Noble Lords' Topics • Daily
A daily broadsheet that's practically an echo of every sneering, highnose patriarch and stodgy old nobleman in the city, the Oracular contains praise for noblemen who hold to traditional noble pursuits such as hunting and riding, sneering disregard for "brightcoin pretenders" and "upjumped merchants," scathing recrimination for the Lords of Waterdeep and magistracy when they make decisions counter to the benefit of the nobility, and absolutely no word whatsoever of any modern trends or news about young noblemen who buck the old traditions.
Some folk like to joke that the Oracular is so fitting for an old nobleman's study that it comes pre-scented with the smell of stinky old pipesmoke. The back page of the broadsheet doesn't exist as far as most noble readers are concerned, as those are the "Valet Pages" – an entire sub-broadsheet intended for the gentleman's gentlemen, advertising vacancies, trading recipes for bootblack and button-polish, and generally examining the right way to serve a nobleman properly, according to the dignity of the loyal valet.