In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

6C: A small group of mothers, led by a midwife, fighting to protect their children from demons of illness.

3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink.

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.


God-kings of War

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

6C: A brutish and tyrannical warlord and his uncouth thugs.

3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore.

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.


the Unquiet Past

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

6C: The burglary of a magical order's innermost library.

3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude.

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.


a Nest of Vipers

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

6C: A baby's birth, heralded by prophets, written of in antique books, forseen by the wise.

3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers.

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.