In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

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

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


God-kings of War

7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking.

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

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

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


the Unquiet Past

7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions.

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

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

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