In a Wicked Age
four oracles


entries...


anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

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

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

8C: A band of goat herders, armed, outraged by an injustice visited upon their clan.


God-kings of War

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

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

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

8C: A high, many-towered wall on a fierce border.


the Unquiet Past

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

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

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

8C: The father of a child possessed by a voracious spirit.


a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

8C: A tempter devil, fond of luxury and sin, respecter of no law and every appetite, imprisoned until this very hour and minute within a stone crypt behind an old monk's garden.