Fifteen years ago, a water nymph named Iris saved a king's army, and the grateful king adopted her and promised she could marry any of his four princes. A curse from the moon goddess then turned the princes into donkeys, and Iris gave up her own wings to restore them. The curse made their vows binding. Then a manipulative woman, Scylla, arrived with lies and tears and split the princes away from Iris.
For Scylla, the princes seized the crown, drained Iris's divine blood, chained her to a column and lashed her, then left her to burn. Divine punishment followed. The princes began to change back into donkeys, and when they were deceived again, Scylla killed one of them. In the end Iris, backed by the sun god and the moon goddess, finishes the job and sends the princes to the mines for good.
