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- The beating of an human shopkeeper by metahuman supremacists, one of them the progeny of a Dragon
- An underground casino where the bets are for passion
- A briefcase full of data, drugs, and money, permanently attached to the wrist of a courier
- The only licensed mage in the Barrens phone book
- A master Adept, sworn never to touch a sword again, confronted by an old enemy