#merinn

You’d think, that inviting Death to a wedding would be a bad omen. But to the Kavar, it is the opposite. Inviting Death into a wedding, is inviting life and prosperity. For the balance is always needed, and a union is a celebration of love, a celebration of Life.

One never knows who represents Death and who represents Life at a wedding, but the Kavar believe, that if the groom and the bride are hospitable, if the ‘Grim Reaper’ has a merry time at the wedding, then they will, as a parting gift, bless the Union with longevity and prosperity. It is for this, that the Unions are always lavish, with great music and great feasts, a celebration for the bride, a celebration for the groom, a day for guests, family and friends to enjoy themselves so much, they have only their blessings to give to the couple.

And as a guest, no less is expected for Death.

And they say, Death always takes a flower from a wedding. For that, there’s always flowers aplenty, and because of that, people are always attentive to who will steal a flower from the wedding, for they might just be, and envoy of the spirits.

Merinn chuckled as they felt their to be bride’s fingers touch their lips, their eyes shifting to her as she ran her finger through their fringe and down to their cheeks.

“I miss your long hair. It was so pretty,” Harmony remembered. “And the teal hair too. I wonder, if we have babies, will they be blond, black haired or teal haired?”

Merinn smiled at her. “I don’t know. But I’d love them to have your pretty eyes.”

“Three days far from one another.”

“It will be worth it though.”

That night, they had explained her the traditions of a Kavar wedding, and though it shared many similarities to the traditional Beszarin wedding, many things were not. The fact was the wedding was a mix and match of traditions with the Valatar traditions. It was called the Courtship of Birds. The Bride and Groom would be separated for three days, where they would prepare, they would dance, they would pay their respects to the stars. The Maidens and Suitors would prepare the Bride and Groom to pay their respects for a fruitful dance and life of abundance. 

At the third night they’d meet in a lovely ceremony, only with the close family and friends, where the bride and groom would dance, reciting their vows to one another, in this dance, the Bride would chose to either accept the Groom’s courtship and dance with them or reject them, signaling their wedding or end of it. The forth day, it was the Walk, where the bride and groom would make the walk together to seek blessing from the Stars and their Gods and on the fifth, came the day of the Union. A Great Ceremony would close the wedding, the guests would give their gifts and blessings to the couple, they would feast and dance, their vows would be repeated and they would once more dance together, closing the wedding.

Though the Wedding is planned by the Groom and Bride, it is often the Groom who has to do all the preparation. The Bride decides how her wedding will be, and the Groom obliges, for the Wedding is for the Bride.

L I F E • S T A G E S • C A S • C H A L L E N G E • by @someone-elsa

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No one tagged me for this one, but I really wanted to do it, so I picked my favourite Emir, Merinn Kavar. Bellow we have spoilers.

Once suitors, today guests.

Merinn was rejoiced to see the former suitors had all accepted their invite to the wedding, and though they understood they had hurt all of them either by their words or their choices, they had grown closer to them in the days they spent at the palace. From the start, Merinn had accepted they would inevitably be hurt, as only one person could have been chosen, but they had hoped to at least hold some form of friendship with them, and the fact they had accepted.

Now, of course, from were they came from. The normal celebration would have all the suitors together alongside the groom and bride. But Beszarin was different and they had had to adapt to it. Change would come with time, but for now, they would adapt.

This meant that every special guest perceived as male would be greeted by the groom, while the ones perceived as females would be greeted by the bride. Before they met in the first Union, the groomsmen would all stay separated from their wives or companions who’d stay with the bride as bridesmaids. Then they meet on the third day, the same way as the groom and bride would. 

Today Merinn was meeting the male suitors, who would stand by his side, while Harmony would meet the female suitors who would be her bridesmaids.

There is an odd tradition among those of the stars, those of the deep and those of the sky. There is a tradition to invite Death to a Kavar wedding.

“I can’t wait for us to be wed. Those three days can’t get through fast enough.”

Merinn laughed and got on top of her, gently pecking her.

“Let’s make the best of today together and then I’ll see you in three days, my princess.”

Harmony giggled.

“You’re insatiable!”

“What can I say? I have the apetite of a dragon!”

The room filled with giggling and laughter that was quickly muffled by the sound of a kiss.

Whatever happens,