In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 9H: A wandering exorcist, severe, who accepts no payment for his services but who lusts after carnal congress. 7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty. 9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen. JC: The death of the primary heir of a local noblewoman. God-kings of War 9H: A terrible and devastating ambush. 7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking. 9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror. JC: A powerful general's death of her wounds, which will shatter her army into factions. the Unquiet Past 9H: The wetnurse of an austere scholar's adopted child. 7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions. 9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells. JC: A small room under the foundation, its doorway bricked shut, the prison of a dreadful and malicious spirit. a Nest of Vipers 9H: A young widower, raging, whose beautiful wife was murdered by sorcery by a romantic rival. 7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted. 9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible. JC: The ghost of a suicide, a person overcome by guilt and shame, who finds in death no release. |