In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

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

7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles.


God-kings of War

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

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

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

7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule.


the Unquiet Past

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

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

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

7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies.


a Nest of Vipers

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

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

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

7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats.