In a Wicked Age
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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.

6H: The alliance by marriage of a certain tyrant's family with the cult of a certain desert god.


God-kings of War

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.

6H: A speaker for the ancestors, carrying secrets and warnings.


the Unquiet Past

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.

6H: The bloodthirsty ghosts of those drowned in an accursed water.


a Nest of Vipers

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.

6H: A tower of silver and alabaster, which rises from the sea under the new moon.