In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries.

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

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

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

God-kings of War

4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast.

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

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

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.

the Unquiet Past

4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth.

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

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

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.

a Nest of Vipers

4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant.

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

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

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.