In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead. JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey. QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult. 4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom. 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. JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask. QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted. 4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general. the Unquiet Past 3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes. JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations. QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner. 4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense. a Nest of Vipers 3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons. JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant. QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character. 4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet. |