Marriage between Sadalen and Acielon

Location: Blairhaim, thata Raikh af hize Dalen
Drunkenness: Properly Drunk
Time: Late Afternoon, the After Wedding Feast


After the ceremony had been completed and the marriage done, the honoured guests were all led into the great hall so that they could feast and make merry, in honour of the new couple of course. The first course passed uneventfully, with a good amount of laughter and cheer from the Sadaler guests and a strange amount of quietness and possiblly fear emanating from the foreign ones (other than those from West Thosel Cransconia, of course), as they seemed ready to jump each time another loud bout of laughter started. The drinks were passed around and conversation continued at a good pace, even as the first course of dishes were consumed.

The second course started well enough, with various types of fowl and rare and exotic animal meats being presented and served. The servants wheeling the various dishes around, replacing dirty plates and such, and serving the guests whatever caught their fancy. Oddly though, one of the lower tables had started to get quieter as the course went on and it was not a table with foreign-born guests. As suddenly as the hush fell on that table, one of the lords present there stood up and shouted out in Alemannnisch for all to hear 'Well wishes!', causing the rest of hall to quieten down and look towards him. The way he had done it was strange, as usually people did not try to silence the hall when wishing the couple well and instead just got up and approached the high table.

'I wish to speak to the happy couple.' he continued. Rather than continuing on in Alemannisch, a language that the foreigners could somewhat understand, he switched to Hundisch. 'O, Hauhkuno, dails so Skauninassus af seinos Bruths mid uns, seinos Fraujä! Weis wunskij igqis Sel en Liufs, thauh goed Horon* walj donai; afteralls, si ezi utlandleiks en skafleiks bi Gabaurths. Ni liug, wer si so batists jous kunnths bugj mid seinos Doms? Leiks theins Vadar, theina ezi ain weik Doms!' he spoke. The hall stood silent, the outsiders not understanding fully what had been said, but all those of the Raikh had understood perfectly and the new Hauhqene Riliane seemed to have understood that what was said was quite unpleasant, as she saw her husband go quiet, then perfectly still, and now she saw him practically shaking with rage.

Whatever had been said, it was grave and she understood that. Suddenly, her husband got up and just stood there staring at the man that had spoken to him and not saying a word. Then, he started to sing: 

As he finished, many of in the hall cheered at his response and the eyes shifted between him and the man he was faced with. The Hauhkuno looked at the man again and spoke. 'Hwat Kregen habb esh gasaihw? Esh ar ain Hund, ni maiza blotags then an Magath. Feht mik leiks ain Aba!' With this said, the Hauhkuno stripped off his clothing until he was in nothing but his small clothes and drew a dagger with which to fight. His opponent, now without any recourse, did the same and the two met in the middle of he hall. The crowd of onlookers started shouting various things, all calling for blood.

As the two men met in the middle, they began to circle each other with their blades at the ready.  The Hauhkuno quickly closed in, heedless of his foe's weapon, and headbutted the man with all the force and rage he had. He took a cut to his chest, but it was not deep and he was able to quickly follow up the initial attack with savage blows to his opponent's gut and head, causing the man to drop his weapon. The Hauhkuno, not interested in his own knife, threw it away and quickly moved to put the man onto the ground, so that he could straddle him and belabour his form with his fists.

His opponent was tough and was able to take advantage of the fact that the Hauhkuno was fighting with rage rather than skill, and tried to twist so as to get his rightful lord under him. Sadly for him, Vauhoks was an experienced fighter and quickly moved instead to recover and place his opponent into the most painful and effective submission hold he knew. The hold attacked the lord's elbow and shoulder and made him scream in pain, unable to move without completely destroying his own arm.

The man tried to struggle a bit more, but was finally beaten. The Hauhkuno leaned in and spoke softly into his ear 'I have won and I do not even have to kill you. They shall find you and they shall kill you for this. You might not have died if you had won, but now you are nothing but a nithing and I have strengthened my mandate. I will protect your wife and children, as your eldest son is promising, but know he shall be raised by me and he shall love me.' Having said his piece, the Hauhkuno broke off and two Guardsmen came and dragged his defeated foe from the hall.

As he rose up, those that had watched the fight all began to chant 'Blotrasett! Blotrasett! Blotrasett!' and the Hauhkuno now in good cheer, offered to wrestle any that would like to have a try at him. Three men came, and three men failed! Each one being devastated and forced to submit to him. Finally, his uncle, Robert Gulfsunus stood up and challenged him. As they circled around, things looked at first to be going the same as the last few fights, but when Hauhkuno Vauhoks tried to make his move, his uncle moved forward too and quickly managed to put him into a submission hold. In front of cheering and laughing crowds, his uncle shouted 'Say "uncle", come on, say it!'

The Hauhkuno struggled for a bit, but finally was forced to say 'uncle' and was let up, with the hall cheering and hollering at the display. Thoroughly happy, the Hauhkuno returned to the seat by his wife and said simply 'I am going to make sure that our marriage works and I am going to make sure you are happy.', before then engaging her in light conversation. Sadly, she seemed rather shocked by what she had seen, but he figured that was natural. She had no way of understanding what had actually transpired and he did not want to foul her mood by telling her what the man had insinuated. 

As the feast finished up, the men and women in the hall started dancing, with groups of three men and three women forming lines across from one another and holding handkerchiefs (in the case of the men) or ribbons (in the case of the women) between them. The dancers then took turns, carrying out increasingly more impressive footwork and eventually linking arms and spinning around. After that was done, the various groups linked arms and danced in a great loop, as the music carried on.

As this was going on, a soldier with a rather dishevelled appearance came into the hall and quietly spoke to Hairas Haimfaths Robertsunus. Some more quiet exchanges between various lords took place, before several of them followed the soldier back out of the hall. Haimfaths approached the dancing Hauhkuno and Hauhqene and quickly informed them that a game of football had been started outside with the poor soldier's canteen, and that the army garrison was playing against the locals, with the goals being set at a public house a few blocks away and the nearby barracks. With that said, Haimfaths excused himself and went off to join the game, with his cousin looking on at him enviously, before then turning back to his wife and giving her a kiss. After all, it would be a shame to leave such a beautiful and young wife alone.

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The Initial Taunt:

'O, Emperor, share the beauty of your bride with us, your lords! We wish you two joy and precious love, though good love (common) will do; after all she is foreign and sheepish by birth. Tell me truthfully, was she the best you could buy with your fame? Like your father, yours is a weak fame!'

*It should be noted 'goed Horon' is supposed to have a double meaning, implying the bride is nothing but a whore. 'Goedhorn' means 'whore', 'goed Horo' means 'good love'. He purposefully mispronounced 'Horo' in order to make that jab at the new Hauhqene.

The Hauhkuno's Challenge:

'What wars have you (speaking insultingly) seen? You are a dog, not once more blooded than a maid (virgin). Fight me like a man!'

For those confused by what a 'nithing' is, please read the following article from Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%AB%C3%BE