In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

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

8C: A band of goat herders, armed, outraged by an injustice visited upon their clan.

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.


God-kings of War

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

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

8C: A high, many-towered wall on a fierce border.

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.


the Unquiet Past

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.

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

8C: The father of a child possessed by a voracious spirit.

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

8C: A tempter devil, fond of luxury and sin, respecter of no law and every appetite, imprisoned until this very hour and minute within a stone crypt behind an old monk's garden.

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.