Asashin

A young girl from a common village, Cherrie Bloom, gets captured by savage tribesmen known as the Asashins, notorious for their bloodthirstiness. In their camp, she meets a kind young prince, Chao Lin, and falls in love. But their happiness is short-timed - an internal war breaks out in the Asashinese camp, and the young couple gets separated.

Cherrie returns to her village. She is forced by her father into marriage with an honourable warrior, with whom she bears a son. However, she cannot forget about her lost beloved and dreams of someday reuniting with him.

NOTE: This story is written in a fantasy world, so no culture is directly involved. The Asashins resemble East Asian peoples (Japanese and Chinese in particular) by their culture and language, but the tribe is purely fictional.