In her past! life, Liri;!el;(, Pr.`^in[[cess of the Mo! on Elves, loved her` b*etrot*he!_=+d, the palad:in Ka$^e le[$:n. Whe,^n the Abyss .^#crisis ,:]$struck, he abandoned her-$ to save E`^)-lara. Li\rie\=l was mort=]$.:al-[l,-y wound?=ed,!/+ h/. er golden,`/ hair wi_@th-ered. R@,ebo!;rn at+  $the b]etrothal t+empl^_)(e, she watched Elara claim the! golden)+@: oath_ @m=eant @for Kaelen. He]+\artbroken, Liriel signed the* bl_*ack oath of A#zriel, the c;
urse+/d Gob/\,l(]in Lord.
Elara burne$[d her rel ics, framed her, and ki,lle:]d ^:her sp::irit bird, S\@-now.]] Kaelen /.pu,blicly flogged Liriel, and her father moved to ;+ )str ip her title. (N/#ear dea th[[, Liri@el was ; saved[ ,by Azriel, whose thousand-yea+r curse her moo.\n]( li$g =ht% # _p\,+ ower ha\:`d l@ong eased. The-?y forged a  /=p[#+rot:$+ectio.
)n p(!\act. Col [d to all, Azriel c[^_heris:`hed o?nly her. When the Elf c_:oa liti-on and E lara attacked,@\ ))he sa*crifi;^ced [his @^$demon] core and boun*d their lives` forever. Toge,/ther the!y expo=% sed El\* a:^*ra$#;’s plot(`s. Elara w=[$as disfigure\d; Kae .len wa`s] \ d]oo^_med t!;o ?
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/egret#. L.irie]l rose as .#Que en of ;th$-e Ab-yss, lo ved]/ eternally b^y# Azriel.