In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.

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

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

7S: A slayer of monsters, heralded and lauded.


God-kings of War

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.

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

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

7S: The guardian spirit of a foolhardy, naive, reckless and impressionable young person.


the Unquiet Past

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.

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

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

7S: Instruments of torture, haunted by their long-dead victims.


a Nest of Vipers

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.

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

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

7S: A fur-trapper, simple but good-natured, and his daughter.