In a Wicked Age
four oracles

anyway.
A Penny for Your Thoughts

Blood & Sex

QD: A happy girl, promised in marriage to a gentleman, naive to the danger he represents.

9C: A young girl, inexperienced but astute and a canny judge of character.

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

4D: A practitioner of law, with her several secretaries.

God-kings of War

QD: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.

9C: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

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.

4D: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast.

the Unquiet Past

QD: The fey and unfriendly guardians of an enchanted glade.

9C: An unsavory treasure-seeker, with an honest map.

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

4D: The soul of a dead wizard, seeking an advantageous rebirth.

a Nest of Vipers

QD: A poor home shared by many families of beggars.

9C: An underground chamber, eerie with blue-green lights.

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

4D: The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant.