In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. 7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles. 6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm. God-kings of War KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. 7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule. 6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general. the Unquiet Past KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. 7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies. 6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards. a Nest of Vipers KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. 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. 6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch. |