In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles.

4S: A siren-ghoul, who entices the amorous into deadly peril.

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


God-kings of War

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

7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule.

4S: A summoner of illusions and diversions, mild and of good humor, but gullible.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.


the Unquiet Past

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

7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies.

4S: A market on the crossroads, full of sound and color.

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


a Nest of Vipers

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

7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats.

4S: One mistakenly condemned, fled into hiding.

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