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IA GUIDE NAEJOT AELTAROSI WEDDINGS Issued on the 12th, of Laenors Escape of the year 11 AST. Introduction With the series of weddings taking place within Aeltarys, the scholars of the Aeltarosi people have endeavored to create a guide as to the weddings of the Aeltarosi and their people. This is purely a scholarly piece, allowing for the future generations to study on the Aeltarosi wedding ceremony, and written and transcribed in honor of our Prince and his Princess. Through Hot Coals The opening of an Aeltarosi wedding ceremony is of great importance, in which the classes have varying traditions they adhere to. The bride and groom enter from opposite entrances, and walk forward to meet with a Scaleseer who will bless them with opening words. With joined hands, they are to step forward over a bed of hot coals. This time is paramount, they may not venture from the path, whether to look at another or to step off of it. It is once they step off the end of the path that they will find themselves before the Scaleseer once more, and the next part of the ceremony begins. The Blood of Aeltarosi The Scaleseer produces an Aeltarosi steel dagger, first handed to the groom. They are to cut the bride's lips with their dagger, before offering it knelt before them. It is then that the bride accepts the dagger and does the same, cutting their partners lips and kneeling before them. They seal the blood pact with a kiss, in which this brings them to the Ribbon Binding Ceremony. Preparation for the Ribbon Binding Ceremony In preparation for the Ribbon Binding Ceremony, which is touched on in the section after this, the couple must use Athin oils before bathing in small amounts, so they may build up their tolerance for it, starting at minimum a week before their wedding. They must have a healer at hand while doing this so as to not go into shock or hypothermia. The parental figure of the couple would go to the Weaver during this process, who would then embroider a sheer silk scarf, embroidering the dreams and goals the couple wishes to accomplish and in a specific color to represent their bond to each other. The colors can be combined to make or shift to another color. Red - The color of fire that burns and flows where the winds take them. It symbolizes an eternity of devotion and love for each other. It shows that your relationship goes beyond each other and is Divine in the sight of the Dragons which means a bountiful happiness and children. Yellow - The color of the sun, warmth that fills the mind and body giving it energy. It symbolizes life, anew, and strength that the Dragons bless. Perhaps this is your first marriage or a start at a new life away from those who are unfaithful for the cause. Blue - The color of ice and of winter that bites to the bone. It symbolizes loyalty and trust in each other and in religion. It goes beyond flesh and beyond soul and harmonizes yourself and your lover to the Dragons’ truth. It tethers one and one together in a bind not like any other. The Ribbon Binding Ceremony After the Blood of Aeltarosi ceremony, the couple will have their left arms bound by the scarf with beeswax, Athins, Blissfoil, and a mixture of oils that soaks and hardens the scarf to their skin. They then will go to a brazier and light it on fire. In Aeltarosi superstition, it is said that if it takes under thirty seconds to burn, their first child of their union will be a boy and if over thirty seconds to burn, the first child of their union shall be a girl. (Rolling out of 10 from each person will determine the gender of their first baby which is optional. 1-12 is boy 13-20 is girl.) The special embroidery will stain the skin and seal it with the flames of the basin in a permanent tattoo. When apart the couple have their own unique markings all the way up to their elbow. When together a more form fitting appearance will occur that fits their lives together with a once in a lifetime design. As divorce is not a thing, should an Aeltarosi spouse pass away and they remarry, the marriage marking must never touch the previous marriage marking. Their arms will be covered in herbs to snuff out the flames and soothe the pain. This job is done by the Scaleseer. The Embers It is after the ceremony that traditionally the couple will lead their guests to a venue, in which a game will take place. Bags of rice will be pocketed about the tables where handfuls may be gotten and thrown at the couple, in a competition of pelting them until they leave the event. Another Aeltarosi superstition is that the one who had the winning pelting rice will be the one to marry next and suffer as the couple before them did. After the couple leaves, the party still goes on until the time in which the embers of a campfire spark out. Zālagon Jehikagrī, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, Arabella Valraenos of Pavia, Grand Princess of the Aeltarosi, Princess of Dragonclaw,
