In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

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

10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed.


God-kings of War

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

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.

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

10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord.


the Unquiet Past

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

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.

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

10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched.


a Nest of Vipers

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

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.

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

10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed.