#i drew diana in her wedding dress as a warm up and decided to put all these ideas down before i forget them.

[pendleton-manor]

So @lydiaboyle and I discussed the topic of marriage in the dishonored universe and we settled on a few ideas so here they are: 

Ceremonies take place at night or the in early morning to hide from the Outsider. Alternatively, they take place indoors with the curtains drawn and entirely in candlelight. 

The couple spend an entire week separate from one another to observe the seven strictures, one stricture per day. On the seventh day the ceremony takes places. 

For nobility, the High Overseer officiates. 

Wedding vows focus on the seven strictures “on this day I choose to honor you, my hands will never wander to another”  ect. 

Overseer music boxes play throughout the ceremony to ward off the Outsider/heretics

The bride and groom wear elaborate, often incredibly expensive masks to deceive the outsider. 

Masks also represent the seventh stricture, which states that two “enemies” cannot inhabit one body. The mask symbolizes one’s past self that they must do away with for a successful marriage. To end the ceremony, the bride and groom must destroy their masks--this is a flaunt of wealth for nobility. 

After parties last for days, at least a week for the rich. Anything less than three days is laughable.