In a Wicked Age
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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.


God-kings of War

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.


the Unquiet Past

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.


a Nest of Vipers

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.