In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed.

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.


God-kings of War

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord.

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.


the Unquiet Past

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched.

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.


a Nest of Vipers

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed.

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.