In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

4S: A siren-ghoul, who entices the amorous into deadly peril.

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

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

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.


God-kings of War

4S: A summoner of illusions and diversions, mild and of good humor, but gullible.

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

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

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.


the Unquiet Past

4S: A market on the crossroads, full of sound and color.

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.

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

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.


a Nest of Vipers

4S: One mistakenly condemned, fled into hiding.

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

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

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.