In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

6S: An oasis of sweet water in a barren wilderness, haunted by the shadows of some vast atrocity committed centuries ago.

9H: A wandering exorcist, severe, who accepts no payment for his services but who lusts after carnal congress.

3C: The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.

God-kings of War

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

6S: A flock of hunterbirds, sharp-beaked, clever, and dreadful.

9H: A terrible and devastating ambush.

3C: A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.

the Unquiet Past

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

6S: The convocation of a ruins' ghouls, gaunts, and wisps.

9H: The wetnurse of an austere scholar's adopted child.

3C: The secret central shrine of a temple to forgotten gods.

a Nest of Vipers

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

6S: An innkeeper who murders and robs his wealthy guests.

9H: A young widower, raging, whose beautiful wife was murdered by sorcery by a romantic rival.

3C: A slight and subtle demon, child of blasphemy, craving mischief.