In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners. 4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries. 10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions. 8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries. God-kings of War 2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen. 4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast. 10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company. 8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture. the Unquiet Past 2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured. 4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth. 10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road. 8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance. a Nest of Vipers 2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth. 4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant. 10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight. 8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute. |