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. 3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink. 4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries. 7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child. 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. 3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore. 4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast. 7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes. the Unquiet Past 1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers. 3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude. 4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth. 7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions. a Nest of Vipers 1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline. 3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers. 4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant. 7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl. |