In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

5H: A deer-path through towering woods to a still pond.

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.

5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite.


God-kings of War

5H: A great army's marching orders, passwords, and signals.

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.

5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.


the Unquiet Past

5H: The awakening of three powerful and malignant genii.

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces.


a Nest of Vipers

5H: The college of a small but prestigious magical order.

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.

5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.