In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

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

9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard.

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

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

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

9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry.

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

the Unquiet Past

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

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

9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs.

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

a Nest of Vipers

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

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

9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar.

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