In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

6C: A small group of mothers, led by a midwife, fighting to protect their children from demons of illness.

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

10H: The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

God-kings of War

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

6C: A brutish and tyrannical warlord and his uncouth thugs.

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.

10H: A tender of war-bulls, shaved-headed and fearless.

the Unquiet Past

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

6C: The burglary of a magical order's innermost library.

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

10H: The meeting by chance of old enemies, one less forgetful than the other.

a Nest of Vipers

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

6C: A baby's birth, heralded by prophets, written of in antique books, forseen by the wise.

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

10H: A wizard jealously guarding her magical territory.