In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries.

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

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


God-kings of War

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture.

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

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.


the Unquiet Past

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance.

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

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


a Nest of Vipers

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute.

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

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