In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

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

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

God-kings of War

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

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

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

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

the Unquiet Past

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

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.

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

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