In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.

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

7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles.


God-kings of War

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

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.

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

7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule.


the Unquiet Past

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

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

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

7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats.