In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

5H: A deer-path through towering woods to a still pond.

KC: A bandit captain, in hiding, with her trusted bodyguard.

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


God-kings of War

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

5H: A great army's marching orders, passwords, and signals.

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.

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


the Unquiet Past

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

5H: The awakening of three powerful and malignant genii.

KC: A treasure seeker, following the whispers of a slave spirit.

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

5H: The college of a small but prestigious magical order.

KC: A troupe of musicians for hire, one of whom is a burglar and cutpurse.

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.