In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents. 5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite. 9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard. 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. God-kings of War QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king. 5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women. 9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry. 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. the Unquiet Past QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade. 5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces. 9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs. 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. a Nest of Vipers QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars. 5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death. 9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar. 7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted. |