The Under-realm wedding ceremony was held in Realmgate City. They had decided on an Orc poly wedding. The Brides and Grooms were given old Orc scimitars and an Orc Priest began his speech. “By strength, over weakness,” he began, “these warriors intend to unite their houses and become one. If any wish to try and keep them separate, make your attempt now.” A male Orc wearing old armor then leapt up from the audience.
“Your fate just went from bad to worse!” he called. “You face an Orc who speaks in verse! Your desecration of marriage will not stand! You will all fall by my hand! This pseudo-harem will fall! Your bones will decorate my wall! Shall I say goodbye, when you fall and die, after I pluck out your eye?!” The Orc then roared and charged at the six. Malnar and her lovers quickly went on the defensive, blocking the Orc’s blows. Despite the odds against him, he kept up the attack. “My blows, you will feel! You will be brought to heel!” Just then, Lardeth tripped him up. Falnii then swung her scimitar and he blocked it, but Arsha landed her scimitar on his chest. He knocked her aside and picked himself up only to be met with Foresna and Gorfanth’s scimitars. Malnar then swooped in. “Wait! Wait! Let me live!” begged the Orc. “At least let me write my eulogy!” Malnar raised her sword, then swung. Just before the blade hit him, he rolled out of the way and conjured a maho-particle avatar. Malnar killed the avatar in the most brutal fashion as the real Orc ran from the stage. She then raised her hands and looked out to the audience.
“Be there others that dare interrupt my wedding?!” she called. No one replied. “Then I, Malnar Emboramii, do take Lardeth Felompha, Arsha Royana, Falnii Loftanaf, Foresna Falshenda, and Gorfanth Steelhorn as my husbands and wives!” Gorfanth then raised his scimitar.
“I, Gorfanth Steelhorn, do take Malnar Emboramii, Lardeth Felompha, Arsha Royana, Falnii Loftanaf, and Foresna Falshenda as my husbands and wives!” Arsha raised her weapon next.
“I, Arsha Royana, do take Malnar Emboramii, Lardeth Felompha, Falnii Loftanaf, Gorfanth Steelhorn, and Foresna Falshenda as my husbands and wives!” Foresna was next.
“I, Foresna Falshenda, do take Malnar Emboramii, Arsha Royana, Lardeth Felompha, Gorfanth Steelhorn, and Falnii Loftanaf as my husbands and wives!” Lardeth raised his scimitar.
“I, Lardeth Felompha, do take Malnar Emboramii, Arsha Royana, Foresna Falshenda, Gorfanth Steelhorn, and Falnii Loftanaf as my husbands and wives!” Falnii was the last to raise her scimitar.
“I, Falnii Loftanaf, do take Malnar Emboramii, Lardeth Felompha, Arsha Royana, Foresna Falshenda, and Gorfanth Steelhorn as my husbands and wives!”
“By all the power invested in me,” called the Priest, “I hereby pronounce you husbands and wives! Claim your kiss now!” Malnar planted a deep, passionate kiss on each of her lovers’ lips. The crowd cheered as the band played the Under-realm national anthem.
Like the Over-realm, the reception was held in Malnar’s castle. It was the first time Arsha met Malnar’s paternal grandparents. Malnar always called her grandpa “Steel” and her grandma “Bird”. What really shocked her lovers were that they were both Human/Orc Blenders. “So, hang on,” remarked Lardeth, “how is it that Orbak’s fully human?!”
“Don’t you know anything about genetics?” asked Malnar.
“I fell asleep during those classes. Maho-physics interested me more.” Steel and Bird rolled their eyes.
“Can’t snag ‘em all, can we?” muttered Steel.
“Well, we’re geneticists,” said Bird, “so we can fill in the gap here.” She tapped the end of her cane to a wall and made a large two by two grid. “This is called a Rodalen’s Square, the base model for determining genetic chance and named after Tonushar Rodalen, the father of genetic prediction algorithms. We’re gonna use Arsha’s parents for an example. In this instance, the father has a human skin tone. To represent that, we’ll use a large Toket.” She tapped the wall again and the Under-realm symbol Toket appeared along twice along one side of the square. “For the mother’s skin tone, we’ll use a smaller Toket along the top.” She tapped the wall once again and the smaller toket appeared twice along the top. “Now, in this instance, while traces of the mother show, the Human side is considered dominant concerning the skin’s color.” Arsha’s ears wiggled as she smiled. “So, in this instance, both genes would come together and the larger of the two Tokets will be paired with the smaller ones.” She tapped the wall again and each section of the square was filled with a large Toket and a small one. “In our line of work, the bigger letter indicates the more dominant gene. In this instance, the child has a 100% chance of being a Blender with a father dominant skin color.” She then turned to Steel and nodded to him.
“Now, what if Arsha married a Human/Kitsune Blender of her own skin tone?” he asked. He used his wand to clear the square and run a pair of Tokets along the top and side, one large and one small. “In this instance, there’s a bit more of a chance the child will be different. In this instance, with both Large Tokets so close together, the child could be a full Human when it comes to the color of their skin.” The upper left section with Large Tokets on both the top and side filled itself with both of them. “Or perhaps the child will be a full Kitsune.” The lower right section filled with both small Tokets. “Or, more likely, the child will still be a Blender.” The remaining two sections were filled with first a Large Toket and a Small one.
“So, in your instance, an Orc’s traits are dominant?” asked Lardeth.
“Exactly,” replied Bird. “And Orbak had the genetic prize of getting all the human traits from us.”
“Caused a bit of a stir when his birth was announced, let me tell you!” chuckled Steel. Bird swatted his arm.
“Come on!” called Malnar. “It’s time for the photos!” Malnar and her spouses got pictures of them and Malnar’s side of the family. Even Yunfeen got to visit. Once the reception was over and the photos were taken, the wedded group headed to the ship and it took off for the last wedding ceremony in the Mid-realm.