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.

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.

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

7H: A spirit of the wilds, mercurial in form, sister to gazelles.

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.

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.

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

7H: A demon of rage and avarice, secret power behind a great tyrant's rule.

the Unquiet Past

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

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.

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

7H: A fallen temple, overgrown with moss and ivies.

a Nest of Vipers

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

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.

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

7H: A squat town on the banks of a wide, long river, rich from plunder, whose men raid up and down the river in their ugly boats.