In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

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

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.


God-kings of War

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

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.

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

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.


the Unquiet Past

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

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.

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

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.


a Nest of Vipers

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

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.

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

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.