Froyalanish sexual rites

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The Froyalanish sexual rites, known to the Froyalanish as "Love's Great Adventure", were a collection of sexual rites that had become institutionalized by the Elwynnese government during the second Froyalan era (1623–1651). To the Froyalanish, sexual rites were part of a system of maintaining societal control, the people's loyalty, and affording the Froyalanish elite hedonistic pleasure from its subjects.

All the rites and practices were derived from the very similar ones in Stormark, and then "ret-conned" to have an "ancient" standing in the Elwynnese culture.


Right of the first night

The subordinate Kingdom of Amokolia, for example, granted King Noah and his sister the right of sexual intercourse with any newly wed couple before the consummation of the union. Although legally voluntarily, societal pressure made it very difficult for Froyalanish couples not to petition for this "ritual". Other ethnic groups tended to outright refuse such "petition", unless they were intimately connected with the governments of Amokolia or Elwynn. Local feudal lords and ladies enjoyed the same rights over their subjects. Although not institutionalized officially in the rest of Elwynn, it was nonetheless widely practised by the Froyalanish population.

Konungstekja

The Konungstekja ("royal investiture") was the live-televised (with much detail) investiture ceremony of King Noah upon his coming of age in 1634. The ceremony was an acted out Froyalanish play where Noah was "married" to the "goddess Elwynn". Noah and "Elwynn" then engaged in a ritual bath where Noah suckled her breasts and drank her milk. Thereafter, to the tunes of a choir singing the Ballad of the Bed of Orchids (from where "Plow my vulva!" is a memorable line in the public consciousness), Noah and his bride consummated the "union" before the cameras. During the sexual act, Noah kept sucking the milk out of his "wife".