| Match Banquet | |
|---|---|
| Participants | All 17 year olds if they choose to be Matched |
| Date | Anytime during someone's 17th year |
| Location | Each Province, inside the City Hall |
The Match Banquet is the second important banquet in the lives of the people who live in the Society, following the Welcome Banquet, and before the Final Banquet. The Match Banquet takes place when people living in The Society turn 17. They may be Matched any time in the year after they turn 17. The first Match Banquet you attend is always your own. Girls who choose to be Matched usually choose a colorful dress to wear and the boys wear suits. It takes place on the fifteenth of every month. The people are Matched with someone to marry and start a family with. People can only be Matched if they are not a Single, an Aberration, or an Anomaly. Most people don't know their Match, but a few people, like Cassia and Xander, have met their Match before. The Society gives them a microcard in a silver box once they are Matched.
All citizens of the Society can choose whether or not to be Matched. If not, they are a Single.
At Cassia's Match Banquet, she took the air train to the City Hall, where the Matches eat a fancy dinner that consists of savory vegetables, warm and light bread, and meat, among other things. For dessert, both Cassia and her father ate the chocolate cake. Following the dinner, the Matches are announced in alphabetical order of the girls' last names.
Once both of the Matched are 21 years old, they get married and celebrate their Marriage Contract.
Known Matches:[]
(Married before "Matched")
- Abran Reyes and Molly Reyes
- Samuel Reyes and Unnamed Wife
(Matched before "Matched")
(Matched during or after "Matched")
- Cassia Reyes and Xander Carrow
- Lea Abbey and Joseph Peterson
- Em and Dalen
(It is unknown exactly which book they were Matched in, only near).