Abesalom da Eteri
Eteri, a peasant fleeing her stepmother, meets Prince Abesalom and his courtier Murman. Abesalom loves her, but Murman secretly desires her. At their wedding Murman gives Eteri an enchanted necklace that makes her ill and can be cured only by him. Abesalom lets her go; Murman takes her to his tower, where she recovers. Abesalom grows ill with longing and visits her. Eteri initially refuses to see him but is persuaded by Marekh. Abesalom dies in her arms, and Eteri kills herself with the knife he had given her.