Ashborne – Episode 3: "Relics and Revenants"
Dark Fantasy / Action / Dialogue Script Format
📍**[EXT. WASTELAND TRAIL – EARLY MORNING]**
[The Relic Hunter cracks his neck, letting the chains around his arms jangle. Kael steps between him and Ira, the wind rising, the orb pulsing at her side.]
RELIC HUNTER(smirking)"Your head alone could fund a kingdom. Her curse? I could sell it to a dozen cults by sundown."
KAEL(dry)"You talk like someone who's never fought a dying god."
RELIC HUNTER"And you talk like someone who wants to die with flair."
[He flicks his wrist—one of the relic chains lashes out like a serpent. Kael draws his blade in one smooth motion, slicing the chain mid-air. Sparks fly.]
📍**[COMBAT SEQUENCE – TENSE, BRUTAL]**
[The Relic Hunter lunges. Chains dart like vipers. Kael sidesteps, parries, grabs one of the relic chains mid-swing and yanks, dragging the hunter into a headbutt.]
IRA(clutching the orb)"Should I—?"
KAEL(grunting as he dodges a flurry)"Not yet."
[The Relic Hunter slams both fists into the ground — cursed energy ripples outward. The ground beneath Kael crumbles, dropping him into a shallow sinkhole.]
RELIC HUNTER(looming over)"That sword won't save you. These relics? They're older than gods."
[Kael spits out dirt, grinning.]
KAEL"Good. Then they'll remember what I am."
📍**[KAEL'S SWORD — "ASHBREAKER" — IGNITES]**
[A dim red glow seeps from the blade. The wind dies. Even the Relic Hunter flinches.]
ASHBREAKER (within)(whispered)"It's been a while… Let me breathe, Kael."
KAEL(coldly)"Five seconds."
[Kael explodes upward with unnatural force. Ashbreaker cleaves through the relic chain web. The impact sends the hunter flying back — slamming into a rusted rail pillar.]
📍**[EXT. OLD STATION CROSSING – MOMENTS LATER]**
[The Relic Hunter stumbles, coughing blood. One eye burned shut, chains fraying.]
RELIC HUNTER(choking)"That sword… it's cursed too…"
KAEL"Not cursed. Bound."
[Kael walks slowly toward him.]
KAEL"You know what happens when you bind a dying god to a dying man?"
RELIC HUNTER"You're bluffing—"
[Kael raises Ashbreaker. The hunter panics—throws his last relic, a jagged shard of obsidian.]
[Before it hits—]
IRA (screaming)"ENOUGH!"
[The orb flashes. The air rips open like paper. A black hand made of runes and mist reaches out — grabs the relic mid-air and crushes it.]
📍**[The Relic Hunter SCREAMS as his body begins to unravel — threads of him pulled into the orb like smoke. His relics shatter.]**
[Silence follows. Ira falls to her knees, exhausted.]
IRA(panting)"I didn't… mean to do that."
KAEL(quietly)"You didn't. Hollow Reign did."
[He sheaths Ashbreaker.]
KAEL"And now it's awake."
📍**[EXT. CLIFF OVERLOOKING THE CHARRED VALLEY – LATER]**
[Kael and Ira sit at the edge, watching the cursed fog crawl across the ruins below.]
IRA"What happens if it fully wakes up?"
KAEL"Then it won't be me standing between the world and death."
IRA"...Who will?"
[Kael doesn't answer.]
📍**[INT. BLACK CITADEL – UNKNOWN LOCATION]**
[A grand hall of bone and void. Figures cloaked in black whisper over a floating rune-map — Kael and Ira's position glows red.]
HIGH VOICE (offscreen)"The Oracle girl has awakened it."
SECOND VOICE"And the Ashborne walks again."
THIRD VOICE(amused)"Then release the Choir."
ALL (in unison)"Let the hymn begin."
To be continued...