In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

1D: A mysterious star-lit revel on a high bare hilltop.

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


God-kings of War

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

1D: The human servant of a mighty and unspeakable demiurge.

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


the Unquiet Past

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

1D: The boasting chief of a team of rock-quarriers.

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


a Nest of Vipers

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

1D: A great convocation of mages, with many orders attending.

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.