In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed.

4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom.

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

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

God-kings of War

10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord.

4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general.

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

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.

the Unquiet Past

10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched.

4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense.

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed.

4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet.

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

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