Arranged Marriage.

[atyourservices]

Marriage for love is a such a modern concept. In the past, marriage was
recognised as a social contract. Unions were entered into for many
reasons: to obtain property, to unite families, to carry on a bloodline,
et cetera. Whatever the reason, congratulations, you're getting married!

HOW IT WORKS:
❧ Post a comment with your character's name, canon, and any preferences.
❧ If there's a specific set of circumstances you like best, set the scene.
❧ Or leave your comment blank and let others use RNG to choose the scenario. Feel free to mix and match.
❧ Please note the prompts below are merely suggestions and you're more than welcome to come up with your own situation.
❧ Have fun!


POSSIBLE REASONS FOR MARRIAGE:
① Station → You come from a royal, noble, or otherwise distinguished family who has chosen a suitable spouse for you.
② Feud → You are being married to put an end to the bitter enmity between your two families.
③ Economics → Your economic state and/or your station will improve through the union, though one of you may be marrying down.
④ Empire → You and your spouse are merging your businesses and/or property to create something more influential or profitable.
⑤ Tribute → You have been offered as a gift or appeasement, alternately you're the spoils of war.
⑥ Bloodline → Carrying on your distinguished family name has fallen to you and the equally well-bred spouse of your family's selection.
⑦ Disapproval → Your marriage has been arranged to keep you away from the person with whom you truly wish to be.

POSSIBLE SCENARIOS:
① First meeting → This is the very first time you're meeting your future spouse.
② Courtship → To get to know each other and encourage affection, your family has approved of you going on dates.
③ Engagement party → Be it a huge, formal affair or a small, intimate get together, you're celebrating (or pretending).
④ Wedding day → The big day!
⑤ Reception → The big party!
⑥ Wedding night → Every meme needs a smut prompt, right?
⑦ Honeymoon → Where will you go with your new spouse and what will you do there?

Comments

[reckoner]

[ Oh, all parties were exhausting and wretchedly tedious things. His fiance would learn soon enough that there simply wasn't much to be done about it. In the past, sanctity and sanity had been found in the company of another man, but with both now soundly engaged and fixed at those sides, Gaelio flounders.

Rather, he determines that it is flounder or do as he must, and after all with this secured, Gaelio has become fully unimpeachable in the latter. In the end, a model son.

A bright side, too. Two. It had been acceptable to marry him to a daughter that was not of Elion blood, with Almiria attached to a Fareed. Gaelio's pride might have smarted, but with alliances and conniving behind closed doors, anything would have been meaningless and disgusting.

At least with this girl, she might be interesting for having been spared the Seven Star upbringing.

Which.

Uh.

As he watches her pop a wax tart into her mouth, does seem to be bearing fruit. So. to. speak. Will she chew if he says nothing?

All right, all right, he won't be mean. ]

Wax.

[ As he should, right? Gaelio snatches up a napkin, holding it up to her mouth, indicating she should spit and struggling to suppress a grin. ]

[sharpestsword]

[ Such deception and betrayal! She stands there, blushing in confusion before taking his cue to spit it out. She's even quiet about it, though she does make a face. That was not nearly as tasty as it looked. As he said, it is wax. There are more hazards to watch out for here than she expected. She'll remember to be more careful, but in her defense she was hungry. Eyeing the trays with suspicion, she doesn't know what food to trust. ]

Eugh. Now I need something to get that taste out of my mouth. How long do we have to stay?