In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex JD: A band of demons, laughing and malicious, authors of debauched sensuality and corrupt appetites. JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order. 5D: A chattel slave who has broken both his bonds and his master's skull. 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. God-kings of War JD: A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe. JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian. 5D: The arrival of unexpected and improbable allies. 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. the Unquiet Past JD: A murderer-for-hire, luckless and in poverty, from whom the gods have turned their faces. JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets. 5D: A gutted tower, home to many birds. 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. a Nest of Vipers JD: A wayhouse in which plague-victims have recently stayed. JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding. 5D: The solemnization of treaty between two neighboring principalities, negotiated in the face of brutality and assassination, brave and hopeful but quite doomed. 7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted. |