In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

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

5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite.

9D: The secluded home of an exiled court-wizard.

God-kings of War

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

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

5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.

9D: A much-decorated company of the enemy's light cavalry.

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.

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

5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces.

9D: A camp physician, her pockets full of salves and drugs.

a Nest of Vipers

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

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

5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.

9D: The corpse of a lord's hunting hound, caught in a rose-briar.