Once upon a time, in a land far away, lived a beautiful princess. The beautiful princess was charming and kind, and when she was 15, her family sent her away to a temple to learn, as all young princesses do. The temple was beautiful, and the princess loved to walk along the beautiful beach just a stones' throw away.

One day, on her daily walk along the shore, she came across a handsome young man, lying unconscious in the sand. She stayed with him as her maids went to fetch help, and once he was safely within the temple walls, she tirelessly nursed him back to health.

The princess fell in love with the young man, but she was called back to her home. As a woman, she was heartbroken, but as a princess, she knew her duty, so she returned. She was heartbroken and dismayed when she learned that she was called back to be wed. In a year's time, she would be forced to leave her home behind and marry someone she'd never met. She wept for her lost love and spent all of her time cherishing every moment spent in her kingdom.

When the time came, she went with a heavy heart, but joyous occasion, her young man from the temple's shore was the prince she was to marry! They both boarded the wedding ship flushed with love and promised eternity to each other before God. All seemed well, but alas, tragedy struck that very night.

The princess awoke to her prince dead in their wedding bed, his throat slit and the sheets soaked in blood. Her screams awoke the whole ship, but fear for the princess quickly became rage. She was accused, slandered as a siren who enticed and murdered her husband in cold blood for the sake of her kingdom. Others sympathized, she was but a sacrificial lamb, naught but a tool to further her kingdom's power.

In the end, war broke out between the two countries. A senseless war that produced countless dead. A war that raged until at last, the family of the murdered prince conquered their neighbor and quenched their thirst for vengeance with blood.

No one ever realized that the last they had seen of the prince's beautiful and silent companion had been on his wedding day.