"To break the curse," she said, "someone who loves me not for my crown must find the Mtsvane Nuri —the Green Key of the Sun. It lies in Rothgar’s tower on the peak of Mount Kazbek, guarded by a sleeping fire-bird. And he must do it before the third moonrise."
"I don't need a kingdom," she said. "I need a home."
Tamuna took Gela’s scarred hand in hers. swan princess qartulad
"I will marry only the man who can prove his heart is as gentle as his sword is strong," Tamuna declared.
"You wanted a prince with a gentle heart and a strong sword," the king said to Tamuna. "This boy has no sword. But his heart... his heart is a forge. And a forge builds kingdoms." "To break the curse," she said, "someone who
"You have until the moon rises three times," Rothgar hissed, his cloak made of living ravens. "Give me your kingdom and your daughter's hand, or I will cast a spell so dark that your line will end forever."
(გედების პრინცესა) Once, in a kingdom nestled between the snowy peaks of the Caucasus and the warm valleys of Imereti, lived a king named Aleksandre. His daughter, Princess Tamuna, was known throughout the land not only for her beauty, but for her voice that could calm wild horses and her laughter that sounded like small silver bells. "I need a home
Gela carefully pulled the arrow from her wing. He tore a strip from his wool chokha and bandaged the wound.
Not with a bird's cry, but with a woman's soft, hopeless sobbing.
That night, under the light of a single candle in his hut, Tamuna became human. She was even more beautiful than the songs described. But her eyes held a deep sorrow.