It’s the duty of a close family member to walk the bride down the aisle, and I was honored to be chosen. The Contessa Margerita Martina (Margaret Craig) and Baron Krallenhand von Blutsauger (Michael Allen Lane) were married October 29, 2016.
He discovers the groom, Baron Krallenhand von Blutsauger, is nowhere to be found. "Blutsauger!" No answer. He even calls the Baron by his nickname, Chupasangre, but still - no response.
"Dearly departed, fellow nocturnals, friends among the living - we gather here today to celebrate the union of two great households among our kind."
"Sharing in this most intimate relationship, there will be times of stress, sacrifice, and sorrow. There are those that hunt our kind and desire our destruction."
"The Contessa and the Baron come before you today as two, but they will leave this place as one. As family and friends, each of you has played some part in bringing them to this moment and it is their hope that you will continue to support and contribute to their relationship within marriage."
"Do you take [the Contessa/the Baron], whom you hold by the hand, to be your lawfully wedded [wife/husband], and do you covenant to be true to [her/him], to love, cherish, and honor in sickness, in health, and in the afterlife, forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto [her/him], so long as you both shall walk this Earth?"
Special thanks to Ethel Shipton for taking photos during the ceremony and to everyone else who shared photos and video, including Carol Arnold, Jessica Barnett DeCuir, Rick Frederick, and others.