In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead.

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

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

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

God-kings of War

3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.

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

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

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

the Unquiet Past

3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes.

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

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

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

a Nest of Vipers

3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons.

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

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

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