Swing Me On Your Trapeze

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WHO: Friends of Nathaniel Howe and Anders.
WHAT: An informal Wintersend wedding
WHEN: Wintersend Day
WHERE: Camp Shady
NOTES: Open invitation to all Wardens and anyone who considers themselves a close enough friend of one of the grooms. We're not policing the invite list.

There's scarcely an announcement, though the men have had their minds made up for a while. It's assuredly not formal, invitation spread only by word of mouth. It is, due to the people involved, tactfully swept into Wintersend where it will be camouflaged by a number of other Wintersend celebrations.

No it's not a surprise. No it doesn't really make sense. But Anders and Nathaniel are getting married anyway.

Decorations are simple, mainly winter flowers and evergreen, whatever is colorful at this altitude. Those same winter flowers are made into crowns for the grooms, which is a tradition from the Anderfels. Nathaniel wears his dress uniform, a tradition everywhere. Anders wears a striking set of blue robes to match, though mages have no marriage traditions. Miraculously, a priest has agreed to perform the ceremony. She is content not to make this more or less than what it is: a celebration of the love of two people.

Vows are spoken, the ceremony kept short, and soon enough the grooms take hands and jump over a broom together--a tradition from Amaranthine which puzzles people to this day. And so they are now married, and the party can begin.

The party has simple but abundant fare--mostly meat and bread and plenty to drink, none of it nonalcoholic. There are fires and torches and lanterns casting their warm glow. A couple of Wardens provide the music for dancing on drum and fiddle. Anyone who pleases (Kaisa) is welcome to stand (if they still can) (Kaisa) and propose a toast to the husbands, to the Maker, to the Grey Wardens, to their right buttcheek that's gone numb from sitting (Kaisa), anything they wish. The drunker people get, the funnier everything is. No fighting is allowed, however (Kaisa).

Tonight, the moon is high and the stars are bright and the music is merry. It's easy to forget, for a short time, that the world is in such peril. It's easy to believe all will be well when you're celebrating a wedding.

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Re: Nathaniel, open

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Bethany isn't going to let Nathaniel go without a dance, oh no. Not on the day of his wedding, not when he is actually smiling and looking like he's soaking in all the good feelings. So she's going to take advantage of that and grab him by the hands, to pull him out to the dance floor.

"Come with me! It's time to take your sister out for a spin!"

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Nathaniel chuckles and gives her a peck on the cheek, feeling warm and happy tonight, and not fighting his 'sister' especially since Delilah could not be here. Anders has filled him to the brim with anti-inflammatory herbs so the dancing is quite bearable tonight.

Country dancing isn't smooth, courtly minuets. It's energetic and fun and occasionally goofy. Part of the fun is in seeing whether you can get your partner to laugh.

"Are you enjoying yourself?" he asks, knowing a little secret of what is to come from Aleron later.

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Well, someone had to stand in for the sister, and Bethany was happy to do so. Maker only knew that they needed moments of joy and utter relief. A wedding? Was definitely one of them.

Bethany twirls around him, the ribbons flashed through her hair as she took his hand and lead him through the first twist and turn and step.

"I am enjoying myself immensely - but much more so to see you smiling." She stated firmly.