In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

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

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

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.


God-kings of War

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

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

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

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.


the Unquiet Past

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

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

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

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.