In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

QS: A warrior-priestess of a truly bloodthirsty cult.

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

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

5C: A raving prophet, preaching the transience of life and advocating a full indulgence of every appetite.

God-kings of War

QS: The campsite of a traveling army, not long deserted.

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

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

5C: A soldier's plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.

the Unquiet Past

QS: A golden armlet, still on the skeletal arm of its owner.

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

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

5C: A place where warring demons have left the earth churned, upthrust, and charged with occult forces.

a Nest of Vipers

QS: A conjurer possessed by spirits of uncivil character.

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

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

5C: The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.