In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

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

6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm.


God-kings of War

5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

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

6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general.


the Unquiet Past

5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

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

6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards.


a Nest of Vipers

5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

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

6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch.