Elegy for the Dead

Celebrant: “It is dusk, and as the Darkness moves in, the Evening Ritual must be said to ward off evil. What is the first step?”
All: “I will recite the eight tenants of faith”
Reader 1: Watch each sunrise. For each day is a gift.
Reader 2: Always aid. Strive always to aid, to foster new hope, new ideas, and new prosperity for all kind and its allies.
Reader 3: Nurture life. It is a sacred duty to foster new growth, nurture growing things, and work for rebirth and renewal.
Reader 4: Perfect yourself. Be fertile in mind and in body.
Reader 5: Bring Hope. Wherever you go; plant seeds of hope, new ideas, and plans for a rosy future in the minds of all.
Reader 6: Think ahead. Consider the consequences of your actions so that your least effort may bring the greatest and best reward.
Reader 7: Avoid negativity. For from death comes life, and there is always another morning to turn a setback into a success.
Reader 8: Rules are secondary. Place more importance in activities that help others than in strict adherence to rules, rituals, and the dictates of your seniors.
Celebrant: “The Shadows grow longer. What must be done second?”
All: “I will hold high my children that they might see the Sun”
Celebrant: “How shall the Evening Ritual end?”
All: “I shall mourn as I watch the Sun give way to the onslaught of night, and greet Seluné, friend and ally of our Morning Lord. For the darkness is no more under her beautiful silver light.”

Verse of Dusk – reader 1

Farewell, Illuminated one, until we meet again
We carry the sun in our hearts until then
Give us the strength to carry on
Until the next dawn
We greet your ally the Moonmaiden
Her silver light guides us until then
There is always another dawn
Farewell, precious sun.

Final Prayer

Celebrant: Your last Sunset, go to the arms of the Morninglord, be in his eternal warm soothing light. We will miss your leadership, we will cherish your moments. Your legacy will continue though out Ismark and Ireena, through them you shall live on.
All: For in Death, Life.