In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

5H: A deer-path through towering woods to a still pond.

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

4S: A siren-ghoul, who entices the amorous into deadly peril.

God-kings of War

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

5H: A great army's marching orders, passwords, and signals.

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

4S: A summoner of illusions and diversions, mild and of good humor, but gullible.

the Unquiet Past

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

5H: The awakening of three powerful and malignant genii.

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

4S: A market on the crossroads, full of sound and color.

a Nest of Vipers

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

5H: The college of a small but prestigious magical order.

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

4S: One mistakenly condemned, fled into hiding.