In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

3H: The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise, recently dead.

1S: A field of herbs and wild flowers, alive with bees, where a certain half-bestial creature brings his many lovers.

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

7C: The seventh wife of a tyrant king, carrying his chief huntsman's child.

God-kings of War

3H: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.

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.

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

7C: A sword held in great esteem by a certain warrior lineage, drawn now for the first time in three lifetimes.

the Unquiet Past

3H: The guardian of a tomb, a statue cast in silver with ruby eyes.

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

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

7C: A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.

a Nest of Vipers

3H: An imbiber of sorcerous drugs, seeking congress with demons.

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

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

7C: A noble house's signatory ring, left behind in a street brawl.