CONGRATULATIONS TO HALENVAR AND ARANYA!
On Saturday, September 22, the autumn equinox, Arcanist Aranya Ver'Sarn and Captain Halenvar Bloodborne were married in a two-part ceremony, beginning with a Valarjar wedding in the Halls of Valor to receive the blessing of Odyn, followed by duels at the gates (as it would wouldn't be a Valarjar wedding without some fighting.) The wedding party then moved to Shattrath for the blessing of the sha'tar naaru, and finally adjourned to World's End Tavern for the reception, where drinks, toasts, dancing, and the traditional bouquet and garter tossing took place.
The newlyweds have no special plans for a honeymoon, citing that they met and grew closer by fighting for what they knew to be right, and that in these times of war they would simply continue to fight for a better world together.
Princess Talanji of Zandalar has personally offered the couple a luxuriant suite of rooms to stay in for a month, regardless, and wishes them joy in their now-married life together, as do a handful of other prominent figures in trade and in the Horde.
Aranya carefully lifted the crown of summer flowers from her darksome hair. Such blooms would fade away now that the autumn equinox was passed, but not these ones, no. The Thalassian woman smiled to herself as she gently pulled the last sleek strands free from the woven twigs, petals, and leaves, and then hung it on a hook above the enormous gilded bed.
Aranya had specifically chosen the exact flowers that she had worn for her wedding not only for their sweetness and beauty, but also for the fact that she knew these varieties of blooms would dry well. Their colors would be well-preserved, their scents would not fade completely, and as long as she kept them up high and dry, the dehydrated circlet would remain a memento of one of the most beautiful and important days of her life.
The flower crown that she had worn for her wedding to the bravest, stubbornest, most loving and caring man that she had ever known, would be a keepsake wreath that she would hang in their home together, and every time she saw it, she would smile, aglow.