Wedding Vows
Step 1
Groom:
My beloved Lady, our love has become strong by your walking one with me. Together we will share the responsibilities of Life. May Garlen bless us with noble children to share.
Bride:
This is my commitment to you, my Lord. Together, we will share the responsibilities of Life. I promise that I will fulfill all of my share of those responsibilities for the welfare of the family.
Step 2
Groom:
O my beloved Lady, now you have walked with me the second step. My Astendar bless you. I will love you and you alone as my wife. I will fill your heart with strength and courage: this is my commitment and my pledge to you.
Bride:
My Lord, at all time I shall fill your heart with courage and strength. In your happiness, I shall rejoice. May Astendar bless you and our family.
Step 3
Groom:
O my beloved Lady, now you have walked three steps with me, our wealth and prosperity will grow. May Chorrolis bless us.
Bride:
My Lord, I love you with single-minded devotion as my husband. I will treat all other men as my brothers. My devotion to you is pure and you are my joy. This is my commitment and pledge to you.
Step 4
Groom:
O my beloved Lady, it is a great blessing that you have now walked four steps with me. May Jaspree bless you. You have brought suspiciousness and sacredness to my life.
Bride:
O my Lord, in all acts of righteousness, in material prosperity, in every form of enjoyment, and in divine acts, I promise you that I shall participate and I will always be with you.
Step 5
Groom:
O my beloved Lady, now we have walked five steps with me. May we be prosperous. May all the Passions bless us.
Bride:
O my Lord, I will share both in your joys and sorrows. You love will make me very happy.
Step 6
Groom:
O my beloved Lady, by walking six steps with me, you have filled my heart with happiness. May I fill your heard with great joy and peace, time and time again. Astendar bless you.
Bride:
My Lord, may Astendar bless you. May I fill your heard with great joy and peace. I promise that I will always be with you.
Step 7
Groom:
O my beloved Lady, as you have walked these seven steps with me, our love and friendship have become inseparable and firm. We have become one and complete. May out marriage last forever.
Bride:
My Lord, by our will and the blessing of Astendar, I give myself to you. Whatever promises I gave you, I have spoken them with a pure heart. All the Passions are witness to this fact. I shall love you forever.
After the seventh step is taken, the couple joins hands and completes the walk to the altar together.
Officiant:
You have come here with love and commitment in your hearts. You have made promises to each other and now stand here before all creation. You have sworn to each other love, assistance, and protection. If you choose to seal this promised bond, I must ask: Do you intend to fulfill your oaths to each other?
Bride & Groom Response:
I do.
At this time, if the couple has chosen Elven custom, they take their roses and twine their stems together, sealing the marriage.
Officiant:
Then I, with the power given to me by ______________ (the Passions, the King, the Queen, etc.) pronounce you husband and wife.