In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite. 3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead. 6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm. 8S: A simple insult, casually inflicted, striking very, very deep. God-kings of War 5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women. 3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds. 6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general. 8S: A prodigy-mage, still a maid, drunk with occult power. the Unquiet Past 5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces. 3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes. 6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards. 8S: A fearsome storm, with thunder and driving winds. a Nest of Vipers 5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death. 3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons. 6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch. 8S: A warehouse on the docks, full of stolen silk. |