In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles.

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

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.


God-kings of War

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

7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.


the Unquiet Past

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.

7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies.

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

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.


a Nest of Vipers

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

7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats.

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

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.