In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

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

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

5H: A deer-path through towering woods to a still pond.


God-kings of War

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

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

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

5H: A great army's marching orders, passwords, and signals.


the Unquiet Past

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

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

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

5H: The awakening of three powerful and malignant genii.


a Nest of Vipers

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

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

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

5H: The college of a small but prestigious magical order.