In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

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

9H: A wandering exorcist, severe, who accepts no payment for his services but who lusts after carnal congress.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.


God-kings of War

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

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

9H: A terrible and devastating ambush.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.


the Unquiet Past

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

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

9H: The wetnurse of an austere scholar's adopted child.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

9H: A young widower, raging, whose beautiful wife was murdered by sorcery by a romantic rival.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.