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.

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

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

10D: A note written in an elegant hand, sweetly perfumed.

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.

4C: A hard-won victory, with many dead on both sides.

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

10D: The country fort, made mostly of mud bricks, of a local warlord.

the Unquiet Past

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

4C: A new village built on the ruins of a forgotten people.

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

10D: The young, beautiful wife of an old man whom the gods have touched.

a Nest of Vipers

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

4C: The unwitting husband of a serpent-demoness.

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

10D: The written deed to a certain house, affirmed and sealed.