Ashborne – Episode 6: "Ashborne No More"
Dark Fantasy / Action / Dialogue Script Format
📍**[EXT. DERELICT PASS – NIGHT]**
[Winds tear through a crumbled ravine lined with statues of faceless saints. Kael and Ira press forward under a storm-lit sky.]
IRA"You knew the Oracle Matron would die, didn't you?"
KAEL(quietly)"She was already gone. Just holding on to pass something."
IRA"She passed me a curse. Not wisdom."
[Kael doesn't respond. His eyes track shadows between the rocks.]
📍**[INT. WIDOW'S GULCH – CAVE RUINS]**
[They shelter in a cave lit by phosphor stones. Kael sharpens Ashbreaker. Ira stares at the orb, still trembling faintly.]
IRA"Tell me the truth now. Who were you before all this?"
KAEL(still sharpening)"Why?"
IRA"Because Hollow Reign knows you. Because the Choir wants you more than it wants me."
[Kael stops sharpening. He sets the blade down.]
KAEL(slowly)"I was born Kael Riven. But that name didn't survive the war."
[He looks up.]
KAEL (cont'd)"They called me Saintfall. The Choir's black executioner. I burned cities for them. Cut gods down when they broke their contracts."
[Ira recoils slightly.]
IRA(soft)"You were one of them?"
KAEL"I was worse. They sang. I silenced."
📍**[FLASHBACK – YEARS AGO]**
[A younger Kael, masked, wields a flaming version of Ashbreaker. Bodies fall in waves. Choir agents kneel behind him like worshippers.]
[He stands before a chained being of light. The chains burn. He lifts his blade.]
📍**[BACK TO PRESENT]**
IRA"Why did you stop?"
KAEL(a bitter chuckle)"Because one day, the blade sang back. And I didn't like the song."
[He unsheathes Ashbreaker — the sword pulses with a deep, red breath.]
KAEL (cont'd)"So I made a deal. With this."
ASHBREAKER (rasping whisper)"And now he pays. In blood and memory."
📍**[EXT. RAVINE RIDGE – MINUTES LATER]**
[Kael senses something.]
KAEL(alert)"Quiet. We're not alone."
[Lightning reveals a silhouette ahead — standing on a jagged boulder. Cloaked. Sword dripping with voidlight.]
IRA"Choir?"
KAEL(draws sword)"Worse. Saint-level."
UNKNOWN FIGURE (calmly)"Kael Riven. My brother in silence."
[The figure steps forward, removing their hood.]
[A woman — one-eyed, her skin etched with silver runes. Her voice is melodic, but cold.]
SAINT LYRA"You walked away. Left your choir behind. Now I sing the dirge alone."
📍**[EXT. RIDGE – FIGHT BEGINS]**
[Kael lunges. Their blades collide — a shockwave blows Ira off her feet.]
[Lyra counters with a Requiem Blade Technique — her sword echoes with haunting screams.]
SAINT LYRA (during the clash)"You were the best of us. But now you bleed like the rest."
KAEL (gritting his teeth)"Yeah. But I bleed for something real."
📍**[EXT. RAVINE – IRA'S POV]**
[Ira rises. The orb pulses violently.]
HOLLOW REIGN (in her mind)"Let me in. Or he dies."
IRA(struggling)"No… no, not yet—"
[She sees Kael faltering under Lyra's technique.]
IRA(to herself)"I'm not strong enough…"
[The orb floats from her chest. Her eyes flicker black.]
📍**[EXT. RIDGE – FINAL CLASH]**
[Kael is on his knees. Lyra raises her sword.]
SAINT LYRA"Goodbye, Saintfall—"
[Suddenly — a wave of raw curse energy erupts. Ira appears behind her, orb fully awake. Her voice is deeper, dual-toned.]
IRA (possessed)"You will not sing again."
[She crushes Lyra mid-air with a thought. Lyra screams as her body folds into itself, vanishing into cursed smoke.]
📍**[EXT. RIDGE – MOMENTS LATER]**
[Kael breathes heavily. Ira stares at her hands, horrified.]
IRA"What… what did I just do?"
KAEL (weakly smiling)"You lived."
📍**[WIDE SHOT – THE SKYLINE BEYOND]**
[In the far distance, a beacon of cursed light erupts — a signal. A new threat has seen what just happened.]
VOICE (V.O., deep and cruel)"The Oracle awakens. Begin the requiem."
To be continued…
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