In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.


God-kings of War

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.


the Unquiet Past

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.


a Nest of Vipers

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.