In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

3D: A raving prophet, advocating self-mortification and deprivation of the appetites.

4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries.

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

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

God-kings of War

3D: A war-sorceress, slender but commanding, with golden hair.

4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast.

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

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

the Unquiet Past

3D: The captain of a foreign troop, sent to collect tribute.

4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth.

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

3D: The celebration of a day sacred to the city's chief cult.

4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant.

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

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