In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

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

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

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


God-kings of War

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

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

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.


the Unquiet Past

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

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

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

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


a Nest of Vipers

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

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

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

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