In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons. 9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard. 3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. God-kings of War 5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel. 9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry. 3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. the Unquiet Past 5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling. 9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs. 3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. a Nest of Vipers 5S: The private garden of a noble house. 9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar. 3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. |