In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 1D: A mysterious star-lit revel on a high bare hilltop. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. 2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners. 4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom. God-kings of War 1D: The human servant of a mighty and unspeakable demiurge. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. 2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen. 4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general. the Unquiet Past 1D: The boasting chief of a team of rock-quarriers. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. 2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured. 4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense. a Nest of Vipers 1D: A great convocation of mages, with many orders attending. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. 2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth. 4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet. |