In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

9S: The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.

KH: A young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, brother to lions.

JD: A band of demons, laughing and malicious, authors of debauched sensuality and corrupt appetites.

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

God-kings of War

9S: A genius of flame, imprisoned within a brass mirror.

KH: The ghost of a tyrant king, strangled by his own daughter.

JD: A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe.

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

the Unquiet Past

9S: The opening by sorcery of an ancient door, set in the earth over the crypts of some forgotten convent or monestary, until now sealed with potent spells.

KH: The arrival of honored emissaries from a wealthy, exotic land.

JD: A murderer-for-hire, luckless and in poverty, from whom the gods have turned their faces.

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

a Nest of Vipers

9S: A band of slavers both bold and incorrigible.

KH: A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.

JD: A wayhouse in which plague-victims have recently stayed.

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