In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

8S: A simple insult, casually inflicted, striking very, very deep.

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

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.


God-kings of War

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

8S: A prodigy-mage, still a maid, drunk with occult power.

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

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.


the Unquiet Past

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

8S: A fearsome storm, with thunder and driving winds.

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

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.


a Nest of Vipers

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

8S: A warehouse on the docks, full of stolen silk.

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

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.