In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.

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

JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey.


God-kings of War

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.

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

JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask.


the Unquiet Past

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.

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

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.


a Nest of Vipers

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.

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

JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant.