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The Lich: /* Social Order of Dwarden */

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‎Social Order of Dwarden

The Lich: /* Marriage in Dwarden */

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‎Marriage in Dwarden

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‎Marriage in Dwarden

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The Lich: /* Maxims, Sayings and Aphorisms in Dwarden */

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‎Maxims, Sayings and Aphorisms in Dwarden

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‎Maxims, Sayings and Aphorisms in Dwarden

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‎Maxims, Sayings and Aphorisms in Dwarden

The Lich: /* Marriage in Dwarden */

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‎Marriage in Dwarden

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 '''Rank''':  A man's actual de jure and designated position.
 '''State/Status''':  A man's de facto position, generally
 '''''Nobility''''':  ''Nobility'' as such is a newer concept in Dwarden.  To foreigners in earlier times, the ''karden'' fulfilled the role of the nobility in other lands, receiving the appellation of "lord" and ruling the people in their lands as such.  However, unlike the nobility of Thousiers, Pompiers and old Encyclon, the title of karden does not automatically pass without question to the firstborn male under the rules of ''kalnistry'', and indeed can be lost by accepting subordinate roles in certain organizations deemed below the dignity of karden (lay-brother or minor orders in the Church, or armiger/low-serjeantry roles in the Order of the Beleaguered Shield)
 ===Karden, the Hereditary Knights of Dwarden===

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 A marriage cannot be challenged until three years have passed since the first marriage without a living child.  Indeed, even if a string of infants only draw but one breath, then the three years is renewed.  However, children are only stillborn, then after three years of this, and no less than three months after a still birth, a marriage may be challenged.  The challenger need only smash the shield of the husband, and thereafter he has nine days or until next Octavion, whichever is longer to demand the woman.
-====Polygyny in Dwarden====
+====Polygyny in Dwarden and the Mandorian Laws====
-With the coming of the Mandorian Laws, the custom of holy union long conducted by the clergy of Dwarden became ...
+With the coming of the Mandorian Laws, the custom of holy union long conducted by the clergy of Dwarden became obsolete.  As many women were without husbands or family, men in good standing with both Commander and Church might contend for sister-wives.  However, the law broke up the trend of powerful men taking many women into their houses, as the Mandorian law forbade men who already possessed two or more wives from ''shielding'' a woman until after two full weeks had past, and three weeks for three wives, four weeks for four wives, etc.  Thereby, men with no wives were no longer pressed out of marriage by men who could reliably win marital challenges.
 ===Knighthood===

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 Of old, in the pagan past of Dwarden, the concept of the marriage ''challenge'' has long existed.  Although suppressed by the Mandadorians, the ''challenge'' has survived throughout the centuries as a matter sustained by societal pressure, wherein an impotent or incompetent man may be challenge for the possession of his wife by a more worthy opponent.  Classically made at tournament days or great gatherings, the ''challenge'' was made by the striking of another man's shield or standard, set upon the door of all families of measure.  Naturally, the husbandmen of old might resist such a challenge, but if the challenge was just and deserved, the pressure of the collective villagers would become known, until at length the challenged would have no course but to accept contest for his wife by axe and shield.
-These customs resurfaced amid the stresses of the War against the Black Crown, when patience for childless marriages was less and less tolerated, especially as the Order began to grow in power.  In the early 8th century, the powerful Grand Master Mandor...
+These customs resurfaced amid the stresses of the War against the Black Crown, when patience for childless marriages was less and less tolerated, especially as the Order began to grow in power.  In the early 8th century, the powerful Grand Master Mandor... (the Mandorian Laws).
 In Dwarden, personal residences bear the shield of the family patriarch.  When a girl turns 16, upon that dawn, suitors may come to the house and attempt to present the girl with their own shield.  She is not required to open the door and receive a shield.  However, when she leaves the house, she cannot refuse the shield.  If many men present their shields at once to her, she may choose which shield she prefers.  Once she receives a shield, the girl is obliged to marry in no less than nine days.  On Trintine, if nine days have not elapsed, the deacon or priest is required to ask her if she requires more time to find a challenger, and if she says that she does, she has until the next Trintine to find a challenger.  By sundown on Octavion, the two men must meet in formal challenge.
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 A marriage cannot be challenged until three years have passed since the first marriage without a living child.  Indeed, even if a string of infants only draw but one breath, then the three years is renewed.  However, children are only stillborn, then after three years of this, and no less than three months after a still birth, a marriage may be challenged.  The challenger need only smash the shield of the husband, and thereafter he has nine days or until next Octavion, whichever is longer to demand the woman.
 ===Knighthood===

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 Of old, in the pagan past of Dwarden, the concept of the marriage ''challenge'' has long existed.  Although suppressed by the Mandadorians, the ''challenge'' has survived throughout the centuries as a matter sustained by societal pressure, wherein an impotent or incompetent man may be challenge for the possession of his wife by a more worthy opponent.  Classically made at tournament days or great gatherings, the ''challenge'' was made by the striking of another man's shield or standard, set upon the door of all families of measure.  Naturally, the husbandmen of old might resist such a challenge, but if the challenge was just and deserved, the pressure of the collective villagers would become known, until at length the challenged would have no course but to accept contest for his wife by axe and shield.
-These customs have been...
+These customs resurfaced amid the stresses of the War against the Black Crown, when patience for childless marriages was less and less tolerated, especially as the Order began to grow in power.  In the early 8th century, the powerful Grand Master Mandor...
 In Dwarden, personal residences bear the shield of the family patriarch.  When a girl turns 16, upon that dawn, suitors may come to the house and attempt to present the girl with their own shield.  She is not required to open the door and receive a shield.  However, when she leaves the house, she cannot refuse the shield.  If many men present their shields at once to her, she may choose which shield she prefers.  Once she receives a shield, the girl is obliged to marry in no less than nine days.  On Trintine, if nine days have not elapsed, the deacon or priest is required to ask her if she requires more time to find a challenger, and if she says that she does, she has until the next Trintine to find a challenger.  By sundown on Octavion, the two men must meet in formal challenge.

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 ===Marriage in Dwarden===
 In Dwarden, personal residences bear the shield of the family patriarch.  When a girl turns 16, upon that dawn, suitors may come to the house and attempt to present the girl with their own shield.  She is not required to open the door and receive a shield.  However, when she leaves the house, she cannot refuse the shield.  If many men present their shields at once to her, she may choose which shield she prefers.  Once she receives a shield, the girl is obliged to marry in no less than nine days.  On Trintine, if nine days have not elapsed, the deacon or priest is required to ask her if she requires more time to find a challenger, and if she says that she does, she has until the next Trintine to find a challenger.  By sundown on Octavion, the two men must meet in formal challenge.
-Challenges are always officiated by a monastic, who serves as Master of the Challenge.  A wooden weapon is selected by the challenged, and both fight with this weapon.  Chain mail is worn for these contests, and a simple shield bearing a family crest, but magical items, enchantments and all other advantages are stripped, on penalty of forfeit or worse.  The victor marries the girl the next day, unless grieviously injured, in which case he must weight for the next Trintine, but risks being rechallenged by another man.  The loser of a challenge cannot issue a second consecutive challenge.  However, if the girl marries and becomes a widow, or marries a new second challenger, the original loser may attempt to win her again.
+Challenges are always officiated by a monastic, who serves as Master of the Challenge.  A wooden weapon is selected by the challenged, and both fight with this weapon.  Chain mail is worn for these contests, and a simple shield bearing a family crest, but magical items, enchantments and all other advantages are stripped, on penalty of forfeit or worse.  The victor marries the girl the next day, unless grieviously injured, in which case he must weight for the next Trintine, but risks being rechallenged by another man.  The loser of a challenge cannot issue a second consecutive challenge.  However, if the girl marries and becomes a widow, or contracts to marry a new second challenger on the next Trintine, the original loser may attempt to win her again before the marriage vows are taken.
 ====Marriage Challenge====

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 '''''By the Ashes of Nanthane''''':  An exclamation, used especially within the Order of the Beleaguered Shield, when expressing amazement of good triumphing over great evil.  The expression comes from the great Paladin-Saint Nanthane, the Peasant-General of St. Yathamian, who was incinerated by the red dragon Grandolin just after he stabbed through the beast's eye.
-'''''By the Dread Throne'''''
+'''''By the Dread Throne''''':  An allusion to the seat of the Grand Master of the Order
 '''''Maldrenian Villain''''':  A villain who is never seen, and who is never encountered.  Ex:  "The vampire that haunts these lands is a Maldrenian villain, for I prophecy that we will never once see the monster that destroys us."  So coined after Indrian Maldren, the King of Thorania who is never once directly revealed in the epic songs sung of him and called after his name.

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 '''''By the Dread Throne'''''
 '''''Maldrenian Villain''''':  A villain who is never seen, and who is never encountered.  Ex:  "The vampire that haunts these lands is a Maldrenian villain, for I prophecy that we will never once see the monster that destroys us."  So coined after Indrian Maldren, the King of Thorania who is never once directly revealed in the epic songs sung of him and called after his name.
 '''''Masterane's Courage''''':  A term referring to the consequences of wanton desire for power and prestige; used in reference to Lord Masterane of Thrantine, who might have slain the great red dragon Grandolin, but feuded with his companions over who might have the glory of delivering the final blow, and in so doing lost the chance to do it.  Masterane displayed his vain courage in slaying his companions and facing the dragon alone, resulting in his doom.
 ==History==

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	'''''By the Ashes of Nanthane''''': An exclamation, used especially within the Order of the Beleaguered Shield, when expressing amazement of good triumphing over great evil. The expression comes from the great Paladin-Saint Nanthane, the Peasant-General of St. Yathamian, who was incinerated by the red dragon Grandolin just after he stabbed through the beast's eye.		'''''By the Ashes of Nanthane''''': An exclamation, used especially within the Order of the Beleaguered Shield, when expressing amazement of good triumphing over great evil. The expression comes from the great Paladin-Saint Nanthane, the Peasant-General of St. Yathamian, who was incinerated by the red dragon Grandolin just after he stabbed through the beast's eye.
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		+	'''''By the Dread Throne'''''
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		+	'''''By the Gray Shield'''''

	'''''Maldrenian Villain''''': A villain who is never seen, and who is never encountered. Ex: "The vampire that haunts these lands is a Maldrenian villain, for I prophecy that we will never once see the monster that destroys us." So coined after Indrian Maldren, the King of Thorania who is never once directly revealed in the epic songs sung of him and called after his name.		'''''Maldrenian Villain''''': A villain who is never seen, and who is never encountered. Ex: "The vampire that haunts these lands is a Maldrenian villain, for I prophecy that we will never once see the monster that destroys us." So coined after Indrian Maldren, the King of Thorania who is never once directly revealed in the epic songs sung of him and called after his name.

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	====Karden and the Order====		====Karden and the Order====
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		+	===Marriage in Dwarden===
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		+	In Dwarden, personal residences bear the shield of the family patriarch. When a girl turns 16, upon that dawn, suitors may come to the house and attempt to present the girl with their own shield. She is not required to open the door and receive a shield. However, when she leaves the house, she cannot refuse the shield. If many men present their shields at once to her, she may choose which shield she prefers. Once she receives a shield, the girl is obliged to marry in no less than nine days. On Trintine, if nine days have not elapsed, the deacon or priest is required to ask her if she requires more time to find a challenger, and if she says that she does, she has until the next Trintine to find a challenger. By sundown on Octavion, the two men must meet in formal challenge.
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		+	Challenges are always officiated by a monastic, who serves as Master of the Challenge. A wooden weapon is selected by the challenged, and both fight with this weapon. Chain mail is worn for these contests, and a simple shield bearing a family crest, but magical items, enchantments and all other advantages are stripped, on penalty of forfeit or worse. The victor marries the girl the next day, unless grieviously injured, in which case he must weight for the next Trintine, but risks being rechallenged by another man. The lose of a challenge cannot issue a second consecutive challenge. However, if the girl marries and becomes a widow, or marries a new second challenger, the original loser may attempt to win her again.
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		+	====Marriage Challenge====
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		+	A marriage cannot be challenged until three years have passed since the first marriage without a living child. Indeed, even if a string of infants only draw but one breath, then the three years is renewed. However, children are only stillborn, then after three years of this, and no less than three months after a still birth, a marriage may be challenged. The challenger need only smash the shield of the husband

	===Knighthood===		===Knighthood===