In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons. 5D: A chattel slave who has broken both his bonds and his master's skull. 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. God-kings of War 5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel. 5D: The arrival of unexpected and improbable allies. 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. the Unquiet Past 5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling. 5D: A gutted tower, home to many birds. 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. a Nest of Vipers 5S: The private garden of a noble house. 5D: The solemnization of treaty between two neighboring principalities, negotiated in the face of brutality and assassination, brave and hopeful but quite doomed. 7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. |