In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

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

1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.

4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom.


God-kings of War

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

1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored.

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.

4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general.


the Unquiet Past

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

1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine.

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.

4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense.


a Nest of Vipers

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

1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends.

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.

4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet.