The Legend Of Roses

How it began......

In the land of life, there were such creatures who were born from roses. They were pure beings - pure as the white roses they were born from. They were rose maidens. The charge of giving life was their's.
The purity of their mind made sure that they did not discriminate on how long they would let each individual live. There was a catch though;  these pure beings could never fall in love. If one of these maidens were to ever fall in love, the catastrophe would be so great that they would need to pay for it with their life.
Their purity of mind would be gone... and they would no longer be able to retain the power of bestowing life.

In the land there was a royal family too.... and there was, as usual, a prince.
He held all the power of life and death. He was , in fact, life and death. He too, could never fall in love. If he ever did, the balance of power between life and death would be destroyed. The scales would be tipped.... all his life energy would drain away ... leaving him only the power of death.

Therefore, in this land love was imprisoned and kept behind bars.