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ways_back_room2006-02-21 10:17 pm
young_tmriddle) wrote in ways_back_room2006-02-21 10:17 pm
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Once upon a time, (in Lynette and Viv's Millicanon for Neverwhere) an Opener family took up residence in the Underside. Openers were, and still are, fairly rare, and to ensure their line continued without having to intermarry, a ritual evolved to bind those "worthy of the blood" to their spouses by oath and magic, thus turning these outsiders into Openers.
Door didn't want to marry Tom at first. If he wasn't found worthy by the ritual, he would die during it. However, there was scandalous talk, and Door was under a great deal of pressure as Head of House. She chose to put Tom through the ritual. The rules required that he knew nothing of the danger and nothing about what would happen, but he passed the ritual just fine, and became an Opener and Lord of the House of Arch.
The ritual was often used for political marriages - many Openers loved their significant others too much to risk their lives, so would ally with someone else to bear children to continue the line. For ocuples who did love each other, it was tradition to have a wedding ceremony sometime after, since the ritual was more about necessity as opposed to joy.
Tom asked Door to marry him the night of the ritual, and they've wanted to do so for a while - they were just waiting for the right time. Then real life complications set in, and schedules didn't match and hands didn't type as long as they used to, and so we decided to have them run off and marry in a special, meaningful way just for them. Since most of the bar probably assumes they're already married - they are Lord and Lady after all - they won't make a fuss about it IC.
But they'll let the people close to them know, and Tom and Door will be wearing wedding bands for those observant enough to notice. La!
Door didn't want to marry Tom at first. If he wasn't found worthy by the ritual, he would die during it. However, there was scandalous talk, and Door was under a great deal of pressure as Head of House. She chose to put Tom through the ritual. The rules required that he knew nothing of the danger and nothing about what would happen, but he passed the ritual just fine, and became an Opener and Lord of the House of Arch.
The ritual was often used for political marriages - many Openers loved their significant others too much to risk their lives, so would ally with someone else to bear children to continue the line. For ocuples who did love each other, it was tradition to have a wedding ceremony sometime after, since the ritual was more about necessity as opposed to joy.
Tom asked Door to marry him the night of the ritual, and they've wanted to do so for a while - they were just waiting for the right time. Then real life complications set in, and schedules didn't match and hands didn't type as long as they used to, and so we decided to have them run off and marry in a special, meaningful way just for them. Since most of the bar probably assumes they're already married - they are Lord and Lady after all - they won't make a fuss about it IC.
But they'll let the people close to them know, and Tom and Door will be wearing wedding bands for those observant enough to notice. La!
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