In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.

5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons.

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.


God-kings of War

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.

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.

5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel.

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.


the Unquiet Past

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

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling.

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.


a Nest of Vipers

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

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.

5S: The private garden of a noble house.

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.