In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey. 10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. 6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm. God-kings of War JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask. 10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. 6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general. the Unquiet Past JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations. 10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. 6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards. a Nest of Vipers JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant. 10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. 6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch. |