In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

9H: A wandering exorcist, severe, who accepts no payment for his services but who lusts after carnal congress.


God-kings of War

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

1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

9H: A terrible and devastating ambush.


the Unquiet Past

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

1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

9H: The wetnurse of an austere scholar's adopted child.


a Nest of Vipers

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

1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

9H: A young widower, raging, whose beautiful wife was murdered by sorcery by a romantic rival.