In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

JC: The death of the primary heir of a local noblewoman.

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.

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

KC: A bandit captain, in hiding, with her trusted bodyguard.


God-kings of War

JC: A powerful general's death of her wounds, which will shatter her army into factions.

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.

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

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.


the Unquiet Past

JC: A small room under the foundation, its doorway bricked shut, the prison of a dreadful and malicious spirit.

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

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

KC: A treasure seeker, following the whispers of a slave spirit.


a Nest of Vipers

JC: The ghost of a suicide, a person overcome by guilt and shame, who finds in death no release.

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.

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

KC: A troupe of musicians for hire, one of whom is a burglar and cutpurse.