In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

QH: The rehearsal of the funeral of the city's aged and beloved mayor.

KS: A jealous and vengeful rival, who is an infamous dueler.

10S: A wandering spirit, visible at will, an inflamer of human passions.

10C: The marriage of a region's most beautiful girl, necessarily virgin and without blemish, to the dead stone effigy of a harvest god.

God-kings of War

QH: A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.

KS: An enemy champion, fearless and bellowing.

10S: The mutiny and revolt of a prestigious cavalry company.

10C: A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory.

the Unquiet Past

QH: A reader of omens and caster of auguries, with grim news.

KS: A wealthy merchant's son, refined and crafty.

10S: An ancient stone way marker, indicating an overgrown road.

10C: A trainer of apes, bereft, mourning the death of his dearest performer.

a Nest of Vipers

QH: The return of a reclusive enchantress to her home.

KS: A village executioner, practicing his trade on a caught burglar.

10S: A court dandy, casually cruel, exiled from the presence of the prince for a petty slight.

10C: A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks.