In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead.

JD: A band of demons, laughing and malicious, authors of debauched sensuality and corrupt appetites.

God-kings of War

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.

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.

JD: A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe.

the Unquiet Past

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

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes.

JD: A murderer-for-hire, luckless and in poverty, from whom the gods have turned their faces.

a Nest of Vipers

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

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons.

JD: A wayhouse in which plague-victims have recently stayed.