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Written by '''Gypsywolf Moonmaddness''' and as told by '''Tessira Soderstrom'''


I found this poem scribbled on a blood-stained paper in a war torn land. <br>
/Tessira pulls several papers from her packs and looks up with a grim smile. <br>
It is titled, Jealousy Unto Regret by Gypsywolf Moonmaddness<br>


How came to be this woeful end, past years unnumbered, kin and friend. <br>
Tis true my love grew jealousy. My brother's love was given thee. <br>
Yet all was covered, reason stood. I'd willingly lose ye both in blood. <br>
I loved him, kin and brother both. I loved ye, sworn to me in troth.<br>

/Tessira pauses a moment and gazes out across the meadow. <br>
We journeyed far, adventurers. For coin, and sport, three wanderers. <br>
Long years upon the road we knew. My love, and his, was kept for you. <br>
What callous look, what wicked word. What spells overcame us, all unheard. <br>
That led us to that craven hour. When lust or jealousy took power. <br>

/Tessira lowers her tone, the words spoken through clenched teeth <br>
From love to jealousy to rage... tis too late to turn back the page. <br>
Too late! Too late! My soul laments. The blood is shed, the sword repents. <br>
Fair love and brother, both are lost. One wanderer must pay the cost. <br>
Doomed forever to regret. Doomed indeed, to never forget. <br>

/Tessira closes her eyes and takes a short breath. <br>
At dawn, your eyes, so golden fair. At dusk, the fire of your hair. <br>
In sun, his smile, warm and sure. In rain, this pain I must endure. <br>
I long for sweet oblivion, to die and leave this pain I'm in. <br>
Yet hell awaits me, worst than here. Where still my memory haunts, I fear. <br>

/Tessira lifts her face to the sky and cries out: <br>
Oh shame! Oh crime! Oh Jealousy! <br>
To kill two loves most dear to me. <br>

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