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A Warcraft Wedding: Ceremony Script

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Prelude:
World of Warcraft sound track - Legends of Azeroth

Burn Season – Perfect Acoustic Cover

Tony: "Please stand" Making the gesture for everyone to rise.

Processional:

Tony: "Please be seated"

*Turn off music*

Welcome:       

Tony: Who gives this woman to be married today?

Amanda's Father: "Her Father" he will then place Amanda hands into Jeremy's and takes his seat.
               
Tony:
"Aka'Magosh" (Ah-ka Ma-gosh This is an orcish greeting meaning "A blessing on you and yours") Facing towards the horde side

"Ishnu-dal-dieb." (Ish-new Dal-deb This is an Elvish greeting in Darnassian meaning "Good fortune to your family") Facing towards the Alliance side

Welcome to you all to this beautiful spot on this beautiful day.  We are gathered here today to witness the matrimonial bind-on-pickup of Amanda and  Jeremy. This joyous day celebrates the commitment and love with which Amanda and Jeremy start their epic-quest-chain together.

What greater thing is there for this Paladin (one hand motioning to Amanda) and this Rogue (other hand motioning to Jeremy) than to feel that they are joined together; to strengthen each other in all trials and quests, to minister to each other in all sorrow, and to share with each other in happiness.

We now close our eyes and bring to mind any loved ones who could not be here today. Though they are absent physically, we invoke, through our thought, their loving presence.  Now, from our hearts, we ourselves visualize and sanctify all the blessings we would bestow on Amanda and Jeremy in their lives as a couple and a family.

A brief moment of silence.

Tony: Amanda and Jeremy want to acknowledge their parents on this occasion, David and Kimberly and James.  Amanda and Jeremy offer their profound gratitude to their parents for all the love and care they showed in raising them. The unconditional gifts of love and support that you have continually offered have inspired them to become who they are today, and they thank you, from the bottom of their hearts, for guiding them to this celebration of love here today. Without you, this day would not be possible.

Foundation:

Marriage is the beginning of a new life, a chance at fulfilling long-held dreams, and an opportunity for great personal and spiritual growth. Marriage endures through the ages of trends and fads. Marriage thrives, and continues to live as a promise of a beautiful dream come true. As long as individuals are drawn together by fate, marriage will be a natural unfolding of that relationship.

Feelings come alive at a wedding. Great happiness. Some sadness. Apprehension. And sometimes pure relief! There is an acute awareness that something special, something that goes to the very heart of life, is about to happen. Something is gone forever, and something is born, brand-new and tender. Something to be nurtured and cared for, protected and cherished, challenged and strengthen your never before created marriage.

Each of you brings gifts to the other today. Gifts of hope and laughter, focus and seriousness of purpose. Sensitivity and recognition of the beautiful and the profound. Since childhood, you have searched for and dreamed about that special someone who would embody and express the gifts you now stand ready to give and to receive. But these gifts are not to be yours alone. A strong and resilient marriage is not an escape from the world but a contribution to it. Amanda and Jeremy, may you now combine and strengthen your gifts, to be offered as a distinct and beautiful gift to the world. For the world is in need of the beautiful and the good  and nothing is better suited to evoke that than a good marriage.

And now you stand before this loving community of family and friends, ready to acknowledge to the world: this is my beloved, the one with whom I choose to create the rest of my life.

Declaration of the community:     

Tony:  Jeremy and Amanda could have chosen to go to the Courthouse and could have been married in private.  By having a wedding ceremony, they seek the approval, the support, and the love of their families and friends in their new life together.  Will you, all, commit yourselves to aid and support and love these two as they build this new life?  Please give your assent by answering, "We will".



Declaration of intent:        

Tony: The covenant of marriage is one that can be entered into only by persons who are both legally and spiritually free to offer themselves to each other.  Therefore, in the presence of all those gathered here, I ask you, Amanda and Jeremy, to state your intentions.  Have you come freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in the sacred state of matrimony?

Amanda and Jeremy: "I do".


The Hands Ceremony:

Tony places his hand upon Jeremy's and Amanda's

Tony:  These are the hands of your best friend and full of love for you, that are holding yours on your wedding day as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow and forever.  

These are the hands that protect each other in P-v-P, looking for group, raids and any other gaming adventure.

These are the hands that will work along side yours as together you build your future.
  
These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief temporarily comes your way.  

These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes, tears of sorrow and tears of joy.

These are the hands that will tenderly hold your children.

These are the hands that will give you support and encouragement to chase down your dreams.

These are the hands that will hold you tight as you struggle through difficult times.

These are the hands that will give you strength when you need it.

These are the hands that will lift your chin and brush your cheek as they raise your face to look into eyes that are filled with overwhelming love for you
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And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.


Ring ceremony:

Tony: A circle symbolizes wholeness an unbroken and never ending circle symbolizing a commitment of love that is also never ending. The exchange of rings shall become soul bound and is a visible sign of your commitment.

Tony faces Jeremy

Do you, Jeremy take Amanda to be your lawfully wedded wife and live together forever in everlasting matrimony? Do you love, comfort, honor and keep her, in rez-sickness and in full bars of health, for richer or for poorer, for better or for worse for as long as you both shall live?
Jeremy: I do. Tim hands Jeremy the ring.
Tony: Then repeat after me
As this ring never ends, so will my love will be never-ending
As the cords bind to each other, so to you will I be soul bound
As precious as the gold it is made from, so precious are you to me

Jeremy:I love you, Amanda, as this ring will always remind you.

Tony: Do you, Amanda take Jeremy to be your lawfully wedded Husband and live together forever in everlasting matrimony? Do you love, comfort, honor and keep him, in rez-sickness and in full bars of health, for richer or for poorer, for better or for worse for as long as you both shall live?

Amanda: I do. Sam hands Amanda the ring.

Tony: Then repeat after me
As this ring never ends, so will my love will be never-ending
As the cords bind to each other, so to you will I be soul bound
As precious as the gold it is made from, so precious are you to me

Amanda:I love you, Jeremy, as this ring will always remind you.

Declaration of Marriage:      

Tony:  Jeremy and Amanda, your friends and family, all of us here, rejoice in your happiness and we pray that this day marks only one of many blessings you will share in your life together.  Now that you have spoken these words, with the power of your love, and the authority of the state, I do declare you husband and wife.

It is said that an entire universe exists in the hold of a kiss.  You may now kiss.
Here is the script of our wedding ceremony since I was asked by our guests to post it. Our wonderful Officiant was on board with our nerdy little script.

Some parts were taken from [link] Which I found online when looking at different scripts to include into our wedding.

The rest of it was the scripture our Officiant gave to us to pick and choose which pieces we wanted. So I took items like the "Hands Ceremony" and added our gamer flare to it.
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