In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex JD: A band of demons, laughing and malicious, authors of debauched sensuality and corrupt appetites. 5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite. 4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery. JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey. God-kings of War JD: A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe. 5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women. 4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides. JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask. the Unquiet Past JD: A murderer-for-hire, luckless and in poverty, from whom the gods have turned their faces. 5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces. 4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people. JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations. a Nest of Vipers JD: A wayhouse in which plague-victims have recently stayed. 5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death. 4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness. JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant. |