In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

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

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm.


God-kings of War

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

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.

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general.


the Unquiet Past

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

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

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards.


a Nest of Vipers

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

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

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch.