Are you feeling romantic and hope to get married in-game on Valentine's Day or shortly around then? Are you Cleric or other priest that always gets asked to perform a wedding but is never quite sure what to say? Here are some tips on running Weddings in EverQuest.
Planning your Wedding In-game couples are getting married in EverQuest all the time. The weddings are usually performed by fellow guild members, usually a cleric or the guild leader. However, you'll often find people getting married in unique ways and needing the assistance of others to pull it off. When thinking about getting married in-game, be sure to give plenty enough time for the planning stage. You'll need to keep the following in mind:
- Location: Where is the wedding going to be held? Are there any dangerous creatures lurking about the area that might cause a disruption. Is the location out of the way enough that others will not be disturbed by it?
- Vows: Are the bride and groom going to say their own vows? If so you may want to set up hotkeys for the vows to keep from making typos.
- Uniqueness: Are you hoping to have the wedding be unique? Perhaps you want to have the wedding take place after your guild clears a zone. If there's anything unique about your wedding, be sure it can be done.
- Scheduling: When do you plan on having your wedding? If your wedding is going to be just between the bride and groom, you may not need a lot of planning time for it and may not need to schedule it too far in advance. However, if you plan on having a lot of people attend, you'll need to make sure you schedule the event in advance and at a time that is convenient.
- Memories: Be sure to take plenty of screenshots and/or make a video of your wedding.
Getting Guide Help for Weddings The EverQuest Guide Program is happy to assist in weddings or other player-run events. Please note that they can't provide cool loot, be an NPC for you, or be a body-guard against monsters, and they may have some restrictions based on our schedules or where the event is to be held, but if you give enough notice ahead of the wedding or event, they will do what they can! The specifics of the Guide's role in any specific player-run event can be discussed at the time of the contact. To contact a Guide regarding a wedding you can use the command /guidehelp in game. /Guidehelp is a Guide level queue designed for the players to contact Guides with feedback and requests, even if a Guide is not online at the time you send it. The syntax is: /guidehelp
The Traditional Wedding
Script provided by the EverQuest Guide Program /emote clears his throat gently for attention, and raises his hands in greeting to the assembled crowd. Dearly beloved! We are gathered here, in this dark/bright and evil/good setting, to witness and celebrate one of the most powerful adventures any two among us can enter upon. For, on this fine dawning, we gather to lend our support and best wishes to the most joyous of Bindings of Affinity - that between husband and wife. If there be anyone here who knows just cause why these two, [GROOM] and [BRIDE], should not be wed, let them speak now (and pay the price!), or forever hold their peace! /emote listens intently (/emote ignores the hecklers in the back row and continues) -or- (/emote nods with satisfaction and continues) The realm of Norrath is wide and wondrous, and many miracles manifest themselves here. And it is the lucky adventurer indeed who finds a soul mate to share such things with him, or her. For once so bound together, every triumph they share is the sweeter, every tragedy the more bittersweet. To quest alone is noble. /emote smiles To quest together with the one you love is magnificent! /emote turns to [GROOM] *note: tell the groom not to respond until you tell him to do so, this part is long. [GROOM], do you take [BRIDE] to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in full health and unconsciousness… in times of full buffs, fine gear, and many coins, and in times when rabid and poisoned, empty handed, and without a copper to both your names… through ten thousand deaths and resurrections, for as long as ye both shall adventure? (Inform him to respond) /emote nods solemnly and turns to [BRIDE] *note: tell the bride not to respond until you tell her to do so, this part is long. [BRIDE], do you take [GROOM] to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in full health and unconsciousness… in times of full buffs, fine gear and many coins, and in times when rabid and poisoned, empty handed and without a copper to both your names… through and after ten thousand deaths and resurrections, for as long as ye both shall adventure? (Inform her to respond) /emote nods and beams a smile. [GROOM] and [BRIDE], have you brought with you the eternal symbols of timeless unity, rings, to exchange? (Wait for response) The [BRIDE], extend your left hand so that [GROOM] may place upon it the ring he bears as a token of his love. And [GROOM], repeat after me these solemn words handed down through the ages: "With this ring, [BRIDE], I thee wed." (Wait for response) And now, [GROOM], extend your own left hand, that [BRIDE] may take it, and place upon it the ring she bears as a toke of her love. And [BRIDE], repeat after me these solemn words handed down through the ages: "With this ring, [GROOM], I thee wed." (Wait for response) /emote smiles again, more broadly than before. I bless this union, and ask [deity] that he guide this good/evil couple through all their adventuring in Norrath, until the end of time. (Optional, this part is best coordinate with a Guide or GM to be present at this time) T'is traditional, but not required, that spouses share, as a symbol of their joint commitment, one to another, a common surname. Do either of you wish to take the surname of the other, to so proclaim your bond to all? (Wait for response) And so it shall be written, and so it shall be seen by all for all time. (Name is changed now) And now, by the authority vested in my by the gods of Norrath, I am proud to pronounce you, Husband and Wife! You may kiss the bride. /cheer
To offer additional tips on performing or planning for in-game weddings events join the Weddings in EverQuest discussion thread over on the official EverQuest Forums.