In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

6D: A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm.

QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents.

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.

God-kings of War

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

6D: The self-important master of strategy to a great general.

QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.

the Unquiet Past

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

6D: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of an ancient sage, remembering uncanny arts but forgetful of safeguards.

QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade.

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.

a Nest of Vipers

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

6D: The murder by strangling of an officer of the city watch.

QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars.

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.