In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.


God-kings of War

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.

3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.


the Unquiet Past

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.

3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods.

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.


a Nest of Vipers

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.

3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief.

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.