In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

8S: A simple insult, casually inflicted, striking very, very deep.

7D: The much-contested wedding of the province's great beauty.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.

JH: An altar overflowing with flowers and bowls of honey.

God-kings of War

8S: A prodigy-mage, still a maid, drunk with occult power.

7D: The site of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking.

1S: The very first time that a certain young soldier, impressed against his choice and wanting nothing more than to return to his home, has killed.

JH: The head of a high war-captain, in a carved wooden cask.

the Unquiet Past

8S: A fearsome storm, with thunder and driving winds.

7D: An apothecary, squint-eyed, with many uncanny potions.

1S: A slow-moving caravan with many wagons and travelers.

JH: A hermit priestess, practicing obscure deprivations.

a Nest of Vipers

8S: A warehouse on the docks, full of stolen silk.

7D: A public bathing house in a wealthy city, of very good quality, where only the most refined and modish vices are permitted.

1S: The daughter of an emperor, denied nothing, prey to fleeting whims, craving discipline.

JH: The burglary of the storehouse of a powerful robber-merchant.