THE LIFE OF A PRINCESS

Long ago, before the world began, the Princess of the Earth, Uri fell in love with a human. She loved him so much that she would give her life for him. When her father got to know about it, he was angered and banished to the cursed lands of the Earth. She was found by her lover and they got married. Soon after, she gave birth to triplet; twin boys and a girl. Her father looked to her from the heavens and he saw the great love the human had for his daughter. He was ashamed of what he did and planned to make things right. A year later, the chief of the community died. Princess Uri was blamed to be the cause of all their miss-fortune. She was banished together with her husband and her children to the cursed sands where she came. A week on, her husband fell ill. He was infected by the sands and there was no cure, soon he died and faded away. Princess Uri cried and he tears fell upon the sands. The tears turned half of the cursed sand's desert into a paradise. Alone she took care of her children, till they came of age. Soon they had powers beyond human control. Her son Mesa had the power to control the Earth, Sami his twin had the power to control the Moon, while her daughter could control Fire. Homeless people, travelers and strays were taken into the wonderful paradise that Princess Uri's tears had created. There was a tradition that when a descendant of Princess Uri came to age 20, he or she would drink from the stream of life to unlock his/her powers. It was a thing of wonder. The land was therefore called Opella, in their language meaning, land of the gods