In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.

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

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

6C: A small group of mothers, led by a midwife, fighting to protect their children from demons of illness.


God-kings of War

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.

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

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

6C: A brutish and tyrannical warlord and his uncouth thugs.


the Unquiet Past

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

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

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

6C: The burglary of a magical order's innermost library.


a Nest of Vipers

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.

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

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.

6C: A baby's birth, heralded by prophets, written of in antique books, forseen by the wise.