In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

1D: A mysterious star-lit revel on a high bare hilltop.

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

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

4H: The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom.

God-kings of War

1D: The human servant of a mighty and unspeakable demiurge.

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

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

4H: A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general.

the Unquiet Past

1D: The boasting chief of a team of rock-quarriers.

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

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

4H: An ambitious petty-wizard, quick to take offense.

a Nest of Vipers

1D: A great convocation of mages, with many orders attending.

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

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

4H: A fallen-in mansion, where by night ghosts and devils meet.