In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. 6H: The alliance by marriage of a certain tyrant's family with the cult of a certain desert god. 3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead. God-kings of War 4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. 6H: A speaker for the ancestors, carrying secrets and warnings. 3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds. the Unquiet Past 4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. 6H: The bloodthirsty ghosts of those drowned in an accursed water. 3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes. a Nest of Vipers 4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. 6H: A tower of silver and alabaster, which rises from the sea under the new moon. 3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons. |