In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.

QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor.

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

God-kings of War

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.

QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.

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

the Unquiet Past

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.

QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news.

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

a Nest of Vipers

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.

QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home.

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