In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7S: A slayer of monsters, heralded and lauded.

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents.

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

7S: The guardian spirit of a foolhardy, naive, reckless and impressionable young person.

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.

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

7S: Instruments of torture, haunted by their long-dead victims.

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade.

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


a Nest of Vipers

7S: A fur-trapper, simple but good-natured, and his daughter.

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars.

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