In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

8D: Some great wizard's magical messenger, brass-skinned.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed.

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

God-kings of War

8D: An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord.

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

the Unquiet Past

8D: A long-dead queen, still trying to defend her realm.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched.

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

a Nest of Vipers

8D: A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed.

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