The Master of Misrule (2012)
“was the first thing Blaine said once they’d arrived in the Four of Swords and begun to look around them.
They were in a graveyard that was so large, with tombs so grand, it was almost a marble city. Cypress trees soared into the soft blue night, and torchlight warmed the white stone. Tiny lizards darted through the shadows.
“Was it when you first joined the Game?” Cat asked.
“No. When Misrule gave me the Knight of Wands, this was the move my so-called prize took me to. Should’ve guessed when I ...saw your card.”
The Arcanum never created the same setting twice, and the first time Blaine had seen these effigies, they had been in the sculpture gallery of a dilapidated museum. The life-sized monuments were lavishly adorned with decorative pentacles, swords, cups and wands, and they all had carved figures on them, lamenting over urns, kneeling in prayer or lying in stately rest.
“There’re knights sleeping in tombs as far as the eye can see,” said Cat. “How are we to know which one is the man we need for our offering?”MoreLess
They were in a graveyard that was so large, with tombs so grand, it was almost a marble city. Cypress trees soared into the soft blue night, and torchlight warmed the white stone. Tiny lizards darted through the shadows.
“Was it when you first joined the Game?” Cat asked.
“No. When Misrule gave me the Knight of Wands, this was the move my so-called prize took me to. Should’ve guessed when I ...saw your card.”
The Arcanum never created the same setting twice, and the first time Blaine had seen these effigies, they had been in the sculpture gallery of a dilapidated museum. The life-sized monuments were lavishly adorned with decorative pentacles, swords, cups and wands, and they all had carved figures on them, lamenting over urns, kneeling in prayer or lying in stately rest.
“There’re knights sleeping in tombs as far as the eye can see,” said Cat. “How are we to know which one is the man we need for our offering?”MoreLess
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