Ashborne – Episode 9: "Ashbreaker Unbound"
Dark Fantasy / Action / Dialogue Script Format
📍**[INT. FORGOTTEN VAULT – EARLY MORNING]**
[Deep beneath the Hollow Spire, Kael stands before a sealed door etched with runes that whisper when touched. Ira watches from behind, her hand over her heart where the orb used to be.]
IRA"You sure about this?"
KAEL"No."
[He draws Ashbreaker. The blade hums — like it's remembering.]
ASHBREAKER (within)"They buried me here to keep me tame. Break the seal... and I become what I was made to be."
IRA"And what's that?"
KAEL (quietly)"An extinction-level mistake."
📍**[FLASHBACK – THE CREATION OF ASHBREAKER]**
[A Choir lab. Relic bones. A storm outside. A young Kael chained to a slab.]
CHOIR SCIENTIST"To kill gods, we made one."
[A spear forged from divine marrow is plunged into Kael's chest.]
📍**[BACK TO PRESENT – VAULT DOOR]**
[Kael slashes the seal. The runes scream. The vault opens — inside, a massive black forge glows cold-blue.]
[In the center: a relic-bound sword, twice the size of Ashbreaker.]
IRA (whispering)"That's not a sword. That's a monument."
KAEL"It's the original. Ashbreaker's first form. Unbound."
[The blade floats into Kael's hand. His arm instantly chars — but he doesn't let go.]
📍**[EXT. THE DEAD MIRROR PLAINS – LATER]**
[Kael and Ira walk across a glass-like plain, their reflections distorted and monstrous.]
IRA"You sure we should head for the capital?"
KAEL"The Choir's going to use the Curse King. They need a body to anchor him. And they want you for that."
IRA"Let them come."
[Suddenly, a massive figure blocks their path — steel wings, a cloak of black scripture.]
FIGURE"By order of the Crownless Choir, Ashborne and the Oracle are condemned."
KAEL(draws sword slowly)"Condemned people usually get a trial."
FIGURE(voice booming)"This is your trial."
📍**[FIGHT SEQUENCE – MIRROR PLAIN]**
[The Figure rushes forward. The impact shatters the glass underfoot.]
[Kael meets him, swinging the unbound Ashbreaker — it drags a trail of burning runes behind every slash.]
[Ira flanks from behind, eyes glowing, unleashing focused curses from her palm.]
[The Figure counters with mirrored illusions — copies of Kael from his Saintfall days.]
IRA(terrified)"They… look just like you."
KAEL (gritting teeth)"They are me."
📍**[INT. KAEL'S MIND – CURSE RESONANCE]**
[A battlefield of Kaels — each version representing a failure, a sin, a memory.]
ASHBREAKER (within)"You want to be free? Then kill the parts of you still loyal to the Choir."
[Kael closes his eyes. One by one, he cuts them down.]
📍**[EXT. MIRROR PLAIN – FINAL STRIKE]**
[The unbound Ashbreaker splits in two — dual blades. Kael spins through the illusions, carving through the Figure.]
[The final blow sends the steel-winged man crashing into the earth. Silence.]
[Kael breathes heavily. Ira touches his arm.]
IRA"You okay?"
KAEL"Not even close."
📍**[INT. ROYAL CAPITAL – SECRET CHOIR SANCTUM]**
[A Choir Archon kneels before a pulsating cocoon made of black root and stone.]
CHOIR ARCHON"Begin the Vessel Calling. Let Hollow Reign bloom through the blood of the last Oracle."
[The cocoon shudders.]
📍**[EXT. PLAINS – END SCENE]**
[Kael stares toward the horizon.]
KAEL"They're not preparing for war."
IRA"What, then?"
KAEL (darkly)"A resurrection."
To be continued...