In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

JD: A band of demons, laughing and malicious, authors of debauched sensuality and corrupt appetites.

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

QC: The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

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

God-kings of War

JD: A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe.

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.

QC: An altar to devils of the waste, stinking with gore.

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

the Unquiet Past

JD: A murderer-for-hire, luckless and in poverty, from whom the gods have turned their faces.

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

QC: A wandering intelligence, intent on driving mortals mad.

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

a Nest of Vipers

JD: A wayhouse in which plague-victims have recently stayed.

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

QC: The warden ghost of the place, generous to the good-willed.

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