The two families had finished discussing the marriage. The wedding was set for the beginning of the following month in Sunlight City, in the front hall outside Sunfury Spire. Now, everyone in Sunlight City was putting up lanterns and decorations, preparing for their lord's wedding. City Hall, led by Quelrintis, was busier still. Every elf handling municipal affairs was buried beneath endless visiting cards and gift lists.
Na Cai was also an important prenuptial event, usually held after the wedding had been agreed upon-what we would call an engagement or betrothal. Its procedures depended on the families' circumstances, and close relatives of both the Cabrolon family and the Windrunner family generally had to attend the ceremony. They also had to discuss and decide which renowned, influential, and respected elves to invite to the wedding. At the Na Cai ceremony, the Windrunner family would announce the dowry, along with details such as the wedding's time, location, and arrangements.
As soon as Patrick's marriage was announced, the entire Cabrolon family and Sunlight City received gift lists from countless families. Patrick did not yet know how things stood with the Cabrolon family, but Sunlight City's City Hall was already buried beneath visiting cards and gift lists. He could imagine that the Cabrolon family already had more than they could handle.
Patrick returned to Sunfury Spire, and the Windrunner family's old steward also arrived in Sunlight City. Before he even entered, he was awestruck by the magnificent floating city.
A magnificent floating city, with mage apprentices down on the ground practicing arcane techniques to repair the damage to the earth, the old steward silently noted with approval. Vast wheat fields, endless streams of elves, and an unbroken flow of merchant caravans. Sunlight City truly is extraordinarily prosperous.
It was also the accompanying elves' first