In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

KC: A bandit captain, in hiding, with her trusted bodyguard.

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

6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm.

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

God-kings of War

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.

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

6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general.

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

the Unquiet Past

KC: A treasure seeker, following the whispers of a slave spirit.

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

6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards.

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

a Nest of Vipers

KC: A troupe of musicians for hire, one of whom is a burglar and cutpurse.

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

6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch.

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