On the day of her birth, the king decreed that his daughter would never witness the suffering of the world. So Ethne grew up in luxury, tended to by an obedient staff, and she never saw the world past the lavish gardens that surrounded the palace. She grew into a gentle-spirited girl, not expectant or demanding as one might expect of a child in her situation, but kind, without malice of any sort. "Child, do you know that many search and worry for you?" "I know." She answered, too confused to say more. The farmer only replied, 'Who is to say what is good and what is evil?'