In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites. 3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink. 10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature. 6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm. God-kings of War 3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair. 3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore. 10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless. 6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general. the Unquiet Past 3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute. 3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude. 10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other. 6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards. a Nest of Vipers 3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult. 3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers. 10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory. 6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch. |