Inktober Day 08: Matrimony

Today's Prompt is "Matrimony"

Shadows are darkest where light shines brilliant.
Beauty dwells even among horrid sights.
Lives become entangled, then part.

Life and Death. Holy and Infernal. Night and Day.

What tales and myths of duality exist in your setting?

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lunalapanda

Oct 7, 2018 22:01 by Atena Luna

Citlali Maquiztli

Item | Nov 15, 2018

Bracelets of protection for the soon-to-be married

Kelban

Oct 8, 2018 09:15

Pyrophoenix

Species | Oct 8, 2018

Cryophoenix

Species | Oct 8, 2018

Venerable Grandmaster Isaac Thompson

Oct 8, 2018 12:55 by Isaac A. Thompson

Two characters who wish they could be married but can't, for a few reasons :p

Writer of Tiyu Amara, and The Last Line

Master Uberphish

Oct 9, 2018 05:11

If you saw my previous entry, NO YOU DIDN'T! I changed my mind at the last second when I remembered something more fitting.

Laeera the Rain Bird

Character | Oct 9, 2018

Her 'other half' is currently a mirror of this article, since their stories are pretty inseparable. They'll become more distinct when I have time to build on them.

Exalted Councilor of the Inner Sanctum tjtrewin

Oct 9, 2018 16:22 by TJ Trewin

Please consider voting for me in the 2024 Worldbuilding Awards!

Zeke Lionhart

Oct 9, 2018 16:41 by Luiz Henrique P. de Carvalho

by Zeke Lionhart

In the elven culture buildings are made only from cultivated trees, and as they take long to grow, wood has earned a cultural importance. It's a great symbol of commitment to give your loved one a gift made of your wood.

Venerable Grandmaster HituraRael

Oct 9, 2018 21:41 by Alicia Colicchio

The twins of Life and Death https://www.worldanvil.com/w/eldris-hiturarael/a/the-twins-marada--emend-article

Grandmaster King_Nix

Oct 9, 2018 23:38 by Joshua Lancaster

The First Marriage

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Venerable Grandmaster purenightshade

Oct 10, 2018 00:11 by Melissa Stone

Ferali Marriage customs

Venerable Grandmaster Your1 Nightmare

Oct 10, 2018 02:26 by Jacob Waterman

The Union of Life and Death

Myth | Oct 31, 2018

The Union of Two Gods

Grandmaster AmevelloBlue

Oct 10, 2018 18:44 by Ame Blue

by Amevello Blue

Innokha

Oct 10, 2018 20:56 by Victoria Stone

Almighty Deity Ademal

Oct 11, 2018 07:03 by Ademal

Lady Akrasiel, Prince of Ambition

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She Took What She Deserved

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Oct 11, 2018 14:15

The Joining of Time and Space

Myth | Oct 11, 2018

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Oct 11, 2018 19:13 by Johann Duarte

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Myth | Oct 9, 2018

Venerable Grandmaster Sai-Tyme

Oct 11, 2018 23:56 by Sai & Tyme

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motorthud

Oct 12, 2018 01:17 by Andrew Daly

While more nitty-gritty than lovey-dovey, this guide brings light to some of the potential unifications of the people of Endhaven.

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Svagtlys

Oct 12, 2018 07:54 by MoMo

Sibling rivalry, enmity, and loathing between single-minded deities. Adall and Arcen

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Oct 13, 2018 17:55 by Kai

Venerable Grandmaster accolon

Oct 19, 2018 11:38

Legend of Two Suns

Almighty Deity BasicDragon

Oct 23, 2018 01:34 by Dragon

by BasicDragon

Tattoos is a marriage ritual among some of the cultures of the Almid, the only human race living on the Lenki islands XD;

9michael6

Oct 23, 2018 02:07 by Michael Ward

The Love of the Moroïs

Myth | Feb 18, 2019

A creation myth held by a minor sect of Ithilien's Moroïsian faith. The sect believes the two gods are lovers rather than sisters.

Grandmaster littletoes101

Oct 24, 2018 13:33 by Richard Bradley

Sol and Lunae's Merge

Myth | Oct 24, 2018

How was Alternia created?

An interesting unfinished tale of how Alternia came to be!

ricky -- 24 years old -- he/him, fae/faer, tiger/tigers pronouns -- current project: novanati rebuilt

Venerable Grandmaster Snake__Venom

Oct 27, 2018 19:09 by Snake Venom

Part of matrimony: a ring:

ElementalShrike

Oct 31, 2018 19:05

https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-seas-of-steel-elementalshrike/a/expedited-marriage-article

Venerable Master ChaosTearKitsune

Oct 31, 2018 20:21 by Terry-Lynn L

https://www.instagram.com/p/BorhGvSleKK/?hl=en&taken-by=chaostearkitsune

Councilor of the Inner Sanctum strixxline

Nov 1, 2018 19:04 by Polina "Line" Arteev

Ideal Placement of the Ring by Polina Arteev

Seek a new dawn, in Malkora!
The Feral Sovereign sleeps peacefully, but will return...

Dusty Telescope

Nov 1, 2018 20:02