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.

QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor.

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

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.


God-kings of War

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

QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.

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

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.


the Unquiet Past

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

QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news.

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

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.


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.

QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home.

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

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.