Yesterday was the wedding of lady Abigail Renaud and Celeste Etoile. They had a very nice and touching ceremony, and a reception afterwards at the Royal Sarum Imperial rose gardens.
This is a wedding that has been a long time in the making. I remember lady Renaud telling me and Luna about the engagement with Celeste several years ago, I believe it was in the bar at Farthest Shore, on our research station in New Eden, with Eve gate in the backdrop.
I met Celeste perhaps a bit before that. She is an expert in the anthropology of the heathen barbarians living at the rim of the cluster, and I consulted her about obtaining a letter of safe passage from the then-inhabitants of Deklein. Moreover, she has been using our library's services to find out more about her ancestry - this is a service often used by many of our capsuleers.
They have plans to try and acquire some property in Dam-Torsad. That is very difficult. Renting a place, or getting a (lifelong) leasehold is rather common, though the latter is still expensive. But land... every square meter is assigned to Holders or to the Imperial House, the only way is to inherit it or obtain it from a destitute Holder, after a lot of red tape and approval committees. But I guess, if they set their minds to it and have the right contacts, it is not impossible...
