In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

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

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


God-kings of War

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

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

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

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.


the Unquiet Past

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

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

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

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