In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 9H: A wandering exorcist, severe, who accepts no payment for his services but who lusts after carnal congress. 6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm. 9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen. 3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites. God-kings of War 9H: A terrible and devastating ambush. 6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general. 9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror. 3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair. the Unquiet Past 9H: The wetnurse of an austere scholar's adopted child. 6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards. 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. 3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute. a Nest of Vipers 9H: A young widower, raging, whose beautiful wife was murdered by sorcery by a romantic rival. 6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch. 9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible. 3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult. |