In a Wicked Age
four oracles


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A Penny for Your Thoughts



Blood & Sex

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

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

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.

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


God-kings of War

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

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

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

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


the Unquiet Past

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

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

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

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


a Nest of Vipers

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.

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

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.

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