In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

10C: The marriage of a region's most beautiful girl, necessarily virgin and without blemish, to the dead stone effigy of a harvest god.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.


God-kings of War

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

10C: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory.

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.


the Unquiet Past

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

10C: A trainer of apes, bereft, mourning the death of his dearest performer.

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.


a Nest of Vipers

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

10C: A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks.

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.