Before Nilsar can leave the reception room, Aveline closes the departure memorandum and summons Lord Edric Marrow, Lady Catrin Vale, and Pellan Orr back inside.
Aveline Marrow
The traveling plan must state the king’s attendance and blessing plainly. Royal recognition cannot remain only in a separate letter while we journey to Anuncagra.
Edric returns with Catrin and Pellan close behind. Aveline spreads the memorandum across the table, leaving a blank section beneath the proposed northern ceremony and its witnesses.
Lord Edric Marrow
Then add the Marrow witnesses and the proper family procession. My father’s household must arrive in order, with our presence recorded before the ceremony begins.
Lady Catrin Vale
I will record the guest order and procession. The king’s arrival point should be written beside the route, so no escort waits at the wrong shore.
Aveline Marrow
Pellan, prepare the royal notice. Joren Ash will carry it and return with confirmation of where the king joins us before our party departs.
Pellan begins the copy while Edric dictates the Marrow procession and Catrin marks the witness lines. Joren Ash is summoned to carry the sealed request, leaving the departure contingent on the king’s confirmed meeting place.
✓ Quest Accepted
Finalize the wedding ceremony arrangements with both families
✓ Quest Accepted
Assign the king a place as guest of honour
“My wife there is no need to worry over such things, the king will have his own escort to get him to and from the wedding safely and the Port north of Anuncagra is a fine enough meeting place for the King to know when and where to arrive, i do however propose that we make the king the officiant making the wedding endorsed by the king and we can be wedded together under the kings own authority, my father will have to teach him how to conduct a northern wedding though.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Diplomacy, rolled -3)
Nilsar Yarb
My wife, there is no need to worry. The king will have his own escort. The port north of Anuncagra is a suitable meeting place. I propose that King Roderic officiate our wedding under northern customs, with my father teaching him the rites.
Nilsar’s Commands Earned Trust settles the practical concern without dismissing it. He places the port as a clear rendezvous, while the Royal Marriage Letter and Royal Wedding Invitation give the proposal lawful form. Interprets Legal Records separates royal authority from the customs Gravam must teach.
Aveline Marrow
I agree. If the king officiates, the ceremony will carry his direct endorsement while remaining recognizably northern. I will amend the memorandum to state that distinction plainly.
Aveline draws a firm line beneath the former arrangement and writes the king as officiant, the northern port as meeting place, and Gravam as instructor in the customary rites. The achievement costs Nilsar some private family control: the wedding will now be publicly identified with the crown.
Lord Edric Marrow
That gives the alliance exceptional standing, Captain. It also means every northern rite must be explained before the king, and any disagreement will become a matter of public record.
Pellan Orr
I will revise the royal notice accordingly. Joren Ash can carry the amended request, stating that the king is invited not merely to attend, but to officiate under Yarb custom.
Pellan adds the request to the sealed papers, and Joren Ash accepts the packet for the coastal road. The proposal is entered as settled: King Roderic will officiate, Gravam will instruct him, and the northern port will receive the royal party.
Quest Complete
Finalize the wedding ceremony arrangements with both families
“Very well add to the couriers mail a letter for my father to inform him about having to teach a special guest how to officiate a wedding in the northern customs, do not inform him it is the king however I want to surprise him.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Diplomacy, rolled +0)
Nilsar Yarb
Add a private letter for my father, Gravam Yarb. Tell him a special guest needs instruction in northern wedding customs, but do not reveal the guest’s identity. I want the surprise preserved.
Nilsar dictates the request carefully, keeping the guest unnamed while specifying the rites, the king’s intended role, and the need for Gravam’s patient instruction. Keeps Reliable Accounts fixes each condition without contradiction.
Joren Ash
I will place it with the courier’s mail as a private family letter. The wording will identify the teaching duty without exposing the guest.
Joren sets a fresh sheet beside the amended royal notice. Nilsar provides Household Silver for the additional seal and delivery, ensuring the family letter travels securely with the existing dispatch.
The letter respectfully asks Gravam to prepare the northern rites, explain their lawful sequence, and teach an honored but unnamed guest how to officiate. Commands Earned Trust gives the request warmth without surrendering the surprise.
Joren Ash
The letter is sealed and addressed to Gravam Yarb at Anuncagra. I will carry it without opening it, and the guest’s identity will remain concealed.
Joren adds the sealed letter to the courier’s mail. The instructions are complete, the silver is accounted for, and Gravam will receive the teaching request without learning that the special guest is King Roderic.
Nilsar Yarb leaves Marrow family academy reception room behind and arrives at Anuncagra.
“I record the king as guest of honour and hop aboard Scarred Dragon ready to set sail with the crew and my soon to be wife wrapped in my green cloak”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +1)
Scarred Dragon glides into Anuncagra’s northern port beneath a pale evening sky. Salt wind moves across the quay, where townspeople pause beside stacked nets and mooring posts to watch the returning vessel.
Nilsar records King Roderic as guest of honour in the wedding memorandum, then steps from the deck onto the quay with Aveline wrapped in his green cloak. The gesture draws respectful murmurs from the watching shore.
Aveline Marrow
The coast remembers its returning families quickly. Let them see that the Marrows and Yarbs arrive together, openly and by our own choice.
Edda secures the gangplank while Bram and Tomas begin directing the crew toward the moorings. Harl takes the helm’s final line, and Teren checks the vessel’s position against the quay marks.
Gravam Yarb waits near the harbor steps, his long black hair streaked with grey and his grey-black goatee stirring in the wind. He holds a folded letter and watches Aveline’s borrowed cloak with startled recognition.
Gravam Yarb
Nilsar, your private letter reached me. I prepared the rites, but it says an honored guest requires instruction. Now I wonder what sort of guest you have brought home.
Aveline Marrow
Master Yarb, I am Aveline Marrow. Your son and I are to marry, and I would be honored to learn the customs from you directly.
Quest Complete
Assign the king a place as guest of honour
Skill Upgrade: Healing Mediocre→Fair
“Greetings father thank you for meeting us at the port, this is my Fiance Aveline Marrow Youngest to Baron Marrow and sister to Edric.”
Nilsar Yarb
Greetings, Father. Thank you for meeting us at the port. This is my fiancée, Aveline Marrow, youngest to Baron Marrow and sister to Edric.
Gravam’s startled expression settles into pleased recognition. He looks from Aveline’s green cloak to Nilsar, then bows formally despite the harbor wind and watching townspeople.
Gravam Yarb
Welcome home, both of you. Aveline, your name carries weight here already, but you are welcome as my son’s chosen family, not merely as a noble guest.
Aveline Marrow
Thank you, Master Yarb. I come willingly, and I hope to honor your household while learning the northern customs that will join our families.
Gravam’s eyes soften. He unfolds the private letter and checks its instructions once more, then gestures toward the road leading inland from the quay.
Gravam Yarb
Then come with me. Your mother and sister are waiting, the smithy is prepared, and the rites are ready to be taught. Tell me when the honored guest arrives, and I will meet that duty properly.