The next week passes uneventfully, aside from him being introduced to the Emperor's youngest marriageable daughter, Tysinni. He can see why the Emperor is so protective of her; she's a thin, sickly girl, even in spite of the Amulet of Health she wears, at all times, and nearly died of pneumonia, when she was just a baby. Despite this, she has a keen intellect, and a sharp mind for politics, given the flow of their first conversation, where she challenges him to a game of Mortality, using one of the larger boards, and using the pieces and movements to illustrate points in a political discussion she was leading, at the same time.<br/><br/>The ceremony arrives, at the end of the week; the night before, he's called into the high temple, for a night of fasting, prayers, and purification ritual. They don't demand that he pray to their gods, specifically, merely that he make a peace with his gods, and offer some respect to the gods of the land he will be a major part of. The next morning, he's dressed in a rather over-elaborate set of white robes with gold highlights, and kept more or less in the center of the main ceremony; while they don't force him to act in their reenactment of a significant legend, he is kept close to the main stage, and in a visible location, at all times. As the performance ends, his ceremony begins, with the Emperor and High Priestess both giving rousing speeches, then a fairly simple ceremony, reminiscent of the purification rituals the night before, to have him come before the Emperor, pure and clean. A few oaths of fealty, and to protect his people, and things along that line, and the Emperor places a simple, silver crown on his head. "I hereby name you Lord Draiss, of the House of Arcaniss! Long live the House of Arcaniss!"<br/><br/>The Emperor then steps back, giving Draiss the stage, for his speech.