In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

1D: A mysterious star-lit revel on a high bare hilltop.

KC: A bandit captain, in hiding, with her trusted bodyguard.

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


God-kings of War

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

1D: The human servant of a mighty and unspeakable demiurge.

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.

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


the Unquiet Past

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

1D: The boasting chief of a team of rock-quarriers.

KC: A treasure seeker, following the whispers of a slave spirit.

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


a Nest of Vipers

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.

1D: A great convocation of mages, with many orders attending.

KC: A troupe of musicians for hire, one of whom is a burglar and cutpurse.

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