In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

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

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

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

4C: The graduation of an apprentice to mastery.

God-kings of War

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

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

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

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

the Unquiet Past

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

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

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

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

a Nest of Vipers

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

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

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

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