In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

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

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

God-kings of War

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

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

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

the Unquiet Past

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.

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

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