Haven's Fall

**Logline:** Racing against the Leviathan’s advance, Kael, Lyra, and Thelron reach Haven’s Watch—only to find the town already drowning in Gloom-corrupted mist. As Kael fights to maintain control under siege, a desperate plan to shield the townsfolk forces him to confront the true cost of his silence.

**EXT. COASTAL ROAD - DAWN**

Kael, Lyra, and Thelron ride borrowed storm-lizards toward the coast. The air reeks of salt and decay. The sea is unnaturally still, covered in a sickly, iridescent film.

**THELRON**

>(Scanning the horizon)

>Leviathan’s closer. Poisoned the currents. Fish are dying... and rising.

**LYRA**

>(Pointing)

>Haven’s Watch!

The coastal town is barely visible through a thick, **purple-black mist** that clings to the docks. Faint, distorted screams echo from within. The compass needle glows crimson, vibrating toward the harbor depths.

**KAEL**

>(Eyes wide, clutching his chest)

>The mist... it’s *alive*. Feeds on fear. And it’s getting thicker...

**THELRON**

>Gloom-spore saturation. Breathe it too long, and you’ll drown in nightmares. We need to move. *Now*.

**EXT. HAVEN’S WATCH - DOCKS - DAY**

The mist writhes like sentient smoke. Townsfolk stagger, trapped in waking terrors—some claw at their eyes, others huddle frozen. **Gloom-eels** slither through the streets, feeding on despair.

**LYRA**

>(Covering her mouth with a treated cloth)

>How do we fight *this*?

**THELRON**

>Cleanse the heart of the mist—the **source** in the harbor. But first, we shield the people.

He gestures to the town’s central square, where a weathered **Warden Tide-Stone** stands—a relic meant to repel sea curses, now dark and inert.

**THELRON**

>Kael—you and I channel the Font’s resonance. Reignite the Tide-Stone. It’ll create a temporary barrier.

**KAEL**

>(Anxious)

>My control... it’s not strong enough yet.

**LYRA**

>(Drawing her sunsteel daggers)

>Then I’ll buy you time. Go!

Gloom-eels surge toward them. Lyra leaps into action, her blades cutting through mist and shadow-flesh.

**EXT. TIDE-STONE SQUARE - CONTINUOUS**

Kael and Thelron place hands on the cold stone. Thelron’s crystal arm hums, channeling stabilized storm energy. Kael closes his eyes, reaching for the Font’s distant resonance—a thin, frayed thread of light.

**THELRON**

>Focus on *protection*. On Haven’s Watch. The Font answers intent!

Kael envisions the town safe—children laughing, nets mended, salt-air untainted. The Tide-Stone flickers weakly. Suddenly, a **GLOOM-HARPY** (a twisted fisherwoman with eel-like tentacles for hair) swoops from the mist, shrieking.

**KAEL**

>(Breaking concentration)

>Lyra—!

Lyra tackles the Harpy mid-lunge, rolling away as its claws rake the stone where Kael stood.

**LYRA**

>Eyes on the stone, sparky! I’ve got this!

Kael refocuses, pouring his will into the Tide-Stone. It flares—**GOLDEN LIGHT** erupts, pushing back the mist in a 50-foot radius. Townsfolk within the light gasp, freed from nightmares.

**TOWNSWOMAN**

>(Tears streaming)

>The shadows... they’re gone!

But Kael’s hands tremble violently. Thin cracks spiderweb across the Tide-Stone.

**THELRON**

>(Straining)

>It’s too much strain! Pull back, Kael!

**KAEL**

>(Gritting teeth)

>Not... yet... They need more time!

**(SCENE END - 20 min)**

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**EXT. HARBOR - CONTINUOUS**

Lyra fights toward the dock’s end. The mist coils around a **corrupted Font**—a whirlpool of black water swirling with dying light. A colossal shadow moves beneath it.

**LYRA**

>(Into comm-crystal)

>Thelron! The Font’s under the main dock! Leviathan’s right below—

**THE VOICE (V.O.)**

>*The Second Font drowns. Heal it or lose the coast.*

Kael hears the Voice. He *knows* healing this Font could push back the mist permanently... but it would mean abandoning the Tide-Stone shield.

**KAEL**

>(To Thelron, agonized)

>I have to go to the harbor! The Font’s dying—

**THELRON**

>If you stop channeling, the shield falls! Hundreds will be consumed!

**KAEL**

>(Eyes desperate)

>But if the Font dies, *thousands* will follow! The Leviathan feeds on it!

The Tide-Stone CRACKS louder. The shield flickers. Townsfolk scream as mist claws at the light’s edge.

**KAEL**

>(Decision hardening)

>Hold the shield! I’ll be fast!

He SPRINTS toward the harbor, ignoring Thelron’s shout. The Tide-Stone’s light DIMS, the shield shrinking.

**(SCENE END - 25 min)**

** - HARBOR - CONTINUOUS**

Kael reaches the Font. Gloom-eels swarm him. He unleashes a **controlled kinetic pulse** (Thelron’s training)—shattering eels but staggering himself. The Leviathan’s eye surfaces, watching.

**KAEL**

>(To the Font, pouring resonant energy into the water)

>*Hold on...*

The Font’s light brightens—but the Leviathan ROARS. A wave of Gloom-energy CRASHES into Kael. He’s thrown back, bloodied. The Font darkens further.

**LYRA**

>(Arriving, dragging him up)

>It’s too strong! Fall back!

**KAEL**

>(Coughing, staring at the drowning Font)

>No... There’s another way.

>(He meets Lyra’s eyes—a silent plea. She *understands* he has a plan he can’t explain.)

Kael closes his eyes. Instead of fighting the Leviathan’s resonance, he **HARMONIZES** with it—matching its monstrous frequency. The Leviathan pauses, confused.

**KAEL**

>(Whispering)

>*Now, Lyra!*

Lyra hurls a **Sunstone Grenade** (stolen from Brask’s hunters) into the Font. It detonates in a blast of purifying light. The Leviathan SCREECHES, recoiling. The Font’s Gloom-veins SHRIVEL—its light stabilizes, weak but uncorrupted.

The mist across Haven’s Watch THINS. The Tide-Stone shield steadies—but Kael collapses, unconscious, resonance-burned.

Lyra cradles Kael, shielding him from the retreating mist. Thelron arrives, face grim. The Leviathan submerges—but its enraged roar shakes the sea. The compass needle glows white-hot, pointing inland... to the next Font.

**LYRA**

>(To Thelron, voice raw)

>He almost died. And he *still* won’t tell us why.

**THELRON**

>(Gently checking Kael’s pulse)

>Some burdens can’t be shared. Only carried.

>(He looks at the healed Font, then the wounded town)

>He bought us time. Now we move. Faster.

**Next Episode Preview Snippet:** Kael lies feverish, haunted by Leviathan-dreams. Lyra and Thelron seek a healer in the perilous Mossback Swamp. A new ally emerges—a Warden descendant who recognizes the compass... and the mark of the "Echo." The Leviathan’s storm follows them inland, twisting the swamp into a nightmare.

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