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. 6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm. QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult. 5H: A deer-path through towering woods to a still pond. God-kings of War 2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen. 6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general. QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted. 5H: A great army's marching orders, passwords, and signals. the Unquiet Past 2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured. 6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards. QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner. 5H: The awakening of three powerful and malignant genii. a Nest of Vipers 2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth. 6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch. QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character. 5H: The college of a small but prestigious magical order. |