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.

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

2S: The celebration of local fertility or harvest rites.

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


God-kings of War

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

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

2S: A captured war-horse with a taste for human meat.

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


the Unquiet Past

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

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

2S: A necromancer who steals the knowledge of the dying.

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

2S: The unscrupulous landlady of a roadside wayhouse.

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