In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions. JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey. 7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles. 1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers. God-kings of War KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter. JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask. 7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule. 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. the Unquiet Past KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land. JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations. 7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies. 1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers. a Nest of Vipers KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency. JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant. 7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats. 1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline. |