The Three of Swords

Come, and let me tell you a story. A most beautiful tale of love and loss, passion and pain, of heroism and heartbreak that begins as all the best stories do, with Once Upon a Time. And, like so many tales before it that had begun with Once Upon a Time, this one will end in death.It is the story of a gentle lover, struck down with power that hummed in his veins, whose soft, beating heart was fractured with loss and sorrow and hate. Hate for himself, for the things he let happen, for the world he blinded with hope and love and warmth and a smile, so big and bright, it chipped away at his resolve.It is the story of a brave knight, a storybook hero so humble, so willing to do the right thing, the good thing; he’d give up everything, anything for what he believed in, for the people he loved. His home, his heart, his life, his love; he wore on his sleeve, so open to the world. And the world clawed at it, again and again, until it was hollow and sad and broken, but still beating.