In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite.

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

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

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

God-kings of War

5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.

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

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

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.

the Unquiet Past

5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces.

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

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

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.

a Nest of Vipers

5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.

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

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

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.