In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

6C: A small group of mothers, led by a midwife, fighting to protect their children from demons of illness.

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.

God-kings of War

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

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

6C: A brutish and tyrannical warlord and his uncouth thugs.

7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking.

the Unquiet Past

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

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

6C: The burglary of a magical order's innermost library.

7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions.

a Nest of Vipers

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

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

6C: A baby's birth, heralded by prophets, written of in antique books, forseen by the wise.

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.