This is less a narrative piece and more a description of events. But since we are not playing live games for our live action role playing game and since game happens on Saturdays anyway I wanted to write up an event that folks in the game would have access to have gone too.
- Simon W.
Inge and Wulf’s Wedding Ceremony
May 1st, 2020
The ceremony took place in the forest. While most gatherings at the Sept of the Desert Winds took place in the Silverwood Lake Bar, Inge wanted at least part of this ceremony to take place where it would be appropriate for shifters to be in any form they wished. She also wanted it to be far from the prying eyes of humans who were not in on the secret of Gaia and Her defenders.
Inge had invited pretty much everyone she knew to this event. The entirety of the Sept of the Desert Wind, of course; all members who wished from the the Sept of Shadowed Wisdom in Los Angeles; and all members who wished to come of the formerly named Sept of the New Dawn down in San Diego. Plus there were her kinfolk friends from around the country, as well as her adult children and their families. She’d told Wulf to invite anyone he wanted and sent out invitations.
The ceremony took place at dusk. Torches lit the area, making a blaze of light. Spring flowers were strewn about bringing the beauty of nature to the scene. The guest stood in a circle, some human, others were wolves, or cats, or even birds. In the center was a great bonfire, where Inge and Wulf stood with one another. She was dressed in green and had her long hair flowing loose for the ceremony. He was dressed in the plaid of his clan, shades of green going from dark to light.
Rends the Unjust, an Elder Theurge of the Children of Gaia, came forward into the circle.
“To whom, aside from Gaia the Mother of all, is this ceremony dedicated?”
“To Freya and Brigid,” answered Wulf and Inge in unison.
“Today, we ask that Freya and Brigid attend this union. In that spirit, I offer a blessing to this ceremony.
Blessed be this marriage with the gifts from the east — new beginnings that come each day with the rising sun, communication of the heart, mind, body and soul.
Blessed be this marriage with the gifts of the south — the light of the heart, the heat of passion, and the warmth of a loving home.
Blessed be this marriage with the gifts of the west — the rushing excitement of a raging river, the soft and pure cleansing of a rainstorm, and a commitment as deep as the ocean itself.
Blessed be this marriage with the gifts of the north — a solid foundation on which to build your lives, abundance and growth of your home, and the stability to be found by holding one another at the end of the day.
Inge, Wulf, these four simple blessings will help you on your journey that begins today. However, they are only tools. They are tools which you must use together to create the light, the strength, the infinite energy now and forever of a love you both so richly deserve.
Go with Gaia.”
Then they danced among the flames and feasted well into the night. Inge’s adult children got to fight with their Aunt Dagmar for the opportunity to hold the babies and friends and family celebrated the end of the Age of Apocalypse and the beginning of a new life for Inge, Wulf, and their children.
