Courtship Ritual

A popular courtship ritual in Subrosa was that based on a date between Vlatka and Odus in the 1730s, in which they walked, chaperoned by Vlatka's blood-parent's familiars, to her castle, where Odus begged to be let in. Vlatka refused, inspiring him to recite a poem written for the occasion. She refused again, and finally he threatened suicide, after which she handed him a knife.

Magister Stych continued to use her knife in his family all the way to Jeth's date with Lukas.