14.2 The Duke and the Shadow

SESSION DATE: July 05, 2025
PRESENT: Rory, Kemurial, Calanthia, Freya

Deep Dive

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Adventure Photos

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Adventure Song & Lyrics

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[Verse 1]
Lanterns lit in a city of stone
Hollow streets under curses unknown
Whispers cling to the citadel's walls
And the duke hears every one of them all
In the hall of the honored and proud
We stood where no begging is loud
Names weighed down by silence and snow
But truth has a way of slipping below

[Chorus]
It's the Duke and the Shadow
And we’re caught in between
Every oath, every glance
Every crack in the screen
Truth dressed in armor
Lies whispered low
In the court of the cautious
Where secrets don’t show

[Verse 2]
Villem smiles like the storm’s far away
But his eyes write lines his mouth wouldn’t say
Said to meet him by fire, not by stealth
In a place where even honesty costs wealth
Freya fades in the smoke and the light
Rory waits for the next excuse to fight
Kemurial speaks like a blade with a vow
While Calanthia reads every furrowed brow

[Bridge]
There was poison on the wind
And bolts in the snow
An ambush with timing too perfect to know
And while one of us listened behind gilded doors
The others were bleeding on forgotten floors
And someone was watching
And someone was warned
But the blade didn’t flinch
And no banner was torn

[Chorus]
It’s the Duke and the Shadow
And the space in between
Every nod, every pause
Every crack in routine
Justice in armor
Or dressed for a show
In a city where silence
Is the first thing to go

[Solo]

[Verse 3]
No banners were raised, but the war has begun
With no battlefield, and nowhere to run
Just names and positions, and gestures too kind
And Calanthia wondering who touched her mind
So we drink by the fire and pretend not to doubt
While the city holds breath and waits to find out
Whether honor still means what the old songs say
Or if shadows now barter where knights used to pray

[Chorus]
It’s the Duke and the Shadow
And the cold in the walls
Every truth walks a wire
Every brave one could fall
Power in whispers
Not banners or snow
In a city that listens
But never lets go

[Chorus]
Yes, it’s the Duke and the Shadow
And the space in between
Where the torchlight is law
And the danger unseen
The fire is fading
But still it will glow
In the hearts of the watchers
And those who still know

World Anvil Journal

sooo... i did thum thhoppin agin an i got thome paiw of them thicic gwatheth an mor of them thupa heewin poshinth which ith gwate becauth i alwayth get thtabbed ow thhot ow poithind ow thomethin.

thin we wint to the big pwathe cawed the thitidel an they got wing hewmets ewerywhewe which ith funny cawth i do NOT think wingth go on yow head i think wingth go on yow bak.

we met the duke guy enwik an he ith not vewy nithe he wooked mad abowt pwitheth an food an munny an a guy named yegow wooked wike he wath tawkina wot but the duke wath mad. n e way then we got put in a waitin woom an thewe wath hith bwotha viwwem who ith way beter at bein a pewthon an he akshuwwy thaid thingth dat made thenthe kimiweel did the tawkin which ith gweat cawth when kimiweew tawks we get pwivate meetin wike in a fanthy tavown.

fwaya an cawanthia kept wookin awound a wot an cawanthia said thomebody twied to poke hew bwain with thomethin which ith WUDE an i hewped hew give the mean mug wook to the cweepth doin it but they din't wun they juth pwetended they wike the wawwtapes ow thometin.

awtho kimiweel made up a name fow uthe wike a gwoup name he thaid vawiabwe tawithman but it got too many weterth in it fow my mouth i twied it wike a buncha timeth an it thounded wike i wath abowt to thneethe.

then we had to wawk in fwont of the hole thitty and kimiweew had to be awe fanthy an make a thtowy an i think he did good i mean i got a wittwe bored but thome of the peepel in the woom had big eyeth wike they never heawd of demonth befowe an then the duke thaid we can come bak at ten fow the pwivate chat an i did math an that wath awtho the time we thuppothed to meet viwwem. awtho i twied to wemind ewvwyone but kimiweew ignowd me and kepp tawkina abowt the thitty an how it got got by chaos befor wich ith fine i mean fowget that i ever thaid anything im juth the guy with the akth.

when we wint bak to the inn we got JUMPT BY THUPER SNEAKY ATHATHINTH IN MATHKTH guyth THey had cwothbowth an won shot dady karl wite in da neck OW. an fwaya got thhot too wike a cupla tiemth an i got thhot too i wath mad i mean i know ith a suwpwithe attack but dat juth means i go WAAAUUUGHHH an jump on da woof of a buiwdin but win i got up thewe nobody wath thewe an that wath thtupid. i wooked at thnow fow cwuweth but it wooked wike thnow. awtho kimiweew did the heewin an made the baby eewectwic ewementh which ith pwetty cool.

n e way we got bak an cawanthia cwimbed in da window an i towd hew we got attacked an she did that thing whewe she thaid if they wuz good we’d be ded which ith NOT da vibe i wath goin fow but okay. then i athk if anybudy twied to git in hew bwain again but she thaid no but we did find the poithin wath wyvewn kind which ith weawwy dangewith an i think maybe thothe athathinth new we wud be thewe that pwace not thafe no mor.

an now we gotta meet the duke agin and i don’t twutht nobody i think viwwem ith nithe but he got the i got thecwetht eyes an that meanth we gotta watch cwothe. awtho cawanthia awweady doin that im juth gon thtick cwothe to kimiweew an thwing at n e body that bwinkth too hawd.

dwaugnir pweethe pwotect my fwends fwom the dawk pwath an wet my mom and dad dweam of me with wings on my hewmet.

Private Notes

That's it for this session!

Adventure Loot

Loose Gold Found

Platinum Gold Silver Copper

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