In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents. 3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink. 4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery. 9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard. God-kings of War QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king. 3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore. 4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides. 9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry. the Unquiet Past QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade. 3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude. 4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people. 9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs. a Nest of Vipers QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars. 3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers. 4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness. 9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar. |