The Oracle is set in a fictional world, in the middle of a terrible drought.

The Archon, the god-on-earth, has been called by the god to die, in order to bring rain to the land.

Her duty as Bearer is to hold the god in scorpion form in a bronze bowl.

As the procession taking the Archon to his death reaches the final destination, the top of a Ziggurat in the City of the Dead, the Archon slips Mirany a note, telling her that the Oracle of the god is being betrayed, and the Speaker is corrupt.

The Speaker is the most senior member of the Nine, and relays messages from the god, which he delivers via the Oracle.