In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed. 4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries. 1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration. KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them. God-kings of War 10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord. 4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast. 1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored. KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province. the Unquiet Past 10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched. 4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth. 1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine. KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door. a Nest of Vipers 10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed. 4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant. 1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends. KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout. |