In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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Blood & Sex

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

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

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


God-kings of War

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

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

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


the Unquiet Past

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

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

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


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.

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

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