In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents.

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

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

God-kings of War

QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

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

the Unquiet Past

QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade.

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

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

a Nest of Vipers

QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars.

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

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