In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

2S: The celebration of local fertility or harvest rites.

8S: A simple insult, casually inflicted, striking very, very deep.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.

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


God-kings of War

2S: A captured war-horse with a taste for human meat.

8S: A prodigy-mage, still a maid, drunk with occult power.

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.

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


the Unquiet Past

2S: A necromancer who steals the knowledge of the dying.

8S: A fearsome storm, with thunder and driving winds.

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.

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


a Nest of Vipers

2S: The unscrupulous landlady of a roadside wayhouse.

8S: A warehouse on the docks, full of stolen silk.

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.

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