User blog:PrinceBalto/Mateship Customs in PrinceBalto's TLK/TLG remake

This is how the rite of mateship works in the royal family in my story (Outside the royal family, customs vary):

. Suitor asks his parents and the intended mate's parents permission.

. If permission is given, suitor tells a friend to tell intended mate that they would like them to meet at a certain location.

. Suitor goes out and hunts something such as a gazelle or other prey animal.

. At meeting, suitor presents prey animal and gives his proposal.

. If intended mate accepts, she will say yes and begin eating.

. In celebration, the two mates eat together

. Afterward, they present themselves to the king and queen and the day of the ceremony will be selected.

. After ceremony, the couple goes off alone together.