# Session S01: The Golden Dome > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[Candela Obscura - Circle of Uncut Diamonds|Circle of Uncut Diamonds]]] > [session:: S01] > [prev:: [[2024-03-03_S00]]] > [next:: [[2024-03-17_S02]]] > [session date:: 2024-03-10] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Sadie Cavendish]]] > [dm:: [[Andrew Pontious|apontious]]] > [player:: [[Nicole van der Hoeven|Nicole]], [[demonem|demonem]], [[+10 Broadsword]], [[Rezin]]] > [pcs:: [[Leopold Maxwell]], [[Celine Valterra]], [[Lily Sinclair]], [[Edward Dedrik]], [[Sadie Cavendish]]] > [active npc:: ] > [discussed npc:: ] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) ### Starting notes: - [?] To start: Whenever you take 1 or more Bleed marks, you also gain additional information about the phenomenon that harmed you. Ask the GM one question about the source of the bleed. - [x] Figure out circle ability: [[In This Together]] - [x] Swap out Illumination Key: *Comfort Someone* instead of *Make a Scene* - First adventure: What is this map? - Who would we go to, to find out more about the map? [[Madam Fidovich]] is in the wind. » Identify someone. - Second adventure: Basically a dungeon crawl, exploring the map. %% Contacts Sadie would reach out to: - A professor of Oldfairen architecture from her time at [[Briarbank College]] (though one who wasn't in the room when the student touched the object and basically massacred everyone else) - Not a contact, but a likely risky opportunity to look through [[Thomas Cavendish|her husband's]] library for information or resources. Thomas has his own large collection of items and resources, though it's questionable how much Sadie has access to. (This may be too much of a tip-off that he's a bad guy for Red Hand reasons, not just for being a controlling jerk.) %% ## Notes - More on the map and the Gold Dome - Instructions in a language we may not know - Seems to provide linear steps for once we are at the steps… sketches - Stairs - Ghost - Bridge - Snake - Mulitple faces/masks - Bird - How characters react to the map - Celine is intrigued, but not surprised - Shoulder-length black wavy hair, practical black clothes, overcoat. - Always wears gloves. - Leopold - 5'9", tweed suit, monocle on a chain, silver-headed cane for style not use, pocketwatch, revolver - Reacts by saying "oh damn it" - Sadie - Had her hood up while outside, has only taken it down once inside - Reacted strongly to the object, pulled back as though in pain - Very clearly look back at the map with interest, but keeping her gloved hands at her side and far back from the map - Her background: she can't read Oldfairen, but could recognized it - Lily - Studies it but doesn't understand it - Respectable… but hidden tatoos, suggesting a whole lot more happening bellow the surface. Device she nervously fiddles with (a counter) - A doctor in a PhD sense, not a medical sense - Venderberg College, also in [[Briar Green]] » a rival of [[Briarbank College]] - GO VULTURES! - Edward - He describes a scene: Caused a scare and a panic; had put him and the Professor in danger… maybe he would know more about the knowledge. Edward just gets the artifacts, not study them. - Professor Hemslock, at Venderberg - They introduce themselves to each other - Edward starts - "Detective Maxwell, but you can call me Leopold." » Edward visually reacts negatively - Dr. Lily introduce herself at great length - Sadie *just* introduces herself as "Sadie" » that's it! That's the introduction. - Celine, Council of Voluterra, with the Premacy (the government, international relations) - Sadie would know there are no papers from Oldfaire… no papers, no books… everything was destroyed in the flood - There are no known maps of Oldfaire » this would be extremely valuable - Why should we trust? - Edward has a ride! - Lily just wants to know how things work. - Sadie believes assassins would kill them if they weren't trustworthy… - Looking for information - Celine would go home and write a report of the evening's events - Reaches out to contacts about rumours about a golden dome - Has an assistant (Giles) who lives at their house, dressed to blend in… - Wants him to check in with their Red Hand contact about a "golden dome" - It's a risky roll » 6 - He comes back and is more subdued than usual - Was able to talk with Cedric (Red Hand), had never heard of anything called the "golden dome" and would ask around… but that was the last he ever heard from… - "Golden dome" gets negative attention… don't mention it - We agree to meet up at a café called "Brewed and Lightning: Teas and Coffees" - Lily & Sadie head to [[Briarbank College]] - Sadie's contact: [[Professor Faith Creedance]] (female, 50s), Department of Antiquities - Sadie graduated 4 years ago; married 3 years ago - New building on campus, 3rd floor - Flicker of recognition for the name "[[Thomas Cavendish]]" and a look of fear from the professor for Sadie - Shows the sketches of the 6 figures, cultural significance » mixed success - Three answers, 1 is false - Ghosts » about connecting with the dead (séances) - Masks » about identity and hiding identity - Bird » more than a bird, but a phoenix - Rebirth, rise from the ash - Very powerful mythos - Sadie speaks in very obvious lies and half truths - She's "researching" symbols from a dig that her husband is sponsoring - She says she won't take risks, almost laughs at the thought that it would be something she'd do - Professor Creedance says if we're asking about Oldfaire and things like this, there's already risks - The professor looks at Sadie with deep concern during the conversation (knows she's lying) and also anguish while looking after her when she leaves » Lily sees this - Lily sees this and asks if Sadie is okay as they're walking out - Sadie mentions there was an altercation with a student in her final year - Sadie keeps her eyes on the ground as she's walking out, not wanting to look at the photos and walls of the antiquities - Lily's contact: [[Dr. Isabel Redcliffe|Dr. Isabel "Isa" Redcliffe]], Department of Linguistics - It's been 8 months since they've seen each other… ex-lovers - Lily doesn't even knock… just opens the office door. - She looks at her with absolute fury - Lily says she's not alone, pulls in Sadie as "I'm not alone" shield - Sadie seems to be enough to keep Isa from escalating with Lily - Lily is delightfully tactless when talking to Isa - And it's reciprocated - The writing has Isa's full focus » 6 - She gets enough of a sense of what they all mean (may not be exact translations) - **Stairs** » “Sense the steps of death and avoid them as you walk down the stairs” - **Ghosts** » “One alone must remember a beloved ghost of five to open this passage for all.” - **Bridge** » “Use the [[Dagger of Sorrow]] before crossing this bridge, or it will crumble.” - **Snake** » “Pass through the hall of deadly snakes to continue.” - **Masks** » “See the faces in the hall, and find the one that does not match, to continue.” - **Bird** » "Choose one to renew." - Lily has heard of the [[Dagger of Sorrow]] before - Lily is able to get the papers back from Isa - Isa thinks Sadie is Lily's new girlfriend, and has been sitting there basically as a silent wallflower for 2–3 hours while Isa was studying the writings - Lily has burned Isa as a contact… she'd be more likely to talk with Sadie again, and showed some "interest" in her. - Sadie decides she'll go home first before heading to meet the rest of the group. - To be continued… - Circle Park: where Leopold and Edward go to meet the professor… - …on the way, Leopold meets his contact… a paperboy - Edward notices that the headlines he's saying are different than what the other paperboys are saying. - Leopold is interested in "back issues" that the boy ([[Finnegan Moon]]) may have… and shows a couple of the photos secretly. - The boy stares intently… shows some more… and slips him some money. - The boy calls him "Mr. Max" - He stops, closes his eyes, and holds out his hand… sensing. - Pulls a back story from a tabloid, about a scientist cracking the alchemist's formula (lead into gold) - Edward goes to meet with the Professor ([[Professor Hemslock]]) - "What have you got for me today, my boy?" "It's Oldfaire… it may be one of a kind." - It looks like a scroll case. - Leopold is surveying the area. No one is close enough to hear what is being said… but Leopold does notice there is someone in the park, watching them. - The Professor identifies that this is a quest… steps towards a great reward. More a puzzle than a story. - Edward asks if it correlates with any of the current roads of Newfaire - They don't correlate with anything he knows of related to Oldfaire, and right to take precautions. - There's the Endless Climb (no one has made it alive to the bottom…) - Profesor: "There's that nice gentleman from OUP who's been watching us this entire time… give him the slip, won't you?" - They pre-planned to leave in separate directions… - Edward takes off towards the trees, the Professor gives a wave to the OUP person, and walks in the other direction… - Leopold sits on the bench and reads the newspaper - The newspaper article suggests you can reverse the process if you do something wrong (gold to lead) - Leopold is followed by the [[Office of Unexplained Phenomena|OUP]] agent » rolls a 6, and gives him the slip. For next session » [[2024-03-17_S02]]: - We'll regroup on information gathering - Sadie still plans to go home first before meeting up with the group.