In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

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

1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

God-kings of War

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

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

1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored.

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

the Unquiet Past

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

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

1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine.

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

a Nest of Vipers

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

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

1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends.

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