CYPRUS, DEC 28, 1539 - Yesterday at the stroke of midnight a series of tragic events came to a closing when Othello, Venice's most eminent and respected Moorish general, killed himself in his wife's bedchamber after smothering the young belle--none other than Venice's coveted Desdemona--with a pillow. According to several witnesses of the bloody suicide, the mentally tormented general was under the notion that Desdemona had been illicitly tupping his first-in-command, Michael Cassio, a lie fed to …showed first 75 words of 371 total…

…showed last 75 words of 371 total…touching of hands or a brief brush on the shoulder. As for the man who caused this, I will see to it that he pays for his cruelty with his own suffering." A funeral will be held in three days near the town square. Mourners are welcome, including former suitors of Desdemona. Michael Cassio asks that all that attend bring memorabilia of the lost ones such as locks of hair, clothing, letters, or embroidered handkerchiefs.