While the guests looked slightly shocked, it wasn't all
that surprising when successful video game developer Adam Bohn (better
known by his online persona Artix von Krieger)
lived out his action-hero fantasies during his recent wedding to his
girlfriend Michelle Chang. "Everybody was expecting something," Bohn
tells Yahoo Shine. "They just didn't know how far we'd go." A video (shot by Fairytale Productions) posted on Wednesday captures the mayhem.
More on Yahoo: Meet the New Wonder Woman! Gal Gadot Cast in 'Batman vs. Superman'You know that charge of electricity that runs through the room when the wedding officiator intones, "Speak now or forever hold your peace...?" At this event, family and friends were right to be nervous (and amused) because that solemn invitation unleashed a spectacle of villainous wedding crashers, including a knight, a troupe of ninjas, Iron Man, and Batman.
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Iron Man crashes the wedding (courtesy Sylvain Gentile)Fortunately,
Bohn and his groomsmen wore armor over their tuxedos, and the
bridesmaids had boned up on their martial arts and head-butting skills.
When the knight tried to kidnap the bride, Chang handed her hero a sword
and cried, "Get him, babe!"—launching an epic sword fight. The wedding
party deflected the interlopers like a fly swatter smacks a gnat and the
festivities continued — until legendary WWE Manager Jimmy Hart
sauntered in wearing a custom white suit festooned with bright red
hearts to stop the fight. Bohn says the Catholic priest presiding over
the ceremony was completely unfazed and just happened to be a fan of
old-school wrestling. Bohn and Chang met five years ago — he won't say how. "The story is, I saved her from a burning building," he laughs. He adds, "She was the only girl who I've ever met who hasn't called me weird." It took the couple about nine months to organize their wedding. Bohn says he got the idea from in-game weddings (role-playing video games online) that his company hosts when staffers get married. These events attract thousands, if not tens of thousands, of gamers. "The real wedding was an imitation of what we do in video games — there are always wedding crashers," he said. The couple's nuptials were unconventional, but not their relationship. "Michelle and I are going to grow old and die together. We're pretty traditional and our core values keep us together," said Bohn. On Friday, December 13, Bohn and Chang (aka Artix and Trini) will recreate their wedding in-game in AdventureQuest Worlds. VIDEO
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