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.

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

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

8S: A simple insult, casually inflicted, striking very, very deep.

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.

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

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

8S: A prodigy-mage, still a maid, drunk with occult power.

the Unquiet Past

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

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

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

8S: A fearsome storm, with thunder and driving winds.

a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

8S: A warehouse on the docks, full of stolen silk.