In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. 3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead. 9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen. 3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink. God-kings of War 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. 3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds. 9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror. 3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore. the Unquiet Past 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. 3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes. 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. 3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude. 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. 3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons. 9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible. 3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers. |