Prologue

Gogureyeo,

534 A.D.

The Korean peninsula was broken into three kindoms, each powerful in their own right. Silla, Baekjae, and Gogureyeo. This is the story of the Empress of the twenty third Emperor of Gogoureyeo, Empress Ae-Ra. The red threads of fate of Emperor Ji-Ho and Empress Ae-Ra were tied in an intricate love knot, and it is said the beautiful love knot hangs above the old cherry blossom tree, where in the dead of the night they had first met. It hangs invisible to all, but is still present singing the sweet melody of their lives and love.