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| =====Marriage and Legitimacy===== | =====Marriage and Legitimacy===== | ||
| - | Two (or more) people can be legally married no matter their gender or sexuality, provided all parties are eighteen or older. Arranged marriages do take place, but not outside of these limitations. It is possible to opt out of an arranged marriage. The consequences for doing so vary from family to family, but mostly consist of displeased parents. However, this does not happen particularly often due a strong cultural sense of familial duty. | + | Two (or more) people can be legally married no matter their gender or sexuality, provided all parties are eighteen or older. Arranged marriages do take place, but not outside of these limitations. It is possible to opt out of an arranged marriage. The consequences for doing so vary from family to family, but mostly consist of displeased parents. However, this does not happen particularly often due to a strong cultural sense of familial duty. |
| Once married, a couple will decide between them which house to officially join (although links to a newlywed’s previous house will almost always be well maintained). The more wealthy or influential house is almost exclusively the one chosen. | Once married, a couple will decide between them which house to officially join (although links to a newlywed’s previous house will almost always be well maintained). The more wealthy or influential house is almost exclusively the one chosen. | ||
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| Children of any gender can inherit, dependent on order of birth.((This is also the case for adopted children.)) However, when it comes to inheritance, legitimacy is paramount. | Children of any gender can inherit, dependent on order of birth.((This is also the case for adopted children.)) However, when it comes to inheritance, legitimacy is paramount. | ||
| - | When married partners have a baby - whether by birth or adoption - a state-arranged Legitimacy Ritual will take place. During the ritual, the blood of the child is alchemically mixed with the blood of their parents. It is taboo to perform this ritual on an adult,((Eighteen or above. Performing one on a teenager is perfectly acceptable but may earn you some raised eyebrows.)) as well as considerably more difficult. It is this that makes a child legitimate. | + | When married partners have a baby - whether by birth or adoption - a state-arranged Legitimacy Ritual will take place. During the ritual, the blood of the child is alchemically mixed with the blood of their parents. It is this that makes a child legitimate. |
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| + | It is taboo to perform this ritual on an adult,((Eighteen or above. Performing one on a teenager is perfectly acceptable but may earn you some raised eyebrows.)) as well as considerably more difficult. It is possible to perform multiple rituals on one child - for instance if their previous family died and they were then adopted - but it becomes more difficult with each one performed. | ||
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| + | It is possible to tell whether a ritual has succeeded or failed, and a person's legitimacy can be verified through a fine-tuned magical procedure. However, there are no non-magical means of telling whether or not somebody is legitimate. | ||
| Regardless of parentage, if this ritual has not occurred, a child is //not// legitimate and is //not// eligible to inherit. | Regardless of parentage, if this ritual has not occurred, a child is //not// legitimate and is //not// eligible to inherit. | ||
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| =====Education===== | =====Education===== | ||
| - | A more complete magical knowledge is usually gained from one of Esharia’s universities. Students enter when they are fourteen or fifteen years old and leave at twenty. | + | Most, if not all, children of lower middle class or higher will have attended a grammar school - classified here as a school that teaches magic. Children are taught to detect magic and cast simple spells by rote, with close and consistent study of Hashar texts. They are also given a grounding in reading, writing, and arithmetic. |
| - | There are approximately ten throughout the country, clustered in the most notable cities. The oldest and most prestigious of these is Badosir University in Hashat, named for the scholar who established it. Other notable examples are Aggrianda (in the Wetlands) and Noscenza (a few miles away from Hashat). | + | Further study is undertaken at Esharia's universities. There are approximately ten throughout the country, clustered in the most notable cities. The oldest and most prestigious of these is Badosir University in Hashat, named for the scholar who established it. Other notable examples are Aggrianda (in the Wetlands) and Noscenza (a few miles away from Hashat). |
| - | Students do not choose a discipline but instead receive a jack-of-all-trades grounding in theology, literature, philosophy, and various applications of magic. By the end of it, students have a proficient grasp of all of these. Further more specialised study can then be undertaken, but most students enter a profession - the most common routes being into the army, the church, or court politics. | + | Students do not choose a discipline but instead receive a jack-of-all-trades grounding in theology, literature, philosophy, and various applications of magic. By the end of it, students have a proficient grasp of all of these. Further more specialised study can then be undertaken, but most students enter a profession - the most common routes being into the army,((Usually as officers - common troops are not as well-educated.)) the church, or court politics. |
| While primarily attended by the upper classes, scholarships are occasionally awarded to lower-class students who show sufficient promise in the magical arts. This is almost always accompanied by patronage from one of Esharia’s noble families. | While primarily attended by the upper classes, scholarships are occasionally awarded to lower-class students who show sufficient promise in the magical arts. This is almost always accompanied by patronage from one of Esharia’s noble families. | ||
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