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.

8C: A band of goat herders, armed, outraged by an injustice visited upon their clan.

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

God-kings of War

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

8C: A high, many-towered wall on a fierce border.

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

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

the Unquiet Past

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

8C: The father of a child possessed by a voracious spirit.

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

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.

a Nest of Vipers

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

8C: A tempter devil, fond of luxury and sin, respecter of no law and every appetite, imprisoned until this very hour and minute within a stone crypt behind an old monk's garden.

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.

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