In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. 1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers. 10C: The marriage of a region's most beautiful girl, necessarily virgin and without blemish, to the dead stone effigy of a harvest god. God-kings of War 3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. 1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed. 10C: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory. the Unquiet Past 3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. 1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers. 10C: A trainer of apes, bereft, mourning the death of his dearest performer. a Nest of Vipers 3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. 1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline. 10C: A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks. |