Ritual of Unity

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The Ritual of Unity
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The following ritual is “The Ritual of Unity” created by the Lisae of the Argent Goddess Lisaera. Our purpose is to bring together the voices of the Serenwilde in key, and awake the power that dwells within the forest, and within us.

Parts-
I.      Preparation
II.     Gathering
III.    Taking cardinal places
IV.    Circle dance
V.     ;
VI.     Spiral
VII.    Awakening the Serenwilde

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I. Preparation
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Monolith, palm, and flame any rooms involved.
Moondancers should summon fae and bring them to the ritual.
Moondance lighting effects should be used prior to the cleansing of the circle.
Mounts should be left outside.
All footwear should be removed before entering the ritual area.
EMOTEs should be used except where illusions are appropriate, unless otherwise noted.
(DI)- requires divine intervention

**Cleansing of the Circle**

This is a simple task to cleanse the area before the proceeding ritual takes place. Starting near the white blossom and spiraling outward, the wiccan will sweep the area with the broom while stating aloud the prayer to the Avatars beseeching Mother Moon's protective blessing. The EMOTEs can be tailored however you wish for this part.

Needed: Ancient ash broom, a wiccan, and a wiccan's fae entourage

Leaders only should be present for the cleansing.

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EMOTE quietly surveys the area with the ancient, ash broom held loosely in his hands. He exhales softly and begins to sweep, sweeping in an outward spiral near the white blossom. The fae flit about the platform unobtrusively, aside from a sprite and sylph butting heads occasionally, carrying unique blossoms that they place at each of the cardinal directions, and on a stone pedestal.

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INTONE (Moving purposefully with each sweep of an ancient, ash broom) Fair Luna, we call down Your light. Bring us joy and keep safe our hearts while we dwell within the Wildes

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SAY (As he moves further out with the fae nearly done with their task) Sweet Selene, we call down Your light. Bring us health and keep safe our children while they grow within the Wildes

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SAY (With a final tap of an ancient, ashen broom against the ground) Wise Albion, we call down Your light. Bring us wisdom and keep safe our secrets while we unite in sacred rite within the Wildes."

(DI) * * * *
A brilliant shaft of moonlight beams down from the heavens, illuminating the Crown of Rituals. Like a wave of light, the beam collapses across the forest, filling the boughs with a pale luminescence. You feel the protective touch of Mother Moon in your surroundings strengthen.

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II. Gathering
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After the cleansing is complete, all the leaders should follow the Moondancer leader to gather their guilds.

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The Guide will call for people gather for the ritual at the Moonhart Mother Tree, only members of the Free Forest of Serenwilde are allowed. It is mandatory for all Serenwilders to be present.

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Leader:
SAY Everyone should be gathered outside the ritual area prior to beginning, and should follow your specific guild leader. Please dismiss your mounts, remove all footwear, and prepare yourself to enter the Sacred Circle. We expect silence during the Ritual of Unity.

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Outside with everyone ready, the Moondancer Leader will:
SAY (in a bold, joyous tone) Greetings and welcome, everyone, please form an orderly line following your guild master. The Ritual of Unity will begin shortly

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Just before we are ready to enter:
EMOTE motions for the room to quiet as he loudly clears his throat to gain everyone’s attention.
(Give additional instructions as needed for silence)
Guild representatives should demand silence within their guilds, on guild aethers to reduce on-site noise.

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III. Taking the Cardinal Places
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The Moondancer leader walks his entourage to the ritual chamber and then:
EMOTE walks solemnly through the brightly lit ritual chamber, leading his coven to walk clockwise once completely around the circle, leaving those who follow in a partial circle around the ritual site before taking his place on a low platform in the center of the circle.
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EMOTE glances down as a bluebell blossom materializes in his hands.

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The Serenguard Leader:
EMOTE marches into the ritual chamber, making his way completely around the circle with the Serenguard following behind him, who fall into line with military posture with the Moondancer coven already gathered around the Sacred Circle. He stops in his place at the Northern point of the Inner Circle and stands proudly at his post.
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EMOTE glances down as a delicate snowdrop materializes in his hands.

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The Shofangi leader:
EMOTE elegantly glides around the Sacred Circle, leading the Kui around the outside of the circle to their place beside the Serenguard, and moves smoothly to her place at the Western point of the Sacred Circle.

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EMOTE glances downward as a curlicued alabaster loti materializes in her hands.

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The Hartstone leader:
EMOTE proudly strides into the ritual chamber leading his Hartstone clockwise around the Sacred circle, who stop to take their place in the Outer Circle beside the Shofangi. In a long stride, he takes his place at the Southern point of the circle.

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EMOTE glances down as a sunny cowslip blossom materializes in her hands.

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The Spiritsinger leader:
EMOTE enters the ritual chamber walking with her head high, leading the Spiritsingers clockwise around the ritual circle. Taking their place beside the Shofangi, they link hands forming an Outer Circle of Serenwilders young and old around the Sacred Circle.

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EMOTE glances down as a pansy blossom materializes in her hands.

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Non-leading participants should EMOTE linking hands or do nothing.

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Spiritsinger leader: Wield violin

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A short moment of silence.

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The Spiritsinger leader should perform stanza 1- 4 of Awaken to call the Ancestors of the Serenwilde.

“Hear our call, Honoured Ancestors. Let our voices guide your sight to our circle round.”
“Hail to the Fae, the Spirits of the Forest. Hail to the Seasons, we bid you welcome.”
“Welcome, Hart, from your musty grove. Welcome, Moon, from your high abode.”
“The Seren call you out! Wake now, rise up, take form, and remember!”

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Guild circle demonstration/dance begins
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The Spiritsinger leader performs stanza 1 of Cardinal:
“Moondancers of the Circle Center, of moonlight and enchantment, the intent of magic and vision.”
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 Moondancers
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Moondancer Leader:
EM holds his athame aloft as he murmurs a prayer to Mother Moon. The shimmering light from above glints upon its argent blade as his head tips back to gaze up. Closing his eyes, he holds both arms above his head as if seeking to embrace the Moon. The argent light strikes the blade and it begins to glow brighter than before as he starts to swing and leap wildly around the innermost part of the circle.

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Suddenly and without notice, he takes his athame with both hands at the hilt, tip pointed downwards toward the earth. Swiftly, he plunges the glowing blade into the ground.

(DI) * * * *
The moon on high immediately blazes with silver fire, sending forth blinding shafts of Her pale argent light upon each Moondancer present. Serenity takes this place and each individual beam widens to cover the entirety of the area with a most dazzling atmosphere.

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Spiritsinger Leader performs stanza 2 of Cardinal:
“Serenguard of the Circle North, of Earth and Stone, the essence of hardness and substance!”

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 Serenguard
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EMOTE kneels humbly, and placing a hand to the earth before rising tall, swiftly steps forward  from his place at the Cardinal North. Dancing with the northern winds, his eyes roll back into his head and he begins to mutter an ancient war chant, ghostly voices echoing softly his words from the shadows.

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EMOTE rises a bone bowl engraved with tribal designs to all in the room to see and packs it with herbs and exotic plants before summoning a moonflame firefly to set its contents on fire in a ritualistic fashion, still chanting softly. A pillar of white smoke rises from the bowl before collapsing into the image of a stalking jaguar, low growling heard in the distance.

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EMOTE throws and crashes the bowl and the jaguar form dissipates into an expanding smoke ring that reveals a colourful headdress of magnificent eagle feathers. Lifting the headdress high above his head, he walks in a wide circle with his voice reaching the high heavens and swirls of snow dance upon the wind, a veil of white against the clear sky. An eagle’s scream fills the air as the shadow of a giant bird passes overhead and a gnarled bark shield of the nature spirits drops from the firmament with a bang on the frozen ground.

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EMOTE picks the shield and wields it, banging on it in a challenge as the sound of rawhide drums rings violently in the air before falling back to a hushed rhythm, their pounding and erratic beats raising a silvery mist that hangs eerily over the mystic circle. The mist adopts the ghostly form of a wolverine, which leaps forward and briefly struggles with him before melting away with a fierce roaring salute that reverberates throughout your body.

(DI) * * * *
In a powerful ethereal wind, the wisping forms of the jaguar, eagle, and wolverine burst from his body, sweeping through each of the circles growing larger and more transparent until they suddently burst into thousands of twinkling motes and settle on the heads and shoulders of each of the Serenguard.

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Spiritsinger performs stanza 3 of Cardinal:
“Shofangi of the Circle East, of air and storm, the righteous of intention and consciousness!”
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Shofangi
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EMOTE leads all of the Shofangi in a meditative chant, booming out ancient mantras and harmonising with one another and with the sounds of the forest.

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EMOTE steps forward and performs an elegant kata, sweeping, turning, twisting and slicing in a rough ring within the ritual circle.

(DI) * * * *
Deep and low, high and sharp, the forest reverberates with the harmonies of the mantras, each vibration aligning perfectly.

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Wield shofa

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KA SHOTAH AIR
(This is the Shotah Text that will occur with the skill)
        Azus spins her shofa in each hand, crisscrossing them back and forth in elaborate patterns.
KA SHOTAH AIR is a mechanical ability of the Shofangi.

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EMOTE completes the kata with a swift thrust and a vicious kick, holding her pose for a moment before gliding away, rejoining the mantras and the other monks.

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 Spiritsinger performs stanza 4 of Cardinal:
“Hartstone of the Circle South, of blood and change, the movement of seasons and cycles.”

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 Hartstone
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Harstone Participant #1:
EMOTE strides from his place at Cardinal North, and begins to lift up his knees high, briskly walking in a wide circle to create a path in the shape of a ring. As he bounds faster through the cycle, his antlers flash silver as the ghostly image of a stag materializes close behind, following his galloping form.

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Hartstone participant #2:
EMOTE finds the rhythm of his legs moving forward to take the same gait as the Heir of the Glinshari, his mien a joyful expression of freedom as his own antlers are tossed back in a proud display as his galloping counters that of ^Avurekhos_him.

(DI) * * * *
As the two druids move in tandem, a hazy mist of silver-blue fog expound from the spectral vision of the stags entwining their antlers as they pass one another with each turn of the ring.

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EMOTE glides in an uneven pace around the opposing circles, her own delicate feet spinning as she pirouettes in the movements of cycling winds. Her hands rise in sinuous gesticulation as she cries out in her walking trance to will the spark of life.

(DI) * * * *
 The dewy cerulean air fades into a golden, verdant-tinted whorl of spring’s breeze as it follows the circling orbits of the trinity of druids as the progression of the seasons unfold with the dark vibrancy of autumnal leaves, and the blistering rippling of summer.

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A tender, elder moonhart sapling peaks through the soil, growing by the will of the druids in a representation and token of their unity. Soon maturing, the tree becomes fully grown, its glittering bark carving itself into a totem of the Silver Goddess, entwined vines with a silver chalice.

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Spiritsingers
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Spiritsinger leader performs stanza 5 of Cardinal
“Spiritsingers of the Circle West, of ashes and mist, the potent property of potential.”

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Spiritsinger Leader:
EMOTE steps forward from her place in the inner circle drawing a fine moonhart bow and carefully placing an a lustrous glass violin traced with silver scrollwork at her chin.

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EMOTE plays several abrupt chords with a dramatic flourish, followed by an intricate decrescendo that cause the ancestors swarming the room to starkly face her as reverberations from the last notes fill the air.

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EMOTE draws her bow delicately across the strings in sul tasto fashion, filling the air with a throbbing ethereal melody. She closes her eyes as she accelerates the succession of climbing notes, the passionate crescendo flitting up and down the scale in a rapid draw of her bow. She opens her mouth to sing as she carefully taps a succession of reverberating harmonics, her voice pealing like a silver bell as she slowly feels out each vowel, “Serynwodenhillirim!”

(DI) * * * *
Fine motes of alabaster and silver coalesce about her form as she holds the final note, the echo of her voice resonances throughout the forest, every colour brightening. Leaves quiver and unfurl as the final notes reach the canopy overhead, and the very wind holds its breath to listen.

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Moondancer leader:
EM bows his head as the last note resonates in echoes through the charged air of the chamber, he steps down from his platform, linking hands with the Inner Circle.

(DI) *  *  *  *
Spirits swirling in the air around chant wildly in old, forgotten tongues, settling one at a time to hover just behind each member of the Serenwilde, their mouths gaping wide with the syllables of their droning chant.

(DI) * * * *
The ritual beating of drums rumbles throughout the Serenwilde.

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Moondancer leader:
EMOTE moves with the beat of the drums in the air and the wild chanting of Ancestors swarming about the Circle. The leaders of the Inner Circle begin to turn clockwise in time with the beat and the leader's footsteps. As the Inner Circle take each other's hands, so too do the Outer Circle, as they sidestep to the left with intent, moving by the beat of the drums in a counter-clockwise fashion.

(DI) * * * *
As the Inner Circle turns opposite the Outer Circle, a deep humming resonates throughout the Serenwilde. A flood of white light envelops the Inner Circle in a blinding stream from above.

(DI) * * * *
The Outer Circle continues to turn, and the people of the Serenwilde stopping to turn inward to each other.

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Oathe of Unity
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Moondancer:
INTONE By the name of Ellindel Treeheart, we of the Moon Coven pledge our hearts to the fae and the forest. Under Moon's light and through Her wisdom we shall strengthen and guide the people of this wood!
 EMOTE releases a flower, its petals writhing with pale moonfire as it touches the ground.
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Serenguard:
INTONE In the name of the forest, by the blood of the Tribe, the Serenguard pledge their body and mind to protect the Serenwilde.
EMOTE drops the delicate snowdrop flower, its slender body landing lightly upon the platform.

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Hartstone:
INTONE In the past, through the present, and far into the future, the druids of the Serenwilde will remember the ancestors and keep the trees of this forest in the name of Glinshari Strongleaf.
EMOTE lets go of the sunny cowslip, the bright flowers catching upon the ground with a gentle sigh.
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Shofangi:
SAY Spirits of the Great Woods, High Crescent Eternal. Shofangi follow the ways, traditions, protections.

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EMOTE drops a curlicued alabaster loti with deliberate care, chanting "Akhanul Taichu, Kughanjirhan Asidaen. Shofhangi en-Eangjei."

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Spiritsinger:
SAY by the the Goddess Trialante we Spiritsingers promise our Voice shall ever uplift our brothers and sisters of the forest, and oppress those who so move us. We will lead each new generation through the ancient wisdom of the ancestors.

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EMOTE drops a pansy blossom, its dusky petals twirling before it touches the ground.

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Spiritsinger leader performs stanzas 1-4 of Unity:
“Our voices beat in sap and heartwood! Our feet thrum through leaf and flower!”
“Together, forever, the sum of us all. Together we blossom, we twist, we grow!”
“Strong together, forever, united, never divided - our strength is the strength of all!”
“We stand together, we stand together! We are One! We are True! We are the Seren!”

(DI) * * * *
Moonlight flickers wildly throughout the charged ritual chamber, the ambient sound of ancestral cries and the rushing of nature intermingling with the shouts of the gathered Seren. A palpable energy fills the atmosphere as colors seem brighter and sounds a bit more sharp.


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Moondancer Leader:
EMOTE Reaches his hands high into the air and boldly cries, “Basala'oren Seren!”

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All Leaders:
All the leaders at once, YELL, Basala'oren Seren!
 (With a dazzling flash of white and a decisive stomp of her foot) yell Basala'oren Seren!

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All participants:
YELL Basala'oren Seren!

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 (Cue the crumbling of Magnagora, cleansing of Gloriana, and revelation of the Ackelhornia cause it is that awesome :D)

THE END
THANK YOU FOR PLAYING

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Songs for Spiritsingers
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Compose new Awaken
Compose awaken stanza 1 lyric Hear our call, Honoured Ancestors. Let our voices guide your sight to our circle round.
Compose awaken stanza 1 imbue ancestralcall
Compose awaken stanza 2 lyric Hail to the Fae, the Spirits of the Forest. Hail to the Seasons, we bid you welcome.
Compose awaken stanza 3 lyric Welcome, Hart, from your musty grove. Welcome, Moon, from your high abode.
Compose awaken stanza 4 lyric The Seren call you out! Wake now, rise up, take form, and remember!
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Compose new Unity
Compose unity stanza 1 lyric Our voices beat in sap and heartwood! Our feet thrum through leaf and flower!
Compose unity stanza 2 lyric Together, forever, the sum of us all. Together we blossom, we twist, we grow!
Compose unity stanza 3 lyric Strong together, forever, united, never divided - our strength is the strength of all!
Compose unity stanza 4 lyric We stand together, we stand together! We are One! We are True! We are the Seren!
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Calling the points
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Compose new Cardinal
Compose cardinal stanza 1 lyric Moondancers of the Circle Center, of moonlight and enchantment, the intent of magic and vision.
Compose cardinal stanza 2 lyric Sereguard of the Circle North, of Earth and Stone, the essence of hardness and substance
Compose cardinal stanza 3 lyric Shofangi of the Circle East, of air and storm, the righteous of intention and consciousness
Compose cardinal stanza 4 lyric Hartstone of the Circle South, of blood and change, the movement of seasons and cycles
Compose cardinal stanza 5 lyric Spiritsingers of the Circle West, of ashes and mist, the potent property of potential
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***NOTES MOVING FORWARD:*** <<<<<<All of these, until the line break, have been looked into and come up with>>>>>>

1.      WHERE AND WHEN SHOULD THE BLOSSOMS AND THE TOTEMS BE INTRODUCED?
        - Consider someone Lowmagic Invoking the seasons.—yes-when the flower buds appear-
2.      WHAT ARE EACH GUILD’S TOTEMS GOING TO BE?
3.      I’M NOT SO MUCH FOR EMOTING FAE DOING THINGS, BUT! I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING THAT ADDS MORE FAE-ISH/ETHEREAL FLARE
 -- Azus Note -- What sort of a totem are you after? What do you mean by totem?
--->>Niina note:: Lisaera said totem, I think she means some “item” representative to your guild.
•     The Moondancer ritual guide takes the platform Center.-bluebell (athame)
•     The Serenguard leader takes the North.-snowdrop –totem? (standard or somesuch)
•     The Shofangi leader takes the East –lotus –totem? (crescent blade)
•     The Hartstone leader takes the South –cowslip- totem? (themselves)
•     The Spiritsinger leader takes the West –pansy- totem? (their song)
•     The Serenwilders link hands around the circle-everyone bring a lily? Just a thought. (Someone will have to EMOTE this personally or just leave it out entirely)


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 Bits of info:
Flowers: Spring is Bluebell in the East, Summer is Cowslip in the South, Autumn is Pansy in the West, and Winter is Snowdrop in the North. We will EMOTE these out as they are actual fae to participate. We can probably speak with Lisae if we can actual fae from faethorn to participate! Snowdrop may be a different story. ((Note: Snowdrop fae exist))


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CREDITS
Keyll Arrane Niina Yfae’dren, Song of the Wilde
Neshca
Hive Queen Azus Ankhemet, Khan en-Wilde
Arien
High Priest Lleuke Zayah, Bearer of the Silver Chalice
The Argent Goddess Lisaera
Idrazil
Enyalida
WHO ELSE NEEDS CREDIT??