In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

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


God-kings of War

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

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

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


the Unquiet Past

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

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

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