In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

10C: The marriage of a region's most beautiful girl, necessarily virgin and without blemish, to the dead stone effigy of a harvest god.


God-kings of War

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

10C: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory.


the Unquiet Past

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

10C: A trainer of apes, bereft, mourning the death of his dearest performer.


a Nest of Vipers

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

10C: A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks.