In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen. 10C: The marriage of a region's most beautiful girl, necessarily virgin and without blemish, to the dead stone effigy of a harvest god. 3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites. 4S: A siren-ghoul, who entices the amorous into deadly peril. God-kings of War 9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror. 10C: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory. 3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair. 4S: A summoner of illusions and diversions, mild and of good humor, but gullible. the Unquiet Past 9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells. 10C: A trainer of apes, bereft, mourning the death of his dearest performer. 3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute. 4S: A market on the crossroads, full of sound and color. a Nest of Vipers 9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible. 10C: A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks. 3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult. 4S: One mistakenly condemned, fled into hiding. |