In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

JC: The death of the primary heir of a local noblewoman.


God-kings of War

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

8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

JC: A powerful general's death of her wounds, which will shatter her army into factions.


the Unquiet Past

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

8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

JC: A small room under the foundation, its doorway bricked shut, the prison of a dreadful and malicious spirit.


a Nest of Vipers

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

8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

JC: The ghost of a suicide, a person overcome by guilt and shame, who finds in death no release.