In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

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

7S: A slayer of monsters, heralded and lauded.

QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor.


God-kings of War

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

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

7S: The guardian spirit of a foolhardy, naive, reckless and impressionable young person.

QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.


the Unquiet Past

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

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

7S: Instruments of torture, haunted by their long-dead victims.

QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news.


a Nest of Vipers

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

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

7S: A fur-trapper, simple but good-natured, and his daughter.

QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home.