In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

1H: A farm manor, peaceful and prosperous.

KC: A bandit captain, in hiding, with her trusted bodyguard.

2D: A woman suddenly bereft of love and family, daughter to a long heritage of sorceresses and poisoners.

God-kings of War

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.

1H: A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.

KC: An outlying watchtower on a wooded hill.

2D: A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.

the Unquiet Past

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

1H: A girl with the soul of a leopard, born inappropriately into a human body.

KC: A treasure seeker, following the whispers of a slave spirit.

2D: The passage of a ghostly army, dragging their slain and injured.

a Nest of Vipers

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

1H: A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves.

KC: A troupe of musicians for hire, one of whom is a burglar and cutpurse.

2D: A midwife, weary and appalled, having delivered a tenth consecutive stillbirth.