The sun is trying to shine through the early morning mist. The night fire is almost out, a few brands remaining. A feminine silhouette, cloaked in grey, approaches the fire with some kindling wood. Pretty soon, the fire is roaring up again. After a while, the cloaked woman kneels down near the fire… Out of her satchel, she takes a special goblet, a hanap, and some herbs… and a bottle of old wine, that she puts down on the ground, on a clean piece of cloth. Then, gingerly, she takes out two golden rings. She palms them and squeezes them before throwing them into the living embers… « So be it! »
She proceeds to pour some wine in the hanap and then crumbles up pinches of herbs into it. She intones…
« Some anger berry to give us strenght
Some fourleafed oneberry to give us luck
Some flamegoblet to put fire in our eyes
Some sun herb, so we can hope for brighter days
And finally, she adds, smiling, some firnis blossom, so we do not forget about our good looks! »
She then motions to a smaller feminine silhouette, also cloaked in grey, standing in the misty shadows of a nearby tree.
« Come on dear, come near me, I need our blood now… Hold out your hand. »
She gently holds the smaller woman's hand over the hanap. She then removes a thin dagger from a side sheath and with a careful motion, she nicks the tip of a finger, letting some blood dribble into the wine and herb mix. Letting go of the other woman’s hand, she does the same with one of her own finger.
« Well, well, we are almost ready… »
(To be continued)
New dawn… a ceremony
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