In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

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

2C: A monastery and its associated shrines, each to its own god.

QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor.


God-kings of War

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

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

2C: An army's scryer, commanding six sharp-fanged gaunts.

QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.


the Unquiet Past

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

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

2C: A scholar and antiquarian, unmindful of danger.

QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news.


a Nest of Vipers

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

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

2C: An ambitious farmer, hungry for gossip or silver.

QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home.