In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 6H: The alliance by marriage of a certain tyrant's family with the cult of a certain desert god. 5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite. 8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries. 10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions. God-kings of War 6H: A speaker for the ancestors, carrying secrets and warnings. 5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women. 8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture. 10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company. the Unquiet Past 6H: The bloodthirsty ghosts of those drowned in an accursed water. 5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces. 8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance. 10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road. a Nest of Vipers 6H: A tower of silver and alabaster, which rises from the sea under the new moon. 5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death. 8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute. 10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight. |