Post by Accalia et Hart on Dec 16, 2005 20:56:01 GMT -5
Soul Sewing
Deciding to bring back old traditions, the Lady of Bellesang would go to every house that has a new child born. It is known that the Queen of the small witch-town must be a grand witch herself, and spends all of her life studying the art of magic, summoning and future telling/mind reading. Sometimes, the Lady even delves into the topic of science or celestial abilities a little. So, when a new child is born, she visits the family, rich or poor, and grants the kid a “spirit animal”, or the luckier ones get to be shifters.
The whole ceremony takes an hour of two, as the current Lady of the small town must pick an animal that seems to resemble the kid the most, and she then has to tweak around with the kid’s soul. There, she connects the soul of a long dead animal that protects the child and befriends him or her (in the case of shifters, it gains a few attributes from that animal and can transform back and forth).
The beginning of the ceremony is often opened up with a present from the mother and her family to the Lady, whether it is an old dress or a basket of vegetables varies on how much the family can afford. Once the Lady receives her gifts, she has to look into the future of this child’s and see what the child’s potential is, and how they act in the future. If the child will be seen as an angry person, the animal picked out for them is as angry as the child (for example, a badger) or if they have a gentle soul and are quiet, they might get an animal that is the same as them (for example, again, a deer).
After seeing this, she then summons a spirit of a deceased creature that is of the same species as what was called for the child, and has it’s soul “sewn” to the human child’s. The animals do not protest, and often are happy to get a second chance at life (they can’t reincarnate unless they’ve had this done to them and the person dies).
As soon as the soul sewing is finished up, the town has a small party and they get back onto their lives after dancing and having a good time.
The whole ceremony takes an hour of two, as the current Lady of the small town must pick an animal that seems to resemble the kid the most, and she then has to tweak around with the kid’s soul. There, she connects the soul of a long dead animal that protects the child and befriends him or her (in the case of shifters, it gains a few attributes from that animal and can transform back and forth).
The beginning of the ceremony is often opened up with a present from the mother and her family to the Lady, whether it is an old dress or a basket of vegetables varies on how much the family can afford. Once the Lady receives her gifts, she has to look into the future of this child’s and see what the child’s potential is, and how they act in the future. If the child will be seen as an angry person, the animal picked out for them is as angry as the child (for example, a badger) or if they have a gentle soul and are quiet, they might get an animal that is the same as them (for example, again, a deer).
After seeing this, she then summons a spirit of a deceased creature that is of the same species as what was called for the child, and has it’s soul “sewn” to the human child’s. The animals do not protest, and often are happy to get a second chance at life (they can’t reincarnate unless they’ve had this done to them and the person dies).
As soon as the soul sewing is finished up, the town has a small party and they get back onto their lives after dancing and having a good time.