In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey. 5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite. 7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child. 10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions. God-kings of War JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask. 5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women. 7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes. 10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company. the Unquiet Past JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations. 5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces. 7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions. 10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road. a Nest of Vipers JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant. 5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death. 7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl. 10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight. |