In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7S: A slayer of monsters, heralded and lauded.

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

6C: A small group of mothers, led by a midwife, fighting to protect their children from demons of illness.

3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.


God-kings of War

7S: The guardian spirit of a foolhardy, naive, reckless and impressionable young person.

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

6C: A brutish and tyrannical warlord and his uncouth thugs.

3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.


the Unquiet Past

7S: Instruments of torture, haunted by their long-dead victims.

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

6C: The burglary of a magical order's innermost library.

3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods.


a Nest of Vipers

7S: A fur-trapper, simple but good-natured, and his daughter.

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

6C: A baby's birth, heralded by prophets, written of in antique books, forseen by the wise.

3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief.