In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite.


God-kings of War

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.


the Unquiet Past

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces.


a Nest of Vipers

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.

5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.