In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.

4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries.

3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead.


God-kings of War

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.

4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast.

3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.


the Unquiet Past

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

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.

4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth.

3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes.


a Nest of Vipers

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

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.

4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant.

3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons.