In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

1C: A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.

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

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

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

God-kings of War

1C: A local warlord's ancestral sword, much honored.

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

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

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

the Unquiet Past

1C: A waystation on a broad road, with a campsite and shrine.

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

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

1C: A jaded gladiator, murderer of both enemies and friends.

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

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

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