In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

4S: A siren-ghoul, who entices the amorous into deadly peril.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.


God-kings of War

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

4S: A summoner of illusions and diversions, mild and of good humor, but gullible.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking.


the Unquiet Past

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

4S: A market on the crossroads, full of sound and color.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions.


a Nest of Vipers

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

4S: One mistakenly condemned, fled into hiding.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.