Adoption

The Adoption is the process by which the people of Gozeiki no Bano Kami Kantaro becomes members of the 5 Clans.

For outsiders, visitors and humbles, the process is the same: on the morning of the first day of Calibration, during a ceremony called the Presentation, Applicants show themselves in front of the assembled representatives of each House and Clan and present their reasons for being considered into a Clan. These reasons may take any form, from a reasoned argument to a fine work of art, from a masterful kata to a show brute strength.

The assembled clans then bid for each Applicant, with the highest bid winning a new member for his clan or House. Applicants that fail to be adopted, because they were not deemed worthy, are presented with a choice. They can either live the remainder of their lives in the Land as Invisibles, they can commit seppuku to redeem their honor or they can live during the Banishing, on the next morning.

Adoptions for Blood-Kin, sons and and daughters of established clan members, are usualy private affairs and can be held any time of the year. Only family members and trusted friends will be attending, and at the time of the bidding none will speak, for the Applicant will be adopted by his parent or godparent for the symbolic price of a single coin.