In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey.

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.


God-kings of War

JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask.

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.


the Unquiet Past

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.


a Nest of Vipers

JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant.

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.