In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead. 10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed. JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order. KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions. God-kings of War 3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds. 10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord. JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian. KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter. the Unquiet Past 3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes. 10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched. JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets. KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land. a Nest of Vipers 3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons. 10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed. JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding. KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency. |