In a Wicked Age
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Blood & Sex 10C: The marriage of a region's most beautiful girl, necessarily virgin and without blemish, to the dead stone effigy of a harvest god. 2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self. QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor. 8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned. God-kings of War 10C: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory. 2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass. QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization. 8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers. the Unquiet Past 10C: A trainer of apes, bereft, mourning the death of his dearest performer. 2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance. QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news. 8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm. a Nest of Vipers 10C: A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks. 2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits. QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home. 8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts. |