In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

JC: The death of the primary heir of a local noblewoman.

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

2H: The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.

God-kings of War

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

JC: A powerful general's death of her wounds, which will shatter her army into factions.

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

2H: An old, proud fortress on an important mountain pass.

the Unquiet Past

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

JC: A small room under the foundation, its doorway bricked shut, the prison of a dreadful and malicious spirit.

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

2H: A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

a Nest of Vipers

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

JC: The ghost of a suicide, a person overcome by guilt and shame, who finds in death no release.

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

2H: A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.