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.

QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents.

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.

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


God-kings of War

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

QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.

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.


the Unquiet Past

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

QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade.

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars.

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.

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