In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers. 5D: A chattel slave who has broken both his bonds and his master's skull. KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them. 10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed. God-kings of War 1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed. 5D: The arrival of unexpected and improbable allies. KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province. 10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord. the Unquiet Past 1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers. 5D: A gutted tower, home to many birds. KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door. 10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched. a Nest of Vipers 1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline. 5D: The solemnization of treaty between two neighboring principalities, negotiated in the face of brutality and assassination, brave and hopeful but quite doomed. KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout. 10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed. |