Short Story
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Long Story
The songs are taken from the most famous ven opera, Ythala and Talsho. (It also happens to be the only one we have completely intact.)
Providing the archetype for future doomed lovers (it is thought Tristan and Ysolde may have gotten their names from this classic story), the opera begins with the young lovers meeting as enemies, slowly–and reluctantly–falling in love.
The story is told in three parts, marked by three duels.
The first is an angry duel between rivals with strong sexual undertones that both characters immediately recognize. It is bloody and dangerous, nearly ending with the deaths of both characters.
The second duel is between lovers, loaded with thinly veiled innuendo and humor.
The third is deadly, the lovers forced to cross swords in the middle of the Senate floor by a jealous romantic rival. And, of course, one of them dies on the blade of the other. Just which one dies depends on the version you watch.
So, if you’d like to listen to songs from a real honest to gosh ven blood opera, click here.