The Fire That Divides

Setting: 10,000 years ago – before civilization, where mankind is split into primal tribes.

[Opening Scene]

(Dark clouds drift above a vast forest. The screen cuts to fire crackling. Bones, blood, and chants fill the air.)

Narrator (Voice-over):

“Before time was written… before cities, laws, or even gods… there were only tribes. And each tribe bore one truth — kill, or be killed. Peace? That was a lie told by the weak.”

[Scene 1: Inside the Flamefang Tribe]

The Flamefangs, a brutal warrior tribe, are sharpening bone blades. Children are trained to stab dummies made of dried corpses. A teen boy, Karo, watches silently as his older brother, Drak, crushes another boy’s skull in training.

Karo (thinking):

“I don’t want to kill... But to live, I must.”

A horn sounds. War drums echo. The leader, Chief Brall, speaks.

Chief Brall:

“Tonight, we hunt the Ash Eyes! Take their women, take their fire, burn their trees! No tribe must live but ours!”

Cheers erupt. Karo’s hand trembles around his dagger.

[Scene 2: Ash Eye Tribe Camp]

Far in the swamp lands, the Ash Eye Tribe, known for using poison and illusions, prepares for an incoming attack. Their chief, an old blind woman named Mother Nasha, touches the wet earth.

Mother Nasha:

“The blood of Flamefangs walks toward us. They bring death. But we… bring the end.”

Her granddaughter, Liri, tightens her bowstring. She’s calm, focused, deadly.

Liri:

“If they want death, we’ll give them a forest of corpses.”

[Scene 3: War Begins – Night Battle]

The forest turns red as torches move in. Karo moves with his unit, hiding fear in his eyes. Drak is grinning, thirsty for blood.

Drak:

“If you don’t kill, you die like the Lastbloods did. Weak fools.”

They charge in.

The Ash Eyes ambush from the trees. Arrows dipped in venom fly. Screams. Chaos.

Karo freezes when a young Ash Eye girl aims at him. They’re the same age — barely 14. Her hand trembles too. They lock eyes. She’s scared… just like him.

But Drak appears behind the girl and slices her throat open, blood spraying over Karo.

Drak:

“Hesitate again, and you’re next.”

Karo stares at the girl’s body, broken and bleeding in the mud.

[Scene 4: Back at Flamefang Camp – Aftermath]

Victorious cheers. They’ve burned the Ash Eye village. Prisoners scream. Karo vomits behind a hut.

A Flamefang warrior slaps his back.

Warrior:

“Your first taste, eh? It gets easier.”

Karo whispers:

Karo:

“...I don’t want it to.”

He looks up at the smoke rising from the forest. He hears cries of babies, smell of burnt wood and flesh.

[Scene 5: Flashback to the Past — The “One Blood” Myth]

Narrator (Voice-over):

“Long ago, there was only one tribe — One Blood. But greed broke them apart. Now, every kind wants the others dead. Peace was lost with the stars…”

A cave painting shows humans killing humans — red handprints over faded suns.

[Scene 6: Secret Meeting – Forbidden Thoughts]

Karo sneaks out at night. He meets someone — Eya, a girl from the Stoneveil Tribe. They’ve been meeting secretly for moons.

Eya:

“We weren’t born enemies. They made us enemies.”

Karo:

“If they knew we met, we’d both be skinned alive.”

They hold hands. She gives him a charm carved from tree bark.

Eya:

“Someday, the tribes must unite. Or we’ll all die alone.”

Karo:

“They’ll never let that happen.”

Suddenly, rustling. A Flamefang scout sees them — eyes wide.

Scout:

“Traitor!”

He runs, but Karo throws a spear — hitting him in the back.

Karo:

“...I didn’t want to kill him. But I had to.”

Eya stares in horror.

[Final Scene: The Spark of War]

Back in the Flamefang camp, Drak announces that all scouts reported seeing Stoneveil spies. He calls for a war council.

Chief Brall:

“Then let the Stoneveil fall next! They all want to kill us — so we’ll strike first.”

Drak:

“We are Flamefangs. We are the end of other kinds!”

Karo looks at his bloodied hands. Then at Eya’s charm.

Narrator (Voice-over):

“In a world where every kind wants the others dead… can one heart stop the blood from flowing?”

[End of Episode 1]

To be continued…

🌿 Next Episode Preview – Episode 2: “Stoneveil Shall Burn”

Karo is forced into a war against the tribe of the girl he secretly loves. A secret prophecy is revealed — one human from “One Blood” will unite or destroy them all.

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