In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons.

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.

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

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


God-kings of War

5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel.

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.

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

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


the Unquiet Past

5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling.

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

5S: The private garden of a noble house.

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.

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

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