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===Investiture Gifts===
===Investiture Gifts===
====Maraesa's Investiture Gift====
====Liolesa's Investiture Gift====
Two scrolls of maps, and both of them stunning: one of the Alliance that had included the Eldritch world, and one of Escutcheon in exquisite detail, available because of the satellites Liolesa had been instrumental in procuring during her preparation for the coronet. Her promise, according to the historian, had been ‘relevance, context, and the future.’<ref name="hw-21">''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) | Healer's Wedding]],'' Chapter 21</ref>


====Bethsaida's Investiture Gift====
====Bethsaida's Investiture Gift====
 
The book of romantic tales Beth commissioned as her Investiture gift. An enormous book, with pages of vellum. It is illuminated and illustrated. It contains gold, silver and copper leafing, as well as precious gems ground into the inks, as well as glued to the pages. the words are written in several colors of ink, reflecting the Eldren linguistic coloring. <ref name="hw-07">''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) | Healer's Wedding]],'' Chapter 7</ref> Each story features a different noble House, and every House is represented. Showing that Beth valued every person of rank, no matter their allegiance. All the women in the book have Beth's eyes and widow's peak, because the principal illustrator was in love with her. Afterward, someone went through and painted over the irises in different colors. <ref name="hw-07" />
The book of romantic tales Beth commissioned as her Investiture gift. An enormous book, with pages of vellum. It is illuminated and illustrated. It contains gold, silver and copper leafing, as well as precious gems ground into the inks, as well as glued to the pages. the words are written in several colors of ink, reflecting the Eldren linguistic coloring. <ref name="HW">''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) | Healer's Wedding]],'' Chapter 7</ref> Each story features a different noble House, and every House is represented. Showing that Beth valued every person of rank, no matter their allegiance. All the women in the book have Beth's eyes and widow's peak, because the principal illustrator was in love with her. Afterward, someone went through and painted over the irises in different colors. <ref name="HW" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:50, 4 July 2020

Stuff here about investiture.

Rites

  • gift-bringing
  • vigil
  • unofficial gift-giving party
  • coronet rite

History

Say something here about how this started.

Also mention that there's now part of the ceremony for dealing with spouses who become the heir's consort.

Investiture Gifts

Maraesa's Investiture Gift

Liolesa's Investiture Gift

Two scrolls of maps, and both of them stunning: one of the Alliance that had included the Eldritch world, and one of Escutcheon in exquisite detail, available because of the satellites Liolesa had been instrumental in procuring during her preparation for the coronet. Her promise, according to the historian, had been ‘relevance, context, and the future.’[1]

Bethsaida's Investiture Gift

The book of romantic tales Beth commissioned as her Investiture gift. An enormous book, with pages of vellum. It is illuminated and illustrated. It contains gold, silver and copper leafing, as well as precious gems ground into the inks, as well as glued to the pages. the words are written in several colors of ink, reflecting the Eldren linguistic coloring. [2] Each story features a different noble House, and every House is represented. Showing that Beth valued every person of rank, no matter their allegiance. All the women in the book have Beth's eyes and widow's peak, because the principal illustrator was in love with her. Afterward, someone went through and painted over the irises in different colors. [2]

References

  1. Healer's Wedding, Chapter 21
  2. 2.0 2.1 Healer's Wedding, Chapter 7