A Vow Once Made, Now Carried Forth

[JadeStryuu 534]

 

 

UNION OF HEARTS
Viola Auclair & Simon Winchester
A Vow Once Made, Now Carried Forth

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"There is no greater burden than love denied. No silence more weighty than that which falls between hearts once close. But in love freely given, even silence sings. In love made sacred, every burden is shared, every path, walked as one.”
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A PRIVATE UNION BEFORE THE HOUSE
“A vow made not before the world, but before the blood.”

In the stillness of family halls, before the gaze of kin and ancestor, the sacred rite of civil union was spoken. Viola Auclair and Simon Winchester, in quiet dignity, bound themselves in marriage before the head of House Auclair. Before oaths sworn in court or cathedral, it was here — among their own — that they became husband and wife.

NO LONGER BETROTHED, BUT BONDED
What was once promise is now oath; what was once future, is now present. In accordance with tradition and familial rite, Simon has taken the name Auclair, and with it, Le Devoir Sacré — the Sacred Duty of his new house. He stands now not as guest, nor as consort, but as kin, by love and by law.

 

THE HONOURED
Witnesses to the Vow, and Stewards of the Day

WITNESS TO UNION
▩ His Lordship Joa Dietrich von Leopold,
Head of House von Leopold

 ▩ His Lordship Guillaume Auclair,
Head of Maison d’Auclair

 ▩ His Excellency Bishop Godfrey

 

AND THUS, BEFORE BLOOD AND EARTH, THEY STAND AS ONE.
LA GIOVANE SIGNORA, Viola Auclair

Medic of the Petra Clinic, Grand Master of the Eight Guild Company

 

Edited April 17, 2025 by JadeStryuu

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Simon stood still, the weight of the moment pressing into his chest.
He expected duty, formality, but what met him was something deeper. A quiet rightness.

As Viola spoke her vow without tremble, Simon felt the final piece of himself fall into place.
By love and law, he had become more.  Chosen.  Kin.

His eyes met hers. 
If the stars fall tomorrow, he thought, let them find me hers.