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.

5H: A deer-path through towering woods to a still pond.

3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink.

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


God-kings of War

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

5H: A great army's marching orders, passwords, and signals.

3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore.

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


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.

5H: The awakening of three powerful and malignant genii.

3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude.

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

5H: The college of a small but prestigious magical order.

3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers.

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