In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom.

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey.

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.


God-kings of War

4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general.

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask.

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.


the Unquiet Past

4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense.

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.


a Nest of Vipers

4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet.

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.

JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant.

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.