In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

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

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


God-kings of War

3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

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

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


the Unquiet Past

3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

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

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