In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

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

9H: A wandering exorcist, severe, who accepts no payment for his services but who lusts after carnal congress.

8S: A simple insult, casually inflicted, striking very, very deep.

God-kings of War

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

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.

9H: A terrible and devastating ambush.

8S: A prodigy-mage, still a maid, drunk with occult power.

the Unquiet Past

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

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

9H: The wetnurse of an austere scholar's adopted child.

8S: A fearsome storm, with thunder and driving winds.

a Nest of Vipers

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

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

9H: A young widower, raging, whose beautiful wife was murdered by sorcery by a romantic rival.

8S: A warehouse on the docks, full of stolen silk.