In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

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

5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons.


God-kings of War

8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel.


the Unquiet Past

8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

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

5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling.


a Nest of Vipers

8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

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

5S: The private garden of a noble house.