In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions. KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them. God-kings of War 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter. KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province. the Unquiet Past 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land. KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door. 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. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency. KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout. |