In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous. JD: A band of demons, laughing and malicious, authors of debauched sensuality and corrupt appetites. 1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers. JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey. God-kings of War 1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics. JD: A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe. 1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed. JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask. the Unquiet Past 1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body. JD: A murderer-for-hire, luckless and in poverty, from whom the gods have turned their faces. 1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers. JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations. a Nest of Vipers 1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves. JD: A wayhouse in which plague-victims have recently stayed. 1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline. JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant. |