In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.

1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.

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

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


God-kings of War

3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.

1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored.

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

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


the Unquiet Past

3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods.

1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine.

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief.

1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends.

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

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