The Forsaken Kind

[Scene 1 – Flamefang Camp: The Sentence]

Inside a blood-soaked tent, Chief Brall sits on a throne made of burnt bones. Before him kneels Drak, covered in cuts, teeth gritted.

Drak:

“My brother betrayed the blood. He saved an enemy. He ran.”

Chief Brall:

“Then he is no longer Flamefang. He is Forsaken.”

The entire camp erupts in a chant:

“Forsaken! Forsaken! Forsaken!”

Chief Brall:

“Bring me his head. Or bring me yours.”

Drak bows with a twisted smile.

[Scene 2 – Stoneveil Village: Trial of the Heart]

Eya stands before the Stoneveil Elders, accused of hiding an enemy. Her bow is stripped from her.

Elder Zuni:

“You risked your blood for a Flamefang?”

Eya:

“He’s not one of them anymore.”

Elder Ruk:

“So you’d betray your kin for love?”

Eya:

“No. For peace.”

They pause. Mother Nasha, the blind elder, speaks:

Mother Nasha:

“Then let her live. But she walks no path of ours now.”

She’s exiled — not killed, but stripped of her place among the tribe.

Eya walks alone, clutching only the bark-scroll of the One Blood Prophecy.

[Scene 3 – Deep Woods: Karo’s Nightmare]

Karo, weak and feverish, stumbles through a black forest. The trees here are twisted, rotted. He finds ancient carvings on the trees — human bones tied to them with blood-rope.

Suddenly, growling.

Figures crawl from the shadows. Naked, pale-skinned humans with bloody mouths and bone piercings.

They sniff him.

Stranger (whispering):

“You smell like fear... and betrayal.”

The Flesh-Eaters have arrived.

[Scene 4 – New Tribe: The Flesh-Eaters]

Karo is dragged into a pit — hundreds of feet wide, filled with bones and flame.

The Flesh-Eater Chieftain, a monstrous man named Gorung, emerges.

He’s covered in tattoos, wears a mask made of stitched human faces.

Gorung:

“We are what the tribes fear. We are what they hide.”

Karo:

“You’re monsters…”

Gorung:

“We were once like you. Banished. Betrayed. Broken. Now we feast on what’s left of ‘kinds’ like yours.”

They circle him, preparing to sacrifice him.

Gorung:

“Die, and you rot. Rise, and you kill. Choose, Forsaken One.”

[Scene 5 – Eya Finds Him]

In the dead of night, Eya tracks the trail. She sees the pit.

She watches from the shadows as Karo is beaten, prepared for sacrifice.

She notches an arrow, whispering:

Eya:

“Don’t die, you idiot... I haven’t saved you twice just for you to get eaten.”

She fires — headshot. One Flesh-Eater drops.

Chaos breaks out.

She charges in.

[Scene 6 – Escape and Vow]

The two fight their way out. Karo, half-dead, but his instincts awaken — he stabs one, rips another’s jaw off.

They run through the trees.

Blood pours from their wounds.

They stop under a cave, breathing heavy.

Eya:

“You almost became one of them.”

Karo:

“Maybe I still am.”

She slaps him.

Eya:

“No. You’re more than them. More than all of them.”

Karo:

“Then I’ll prove it.”

He stands, teeth clenched.

Karo:

“I’ll kill the ones who tried to kill me. All of them. And I’ll start with Drak.”

Narrator (Voice-over):

“One heart. One flame. One blood. The tribes don’t know it yet… but war is no longer between them. War is within.”

[Final Scene – Drak’s March]

Drak stands with a warband of 30 Flamefang elites, tracking Karo’s trail.

They find the dead Flesh-Eaters. The pit burned. Gorung is gone.

Drak (grinning):

“So the little snake fights now.”

He drops his torch, igniting the forest edge.

Drak:

“Let him come. Let the Forsaken die like a man.”

[End of Episode 3]

To be continued…

⚔️ Next Episode Preview — Episode 4: “Blood of Brothers”

Karo and Drak meet in a savage, one-on-one battle in the burning woods. Flesh-Eaters return mid-fight. Betrayal, fire, and blood will mark this night. Only one brother will walk out alive.

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