In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.

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

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

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


God-kings of War

7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking.

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

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

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


the Unquiet Past

7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions.

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

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.

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

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

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