In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

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

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

God-kings of War

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

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

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

the Unquiet Past

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

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

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