In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons.

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

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

1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.


God-kings of War

5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel.

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.

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.

1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored.


the Unquiet Past

5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling.

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.

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

1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine.


a Nest of Vipers

5S: The private garden of a noble house.

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.

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

1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends.