In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead.

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.

9H: A wandering exorcist, severe, who accepts no payment for his services but who lusts after carnal congress.

3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.


God-kings of War

3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.

7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking.

9H: A terrible and devastating ambush.

3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.


the Unquiet Past

3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes.

7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions.

9H: The wetnurse of an austere scholar's adopted child.

3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods.


a Nest of Vipers

3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons.

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.

9H: A young widower, raging, whose beautiful wife was murdered by sorcery by a romantic rival.

3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief.