Tatal's wedding was a grand affair…
By the standards of the nascent civilization of the Age of Gods, of course.
The whole village participated in the preparations. The best seamstress of the tribe prepared her wedding dress; the hunters ventured deep into the forest to procure meat for the feast. A few of the daring youths robbed the nest of an Awakened queen bee and made it away with several jars of mystical honey.
The shadow had to scare the enraged creature into abandoning its plans of revenge.
The old women created an elaborate headdress, using ember, carnelian, and rubies to decorate it. An elderly craftsman carved the auspicious charm — the figurine of a ferocious wolf — from a piece of precious jade.
Special dyes were created. The shaman of a tribe spent many days preparing to officiate the ritual. The children prowled the forest, searching for sweet berries on the ground and glistening gemstones in the streams.
