In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom.

7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.


God-kings of War

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general.

7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.


the Unquiet Past

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense.

7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.


a Nest of Vipers

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet.

7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.