In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

2C: A monastery and its associated shrines, each to its own god.

5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite.

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.


God-kings of War

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

2C: An army's scryer, commanding six sharp-fanged gaunts.

5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.


the Unquiet Past

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

2C: A scholar and antiquarian, unmindful of danger.

5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces.

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.


a Nest of Vipers

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

2C: An ambitious farmer, hungry for gossip or silver.

5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.