In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

4S: A siren-ghoul, who entices the amorous into deadly peril.

3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink.

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.


God-kings of War

4S: A summoner of illusions and diversions, mild and of good humor, but gullible.

3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore.

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.


the Unquiet Past

4S: A market on the crossroads, full of sound and color.

3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

4S: One mistakenly condemned, fled into hiding.

3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers.

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

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