In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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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.

10C: The marriage of a region's most beautiful girl, necessarily virgin and without blemish, to the dead stone effigy of a harvest god.

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

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


God-kings of War

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

10C: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory.

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

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


the Unquiet Past

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

10C: A trainer of apes, bereft, mourning the death of his dearest performer.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

10C: A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks.

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

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