Editing Ceremony of Union (section)

==The Ceremony Begins==
To break it down by steps, it is necessary only to follow the script.

<blockquote>"...And so the God said, 'Let there be five elements, Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Spirit, each in its own domain, and of these five elements shall the world be composed.</blockquote>

Each of the [[Amulets of the Elements]] is slotted into its place in the [[Spirit Stone]] – the Circle of Elements – and the stone itself is raised to the heavens by the four crystal-bearers, who remain holding it throughout the ceremony.

<blockquote>And the God said, 'let there be, running through this world, two threads of power, the Arcane and the Divine, like night and day, like dark and light, like female and male.'</blockquote>

As the Speaker reads this part of the passage, an Arch Mage steps to the Spirit Stone, and devotes to the world a measure of his power, calling upon the highest and most pure of Arcane Powers – the ''wish'' spell.  At the same time, a High Priest (of any religion) must step forth, and perform the same duty, requesting from his God a ''miracle''. One of these casters must be male, the other female, though it matters not which is which.

<blockquote>...that of elf and man, dwarf, halfling and gnome.'</blockquote>

At this point in the ceremony, there are arrayed around the Spirit Stone at least four mortals (usually six), plus the Speaker.  If, within this grouping, there is not a representative of each of the mortal races, then must there step forth a representative of each race, until all the mortal races be accounted for.

The ritual is completed with the reading of the third chapter, renewing the contract with the OverLord.


[[Category: Events]]