In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

3S: A camp-wanton, pretty and pliant, prone to drink.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

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


God-kings of War

3S: A warrior overcome with the weight of his weapons and the smell of gore.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

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


the Unquiet Past

3S: A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.


a Nest of Vipers

3S: A precocious child disputing with philosophers and declaimers.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

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