In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor.

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

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

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

God-kings of War

QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.

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

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

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

the Unquiet Past

QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news.

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

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home.

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

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

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