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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 1910278" data-attributes="member: 8944">Pretty much - although no one wears the actual light.  If it's a gem, a stone of the same type is usually enchanted to glow, and then set in a ring or pendant.  If it's just a candle, shavings of the candle are taken and placed in lockets, or something similar.  In al lcases, the eternal item is kept in the home, and unveiled (or lit) on the anniversary. All the magic tattoos do the same thing - essentially, they enforce the marriage oaths.  If any of the oaths are broken, the tattoos (usually an iridescent silver or gold) blacken, to reveal publicly the infidelity. This has a side effect of ensuring the security of bloodlines, etc.   The actual shape of the tattoo is not chosen by the couple. The tattoo is unique for every couple, and usually symbolizes something important for them.  The magic is weaved through the words of the ceremony, and at the end, the tattoos just appear (which makes them not precisely tattoos).  The magic of the oath chooses the tattoos form.   Infidelity of mind is not enough - but the tattoo knows if you've physically broken your oaths, and will react as such.  In the church, a couple cannot seek divorce unless one or both of their tattoos are blackened.</blockquote>