In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

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

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

God-kings of War

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

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

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

the Unquiet Past

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.

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

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