Courtship
The Courtship Ritual takes place during the Ethamza Festival, or the covered festival. It is the only time when all members of the Dark Matter from all over the world gather in the Dosig. The participants of the festival all take on the nebulous form of the original Dark Matter. Strangely enough although the Dark Matter take on a common form, they tend to stay with their own breed during courtship.
Masks are a very important part of the Courtship Ritual. The masks represent different mythos from the cultures that they originate from. They are also used to attract a potential festival partner with whom they can share Lonshin with. An effigy of herbs and items is offered to the darkness to ensure positive results for the offspring. During the end of the festival, paired couples come together and share Lonshin to produce an offspring. One of the parents then takes that offspring back to their homeland and raises the young to follow the lifestyle of their breed. This teaching time does not usually last very long, and soon the offspring must travel out on their own. However, some of the breeds tend to keep their offspring as close to them as possible. Sometimes that means within the same village.
Guidelines for Courting
1. When the thread for the Ethamza Festival is posted, you must wait until sign ups are open. A courting mask on each parent is Required to produce an offspring.The number of participants may be limited depending on the popularity. Post the name and image of the two pairs who want to court. If you are not the owner of one of the pair you must have the owner post permission. Sorry, inbreeding is not allowed.
2. Like in nature courting a partner is not guaranteed. Once you sign up to show the potential pairing, you
will have a 50% chance of the courting being successful. If you court members of the same breed together you will have 100% chance of the offspring becoming that breed. When you court two different breeds
together, you will have a 50% chance of getting one breed or the other. If you are unsuccessful in courting
this festival, you can try again next time and have the same likelihood of it being successful.
3. If the courting was successful you will be able to burn effigy items in the form of a poppet to
produce the effects you may want. Every confirmed courting spot comes with a basic poppet, and the ritual
is required for producing an offspring. You're also going to have the opportunity to pay for extra items if you
want them added to your offspring (clothes/weapons/items).
Masks are a very important part of the Courtship Ritual. The masks represent different mythos from the cultures that they originate from. They are also used to attract a potential festival partner with whom they can share Lonshin with. An effigy of herbs and items is offered to the darkness to ensure positive results for the offspring. During the end of the festival, paired couples come together and share Lonshin to produce an offspring. One of the parents then takes that offspring back to their homeland and raises the young to follow the lifestyle of their breed. This teaching time does not usually last very long, and soon the offspring must travel out on their own. However, some of the breeds tend to keep their offspring as close to them as possible. Sometimes that means within the same village.
Guidelines for Courting
1. When the thread for the Ethamza Festival is posted, you must wait until sign ups are open. A courting mask on each parent is Required to produce an offspring.The number of participants may be limited depending on the popularity. Post the name and image of the two pairs who want to court. If you are not the owner of one of the pair you must have the owner post permission. Sorry, inbreeding is not allowed.
2. Like in nature courting a partner is not guaranteed. Once you sign up to show the potential pairing, you
will have a 50% chance of the courting being successful. If you court members of the same breed together you will have 100% chance of the offspring becoming that breed. When you court two different breeds
together, you will have a 50% chance of getting one breed or the other. If you are unsuccessful in courting
this festival, you can try again next time and have the same likelihood of it being successful.
3. If the courting was successful you will be able to burn effigy items in the form of a poppet to
produce the effects you may want. Every confirmed courting spot comes with a basic poppet, and the ritual
is required for producing an offspring. You're also going to have the opportunity to pay for extra items if you
want them added to your offspring (clothes/weapons/items).
Effigy Items
Poppet
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A necessary item to burn with your effigy.
Maize - Guarantees a Yee offspring. One of the pair must be a Yee.
Dragon's Blood - Guarantees an Upir offspring. One of the pair must be an Upir. Oak - Guarantees a Barghest offspring. One of the pair must be a Barghest. Date Palm - Guarantees a Djinn offspring. One of the pair must be a Djinn. Willow - Guarantees an Equinfernal offspring. One of the pair must be an Equinfernal. Hyacinth - Guarantees a Female offspring. Black Kohosh - Guarantees a Male offspring. Saffron - Allows you to specify markings on the offspring. Wild Yam - Guarantees multiples. Allspice - A Random Breed of offspring. | Images Coming Soon
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