In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

8H: The local lord's daughter, tramping after strawberries.

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

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

God-kings of War

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

8H: A day sacred to an oppressed slave cult, the celebration of which is punishable by torture.

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.

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

the Unquiet Past

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.

8H: The son of a great tyrant, born crippled and denied his inheritance.

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

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

8H: A decrier of the gods as false, unworthy of our attention, and his learned detractors, in heated dispute.

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

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