In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7S: A slayer of monsters, heralded and lauded.

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

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.

5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons.


God-kings of War

7S: The guardian spirit of a foolhardy, naive, reckless and impressionable young person.

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

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.

5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel.


the Unquiet Past

7S: Instruments of torture, haunted by their long-dead victims.

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

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.

5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling.


a Nest of Vipers

7S: A fur-trapper, simple but good-natured, and his daughter.

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

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.

5S: The private garden of a noble house.