In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

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

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

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


God-kings of War

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.

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


the Unquiet Past

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.

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

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.

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


a Nest of Vipers

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.

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

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.

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