In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents.

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

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.

God-kings of War

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

QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.

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

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.

the Unquiet Past

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

QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade.

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

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.

a Nest of Vipers

4S: One mistakenly condemned, fled into hiding.

QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars.

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

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.