In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

6C: A small group of mothers, led by a midwife, fighting to protect their children from demons of illness.

JS: A priestess of a merciful temple of healers, on pilgrimage to the birthplace of her order.

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

God-kings of War

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

6C: A brutish and tyrannical warlord and his uncouth thugs.

JS: A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

the Unquiet Past

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

6C: The burglary of a magical order's innermost library.

JS: A knowledge-mad sorceress, delving into ancient secrets.

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

a Nest of Vipers

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

6C: A baby's birth, heralded by prophets, written of in antique books, forseen by the wise.

JS: The flight of a prince and his forbidden lover into hiding.

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.