In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles.

5H: A deer-path through towering woods to a still pond.

JC: The death of the primary heir of a local noblewoman.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.


God-kings of War

7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule.

5H: A great army's marching orders, passwords, and signals.

JC: A powerful general's death of her wounds, which will shatter her army into factions.

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.


the Unquiet Past

7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies.

5H: The awakening of three powerful and malignant genii.

JC: A small room under the foundation, its doorway bricked shut, the prison of a dreadful and malicious spirit.

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.


a Nest of Vipers

7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats.

5H: The college of a small but prestigious magical order.

JC: The ghost of a suicide, a person overcome by guilt and shame, who finds in death no release.

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.