In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.

5D: A chattel slave who has broken both his bonds and his master's skull.

KD: A company of desert horsemen, hiding a woman amongst them.

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

God-kings of War

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.

5D: The arrival of unexpected and improbable allies.

KD: A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province.

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

the Unquiet Past

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.

5D: A gutted tower, home to many birds.

KD: The exposure by erosion of a long-buried door.

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

a Nest of Vipers

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.

5D: The solemnization of treaty between two neighboring principalities, negotiated in the face of brutality and assassination, brave and hopeful but quite doomed.

KD: A wealthy merchant-priest with much political clout.

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