In a Wicked Age
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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.

JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey.


God-kings of War

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.

JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask.


the Unquiet Past

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.


a Nest of Vipers

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.

JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant.