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.

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.

KC: A bandit captain, in hiding, with her trusted bodyguard.

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


God-kings of War

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

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.

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


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.

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.

KC: A treasure seeker, following the whispers of a slave spirit.

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.

KC: A troupe of musicians for hire, one of whom is a burglar and cutpurse.

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.