's most valuable mark is not where the treasure lies, but where the path disappears."
• "Beware the stage lights. Sometimes, the shadow they cast is more honest than the actors."
• "I once saw a man sell his voice to a shadow—now he only speaks through the price of bread."
• "The Luthier's Harp plays sweet music, but its wood remembers the scream of the axe."
• "The Sidorov Gems are beautiful lies. They sparkle with borrowed light, not the truth of the earth."
• "The Raven Queen whispers of silence, and the Cardinal practices the loudest silence of all."
• "The thrice-born wears the face of the dead; one sister's face is a key, the other's is the lock."
• "Go to the Port. They weigh the worth of every man, but they cannot measure the weight of a secret."
• "The King's ghost doesn't haunt the Palace; it rides the frayed rope of the public stage."
• "The Sezjite stone is the color of loyalty, but it cracks when you look too deep into its blue."
• "A girl should never drop a beautiful instrument. It's a sign the inspiration was too big for the hands that held it."
• "A sister whose life is tethered to a song."

Mykola then points them toward the Port Authority, mentioning that "the fountain told him" to seek the truth there 

Infromation to deal with.

Ideas?

• Plain china, paint it with each play's theme, and signed by one of the lead actors. Could also be the play poster. Package it with Legendary Tea, and sell - Marigold's idea. 
• Druid who lives in a grove in the forest near Klara
• A traveling company is sent to visit all of the mines and entertain the miners. Way to make money for the theater and also recruit insurgents?
• Duhka goes missing when she infiltrates the Cathedral. She has to be found
• Duhka found her sister inside the Cathedral, locked up in one of the underground dungeon cells
• Why is her sister here? 
• Sir Stal, owner of the largest iron ore and steel mill, dragon?
• Elena and Darina, two drowning victims burried in the Whispering Waves cemetery. 
• Haunting the cemetery?
• Want the necklaces back?

Deluxe apartments in the Legendary

Mon 

• Plain china, paint it with each play's theme, and signed by one of the lead actors. Could also be the play poster. Package it with Legendary Tea, and sell - Marigold's idea. 
• Druid who lives in a grove in the forest near Klara
• A traveling company is sent to visit all of the mines and entertain the miners. Way to make money for the theater and also recruit insurgents?
• Elena and Darina, two drowning victims, were buried in the Whispering Waves cemetery. 
• Haunting the cemetery?
• Want the necklaces back?

Captain Lafoy stole the following from the Cardinal, along with his precious cross, over 20 years ago.

• A small chest containing over 1,200 gold pieces and 4,300 silver pieces