In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them. 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. 7S: A slayer of monsters, heralded and lauded. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. God-kings of War KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province. 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. 7S: The guardian spirit of a foolhardy, naive, reckless and impressionable young person. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. the Unquiet Past KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door. 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. 7S: Instruments of torture, haunted by their long-dead victims. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. a Nest of Vipers KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout. 7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted. 7S: A fur-trapper, simple but good-natured, and his daughter. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. |