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[Scene: Varos – Temple Square – Morning]

FX: Deep bell chimes echo through the underground city 🔔🔔🔔

[Visual: Thousands of rebels and citizens gather in a stone amphitheater carved into the cavern floor. Torches burn blue. Silent anticipation hangs in the air.]

[Voiceover – Priestess Ilhara]:

"Lady Elara of the Soulforge… the Crown calls for your judgment."

Elara (thinking):

"I never asked for faith. But I have it now. And if I fall… they fall with me."

[Scene: Elevated Platform — Elara stands at the center, alone. Her hands are not bound. But her blade is sealed in crystal.]

[Kaelith watches from the crowd, eyes narrowed.]

[Prince Auren stands nearby, arms folded, unreadable.]

[FX: THUD… THUD… THUD…]

A heavy figure approaches through a gateway of flame.

[Enter: The Red Judge]

[Visual: A towering man in crimson armor, face hidden behind a rusted red mask shaped like a cracked crown. His presence bends the air — a walking verdict.]

[Whispers from the crowd]:

"That's him…"

"The King's Executioner…"

"Why is he down here?"

[The Red Judge] (voice low, metallic):

"Elara. Daughter of no name. Breaker of bonds. Betrayer of the Crown."

[Elara] (steady):

"Say what you came to say."

[Red Judge]:

"I am not here to speak. I am here to weigh your soul."

[Scene: Magical Runes flare around the arena, forming a red circle of judgment]

FX: CRACK! RUNES IGNITE 🔥⚖️

[Red Judge]:

"In this circle, your words carry truth. Your memories, exposed. If you lie — you burn."

[Kaelith, whispering to Auren]:

"Can she survive this?"

[Auren]:

"If she believes she deserves to."

[Scene: The Trial Begins]

[Red Judge]:

"First question. Were you created to obey?"

[Elara] (eyes forward):

"Yes."

FX: Runes flare blue — truth.

[Red Judge]:

"Do you still wish to obey?"

[Elara] (softly):

"No."

FX: Blue again. Truth.

[Sudden Flash — Memory Burst]

Visual: Chains on a cold floor. A mage's voice shouting commands. Young Elara, shaking, whispering "yes, master" through tears.

[Red Judge]:

"Do you still carry the curse?"

[Elara] (breathing sharp):

"…Yes."

FX: Runes flicker. Blue… then red. Partial truth.

[Red Judge]:

"You hesitate. Why?"

Elara (thinking):

"Because part of me… still wonders if I'm more than the curse."

[Elara] (aloud):

"Because I'm still learning who I am."

FX: Blue. Truth. Crowd murmurs softly.

[Scene: The Judge circles her slowly, heat radiating off his armor.]

[Red Judge]:

"Then tell them now — and speak true — are you their savior, or are you still just a weapon waiting to be aimed?"

Silence.

The crowd holds its breath.

Elara (thinking):

"I could lie. Give them what they want. Be the hero in their stories."

"But that would mean becoming… what I was created to be again."

[Elara] (clear, steady voice):

"I am neither."

"I am not a savior. I am not a weapon."

"I am a choice made flesh."

"I am what happens when the chain breaks… and keeps walking."

FX: The arena glows white. The judgment runes burst into radiant flame — beyond red or blue.

[The Red Judge steps back, stunned. His voice cracks for the first time.]

[Red Judge]:

"The seal… is breaking."

[Scene: Sky above Varos cracks with golden lightning — a rupture in the roof. A blinding light shines down into the square.]

FX: WHOOM! 🌌⚡

[Visual: The final sigil on Elara's chest ignites. It burns white-hot, then vanishes.]

Elara (thinking):

"This is it. No more locks. No more chains."

[Red Judge lowers his blade. Bows.]

[Red Judge]:

"Judgment complete."

[He turns to the people:]

"This is not a god."

[He looks back to Elara:]

"This is a woman. And that… is more terrifying."

[Crowd erupts in shouts — not of fear, but awe.]

"Forge-born!"

"Chainbreaker!"

"Elara!"

[Kaelith smiles for the first time. Auren watches, eyes sharp — calculating.]

[Final Scene: Red Judge walks into the fire gate. Before vanishing, he speaks one last time.]

[Red Judge]:

"Lucien will come for you next. Not as a prince… but as a god-killer."

[Elara] (whispering to herself):

"Then let him come."

🔥 TO BE CONTINUED…