In a Wicked Age
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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead.

4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries.

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.


God-kings of War

3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.

4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast.

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.


the Unquiet Past

3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes.

4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth.

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

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.


a Nest of Vipers

3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons.

4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant.

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.