In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.


God-kings of War

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking.


the Unquiet Past

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions.


a Nest of Vipers

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.