In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

8S: A simple insult, casually inflicted, striking very, very deep.

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

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

1D: A mysterious star-lit revel on a high bare hilltop.


God-kings of War

8S: A prodigy-mage, still a maid, drunk with occult power.

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

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

1D: The human servant of a mighty and unspeakable demiurge.


the Unquiet Past

8S: A fearsome storm, with thunder and driving winds.

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

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

1D: The boasting chief of a team of rock-quarriers.


a Nest of Vipers

8S: A warehouse on the docks, full of stolen silk.

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

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

1D: A great convocation of mages, with many orders attending.