In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers. QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents. 2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners. 1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers. God-kings of War 3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals. QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king. 2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen. 1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed. the Unquiet Past 3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods. QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade. 2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured. 1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers. a Nest of Vipers 3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief. QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars. 2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth. 1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline. |