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.

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.

QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents.


God-kings of War

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

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.

QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.


the Unquiet Past

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

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.

QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade.


a Nest of Vipers

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

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.

QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars.