In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.

8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.

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


God-kings of War

3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.

8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture.

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.

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


the Unquiet Past

3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods.

8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance.

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.

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


a Nest of Vipers

3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief.

8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute.

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.

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