In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.

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

1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.


God-kings of War

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.

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

1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored.


the Unquiet Past

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

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.

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

1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine.


a Nest of Vipers

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

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.

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

1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends.