In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago. 3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead. JD: A band of demons, laughing and malicious, authors of debauched sensuality and corrupt appetites. 2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners. God-kings of War 6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful. 3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds. JD: A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe. 2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen. the Unquiet Past 6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps. 3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes. JD: A murderer-for-hire, luckless and in poverty, from whom the gods have turned their faces. 2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured. a Nest of Vipers 6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests. 3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons. JD: A wayhouse in which plague-victims have recently stayed. 2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth. |