In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.

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

1D: A mysterious star-lit revel on a high bare hilltop.

6C: A small group of mothers, led by a midwife, fighting to protect their children from demons of illness.


God-kings of War

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.

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

1D: The human servant of a mighty and unspeakable demiurge.

6C: A brutish and tyrannical warlord and his uncouth thugs.


the Unquiet Past

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

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

1D: The boasting chief of a team of rock-quarriers.

6C: The burglary of a magical order's innermost library.


a Nest of Vipers

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.

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

1D: A great convocation of mages, with many orders attending.

6C: A baby's birth, heralded by prophets, written of in antique books, forseen by the wise.