STORMERE
Season 1, Episode 15: "Stormfall"
ACT THREE- "THE WAR OF STORMFALL"
FADE IN:
EXT. KRYSTAL SANDS – SHORELINE – NIGHT
The glowing sand is stained dark with blood.
Lyra kneels over Hunter's body, her hands still pressed to his chest as if refusing to let go. Soren sits besides them... hollow. He hasn’t cried yet. That’s worse.
Ariadne stands frozen a few steps away, hands trembling, ash drifting faintly from her fingertips.
The sea crashes louder now.
LYRA (whispering): He said he loved me… and then...
Her voice breaks. She presses her forehead to Hunter’s.
LYRA: He promised.
Soren finally reacts.
SOREN (raw): You don’t get to die first.
No one can understand what Soren feels.
A beat.
Then Soren screams, grief ripping out of him, and punches the sand until his knuckles bleed.
Ariadne drops to her knees beside them.
ARIADNE (shaking): This is my fault. All of it. I should've seen it.
Lyra looks up at her, eyes empty.
LYRA: No. This was Nox. You can't blame this on yourself.
Silence settles again.
CUT TO:
EXT. KRYSTAL SANDS – RIDGE ABOVE THE SHORE – DAWN
Hunter’s body has been wrapped in cloth. Stones placed over him. No ceremony. No words would ever be enough to describe what everyone feels.
Soren stands alone at the grave.
SOREN (quiet): It should've been me. I made him come here...
Lyra approaches slowly.
LYRA: He came with you because he loved you. This isn't our fault, Soren.
Soren doesn’t look at her.
SOREN: I can't believe he's gone...
A long pause.
Ariadne approaches, eyes burning with anger.
ARIADNE: Nox is moving. It's time.
That hits Soren and Lyra.
Lyra rises, wiping her face. Something has awoken in her.
LYRA: Then we don’t stop. It's time to end this.
EXT. KRYSTAL SANDS – ANCIENT PATH – DAY
The land shifts as they move inland. The sand grows sharper, more crystalline. Ruins rise from the sands below. Far in the distance...
The Temple of Stormfall.
A massive, ancient structure embedded in the earth, crackling faintly with an incomprehensible energy.
But they’re not alone.
From the opposite ridge, banners appear.
NOX’S ARMY.
Dark armor. Crimson accents.
At their front, Nox.
Beside him: Aleric and the Blood Queen.
Both sides stop.
Stare.
Nox smirks.
Then...
The War begins.
EXT. KRYSTAL SANDS – BATTLEFIELD – DAY
Chaos erupts.
Steel clashes. Magic tears the air apart.
Lyra moves like fury incarnate, blades flashing, grief fueling every strike.
Soren fights brutally, recklessly: no defense, only rage.
Ariadne unleashes controlled devastation: fire bending, stormlight cracking through enemies.
Across the battlefield, Aleric fights with terrifying precision. He avoids killing when he can.
Their eyes meet once.
ARIADNE (shouting): You don’t have to do this!
ALERIC (pained): You'll understand... someday.
He turns away. Keeps fighting.
The Blood Queen moves like a phantom, untouchable, cutting through the ruins towards Stormfall.
Nox walks.
Unhurried.
Unstoppable.
EXT. STORMFALL – INNER SANCTUM – DAY
The structure "shines" with energy. Ancient runes glow brighter with every step.
Soren reaches the final steps first: bloodied, gasping.
He sees Nox ascending behind him.
SOREN (screaming): THIS IS FOR MY BROTHER!
He charges.
Nox stops him mid-air with a gesture.
Soren slams into stone, collapsing.
Nox steps past him.
Ariadne arrives next, power bursting from her hands.
ARIADNE: You don’t get to come here and destroy everything!
NOX: Oh... but I am.
He knocks her aside effortlessly.
Lyra reaches the threshold last. She locks eyes with him.
LYRA (cold): I’ll kill you.
NOX (almost kind): I believe you’ll try.
He crosses the final line.
EXT. STORMFALL – CORE CHAMBER – CONTINUOUS
Nox stands before the heart of Stormfall.
A pulsing, blinding source of pure raw power.
The artifact awakens.
The ground trembles. The sky fractures.
Stormfall responds to him.
Outside, the battle falters. Everyone feels it.
Ariadne stares in horror.
ARIADNE (whispering): He did it. He got Stormfall... He...won.
EXT. STORMFALL – SUMMIT – DAY
Nox stands alone at the center of the storm.
Power coils around him.
He looks out over the battlefield, over the broken survivors.
NOX (quiet, resolute): This was inevitable... You never had a chance.
Behind him, the Blood Queen and Aleric stand silent.
The storm intensifies.
NOX (smirking): Welcome to my new world.
FADE TO BLACK.
END OF EPISODE.