In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

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

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

9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard.


God-kings of War

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

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

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

9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry.


the Unquiet Past

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

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

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

9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar.