In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

8C: A band of goat herders, armed, outraged by an injustice visited upon their clan.

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.


God-kings of War

8C: A high, many-towered wall on a fierce border.

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.


the Unquiet Past

8C: The father of a child possessed by a voracious spirit.

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.


a Nest of Vipers

8C: A tempter devil, fond of luxury and sin, respecter of no law and every appetite, imprisoned until this very hour and minute within a stone crypt behind an old monk's garden.

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.