In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

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

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.


God-kings of War

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

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

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

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


the Unquiet Past

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

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

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

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.


a Nest of Vipers

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

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

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

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