In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard.

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

8C: A band of goat herders, armed, outraged by an injustice visited upon their clan.


God-kings of War

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

8C: A high, many-towered wall on a fierce border.


the Unquiet Past

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs.

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

8C: The father of a child possessed by a voracious spirit.


a Nest of Vipers

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar.

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

8C: A tempter devil, fond of luxury and sin, respecter of no law and every appetite, imprisoned until this very hour and minute within a stone crypt behind an old monk's garden.