In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

JC: The death of the primary heir of a local noblewoman.

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.

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

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


God-kings of War

JC: A powerful general's death of her wounds, which will shatter her army into factions.

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.

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

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.


the Unquiet Past

JC: A small room under the foundation, its doorway bricked shut, the prison of a dreadful and malicious spirit.

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

JC: The ghost of a suicide, a person overcome by guilt and shame, who finds in death no release.

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.

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

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