In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. 2S: The celebration of local fertility or harvest rites. 5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite. KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler. God-kings of War 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. 2S: A captured war-horse with a taste for human meat. 5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women. KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing. the Unquiet Past 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. 2S: A necromancer who steals the knowledge of the dying. 5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces. KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty. a Nest of Vipers 7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted. 2S: The unscrupulous landlady of a roadside wayhouse. 5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death. KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar. |