In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

6H: The alliance by marriage of a certain tyrant's family with the cult of a certain desert god.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.

QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor.


God-kings of War

6H: A speaker for the ancestors, carrying secrets and warnings.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.

QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.


the Unquiet Past

6H: The bloodthirsty ghosts of those drowned in an accursed water.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.

QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news.


a Nest of Vipers

6H: A tower of silver and alabaster, which rises from the sea under the new moon.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.

QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home.