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.

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

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

JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey.


God-kings of War

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

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

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

JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask.


the Unquiet Past

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

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

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

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant.