Skyrim:The Bonds of Matrimony

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Find someone in Skyrim to marry. Quest Giver: Maramal Location(s): Temple of Mara, Riften Reward: The Bond of Matrimony, a spouse ID: RelationshipMarriage

Wedding ceremony with Sorex Vinius

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Maramal about marriage.
2. Find a potential spouse who you wish to marry and who is willing to marry you.
3. Wear the Amulet of Mara and ask them to marry you.
4. Go to the Temple of Mara and attend your wedding ceremony.
5. Select a house for you and your new spouse to move into.

Detailed Walkthrough

Arranging an Engagement

Maramal performs a wedding at the temple in Riften

If you are interested in getting married, you must first speak to Maramal in the city of Riften. He can initially be found in The Bee and Barb tavern preaching to the locals, and later, at the Temple of Mara. Talk to him about marriage, and he will instruct you to obtain an Amulet of Mara, a holy symbol of the goddess of love. You may purchase one from him at this point for a small fee, or find one in random loot throughout the game. Any Amulet of Mara will do, so if you already have one before speaking to Maramal, there is no need to buy the one he offers.

Now you must find an NPC in whom you have an interest (A list of eligible NPCs can be found here). The person that you wish to marry must have a high disposition towards you, which can be achieved by doing favors and completing quests for that character. When you have met your ideal spouse, you must approach them while wearing the amulet. This will give you new dialogue options concerning marriage.

Ask the person to marry you. If they agree, you will need to organize a wedding ceremony. Return to Maramal, and tell him that you're interested in getting married at the Temple of Mara. He will be delighted, and will announce that the wedding will take place the very next day, from dawn until dusk.

The Ceremony

Early in the morning the next day your spouse will be waiting for you in the Temple of Mara. Upon entering the building, you will walk down the aisle, and take part in an age-old tradition between two people. You will be required to say your vows, with prompting by Maramal.

You are now legally married! Your first decision you must make is to decide where to live. You may live in your spouse's house or any houses that you have purchased. This decision is not permanent; if at any time you want to change houses, just tell your spouse that you want to move somewhere else.

Notes

• You can call off the wedding during the ceremony if you no longer wish to get married. However, this will cause your guests, fiancé, and Maramal to be upset with you. Make amends with your spouse, and then speak to Maramal again. He's naturally distressed by your actions, but he'll agree to give you another chance. You'll also have a dialogue option with your former fiancé to say "I never loved you anyway," which will cause you to be unable to marry that NPC thereafter.
  • Unlike other quests, once you schedule the wedding, you cannot actually have the wedding whenever you feel like it. If you do not attend the wedding at the time specified, you will fail the quest and upset everyone in attendance the same as if you had called off the wedding.
• You may be married only once. If your spouse dies, you will not have the option to marry again.
• The guests at your wedding include a number of people who have a high disposition toward you or your spouse.
  • This can potentially include people you have never met before, e.g. Jarls who took the throne after you took over a hold in the Civil War.
• Potential spouses are not restricted by gender.

Bugs

• Maramal says to meet back "tomorrow, from dawn til dusk". Technically this is incorrect; if you first asked him to host the wedding at 1am, he will conduct it at 11pm that night. Simply try waiting some hours (T) until Maramal begins his wedding dialogue.
• If a follower has been killed prior to this quest, they may drop through the ceiling of the Temple of Mara at the same time that your spouse and his or her family (if they have any) arrive. This causes you to automatically fail your marriage attendance. Luckily you can talk to your spouse again and usually the wedding goes through glitch free, though users wishing to avoid all this should not take followers on particularly risky adventures.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.2 of the Official Skyrim Patch.
• If there are many items in front of the door at the time of the wedding, it will cause your wedding to fail. ^?

Quest Stages

The Bonds of Matrimony (RelationshipMarriage)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
20		(Objective is assigned): Speak to Maramal about arranging your wedding
30		(Objective is assigned): Attend your wedding ceremony
100
250

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0, 5, 10, 15

 

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage RelationshipMarriage stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest RelationshipMarriage.