In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries.

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.


God-kings of War

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.

8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture.

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.


the Unquiet Past

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

8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance.

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.


a Nest of Vipers

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

8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute.

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.