In a Wicked Age
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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

2S: The celebration of local fertility or harvest rites.

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.

KC: A bandit captain, in hiding, with her trusted bodyguard.


God-kings of War

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

2S: A captured war-horse with a taste for human meat.

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.


the Unquiet Past

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

2S: A necromancer who steals the knowledge of the dying.

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.

KC: A treasure seeker, following the whispers of a slave spirit.


a Nest of Vipers

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

2S: The unscrupulous landlady of a roadside wayhouse.

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.

KC: A troupe of musicians for hire, one of whom is a burglar and cutpurse.