Tale of the Lover's Ghosts

Tale of the Lovers Ghosts is one of the first stories written by Xewleer. It tells the tale of two star crossed lovers doomed to fight a war against each other, and the sadness that comes of it. It is in a near constant state of rewrite.

The Story
The story inevitably begins when the male, (sometimes named Kami the Scythe) learning that his love, (sometimes Callisto the Sunset Dalliance) has been evicted, with her family, from Arcadia because of the Arcadic Sabbatholm War. She is unable to say goodbye to him as she is deported. He vows to see her again and realizes that the best way to do so (or so he thinks) is to join the Arcadian army against her home nation of Sabbatholm. The battles they face separately are numerous, but none so terrible as when they meet on the battlefield. This is the Battle of Sorrow's Refuge, and it is one of the bloodiest conflicts either nation will ever face.

They meet on the field and fight on the third day of that epic struggle. Eventually, Callisto commits suicide as their battle ends in a draw. She did not want him to be branded a traitor, and knew that her own country would not take a powerful Arcadian as himself into their ranks without first torturing him for information, then killing him. And he knew that the same would apply to her. The story usually ends with 'Kami' seeking death and throwing himself into the ranks of the Sabbatholm soldiers against him. Death will not touch him, and, by the end of the day, he collapses on nearly two hundred fresh corpses arrayed around him.

His death will be accounted in the Faceless War as a minor character.

In Fiction
It is sold to the masses as a short story, collected in: Plue Presents: Tale of the Lover's Ghosts.

Influence
As the first writing by Xewleer in this world, it has a lot of ramifications up and down on how he views the NFWP. Nearly every story has a male/female couple somewhere. Also, it may mark Xewleer becoming a 'man' in the world of writing and leaving many juvenile ideas (like a fruit based comedy named Bananaco), and writing darker, but much more fantasy like settings. Xewleer does not regret this step, in the end. It also holds the first event he made: Battle of Sorrow's Refuge, which is also dear to him.

Real World Influences

 * Kami and Callisto, in different forms, are similar to Romeo and Juliet. Right down to the star crossed.