In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

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


God-kings of War

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

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.

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


the Unquiet Past

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

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.

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