In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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.

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

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


God-kings of War

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.

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

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


the Unquiet Past

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.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

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.

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

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