In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard.

6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm.


God-kings of War

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

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

9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry.

6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general.


the Unquiet Past

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

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.

9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs.

6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar.

6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch.