---- we all have our curses don't we?  find strength in the pain they conjure. rise from the ashes, the scars. emerge stronger.  let the world tremble & quake at the sound of your war cry.  hold the marks upon your flesh as triumphs of battles won, mingling with blood spilt, vivid crimson scattered on pallid flesh.  be the beauty & the beast. the knight & the queen. the warrior. the gods favor brave women. never stop fighting.