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.

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

5S: A famous traveling exorcist and his entourage, with as canny an eye for a village's wealth as for its demons.

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.


God-kings of War

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

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

5S: A great warship, set with ram and mangonel.

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


the Unquiet Past

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

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

5S: A cruel and powerful young lordling.

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.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

5S: The private garden of a noble house.

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