In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries. 6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago. 2C: A monastery and its associated shrines, each to its own god. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. God-kings of War 8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture. 6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful. 2C: An army's scryer, commanding six sharp-fanged gaunts. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. the Unquiet Past 8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance. 6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps. 2C: A scholar and antiquarian, unmindful of danger. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. a Nest of Vipers 8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute. 6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests. 2C: An ambitious farmer, hungry for gossip or silver. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. |