🌑 Chapter 10 – Shadows Born from PainRadiant Saga – A Legacy of Hero Spin-off
"Sometimes, shadows don't come from evil...but from pain no one ever saw."— Ray Stormbreak
🎬 SCENE 1 – VILLAGE OF ELDERHAVEN | LATE AFTERNOON📍 Northwest Region – Ancestral Reclusion Zone
A soft rain falls over the abandoned village.Fog drapes the wooden houses like ghostly veils.No birdsong. No wind.Only the sound of raindrops... and footsteps in the mud.
📷 The Guild of a Thousand Lights — Lorien, Kai, and Diana — walk slowly along the darkened trails.In the distance, Ray Stormbreak watches them through an ethereal magical hologram, floating between rune circuits.
KAI (sarcastic, kicking a rock):— "Seriously? Our first mission's in a ghost village?I was hoping for, I don't know... a dragon or something."
LORIEN (stopping, eyes sharp):— "I feel something strange…Like the ground itself remembers things."
DIANA (clenching her fist):— "It's more than that...There's the scent of dried blood in the air."
📸 Camera cuts to a distant house in the village.Isolated, simple in design, but surrounded by a subtly distorted aura.A rusted sign still swings with a barely legible name: Nox House.
🩸 SCENE 2 – INSIDE THE NOX HOUSE📍 Years Earlier
A dim candle flickers in a small room.Maria Nox, her expression strong, breathes deeply.She kneels beside the bed, lifting wooden floorboards.
📷 Beneath the trapdoor, a six-year-old boy is hidden — Kelvin.His eyes are wide, but silent.
MARIA (whispering, with restrained tenderness):— "Kelvin… listen to Mommy.Take the necklace. Keep it close… it will protect you."
📷 She places a small pendant around his neck and kisses his forehead gently.
— "No matter what happens…you're going to survive.You're going to become someone, my son."
📸 DOOR BURSTS OPEN.Three hooded men storm inside.Their bodies are marked with symbols of ruin glowing blood-red.Their presence distorts the air.
HOODED MAN 1 (low voice):— "Where is the vessel of Master Tyrus?"
MARIA (coldly, facing them):— "There's no one here. The boy died. Get out of my house."
HOODED MAN 2 (stepping forward):— "Liar."
📷 In a flash, Maria draws a hidden dagger from her dress and slashes the first man.But the second reacts.
CRACK.A shadowy spear pierces her abdomen.She exhales softly, collapsing slowly.
📷 Through the cracks in the floor, Kelvin watches everything.Trembling. Breathless.
KELVIN (in shock, whispering):— "…Mom?"
📷 Blood spreads. But in Maria's eyes… there's still love.She dies smiling.Protecting.
🕯️ SCENE 3 – THE AWAKENING OF A SHADOW📍 Moments Later
📷 The house begins to tremble.The candles go out.The trapdoor—explodes.
A wave of darkness rises.Kelvin emerges from the shadows, eyes black as night.His aura is chaotic, pulsing, feral.
KELVIN (screaming with fury and grief):— "MOOOOOOOM!!!"
📸 Shadow spears erupt from his body.The three hooded men are impaled—brutally, instantly—Silenced by raw instinctive power.The entire room becomes a storm of darkness.
📷 Kelvin collapses to the floor.The pendant glows.And silence returns.
Only blood… and shadows… remain.
⚠️ SCENE 4 – OUTSIDE | MINUTES LATER
📷 Lorien stops suddenly. His eyes glow.He activates the Seraphim's Gaze.
LORIEN (shaken):— "An aura… massive.Like Tyrus's… but pure."
KAI (looking up):— "It came from there! The house is destroyed!"
DIANA (tense, eyes alert):— "Was that really a child?"
📸 They rush to the ruins.Inside the shattered home, amidst dried blood and charred wood, lies the unconscious body of Kelvin Nox.
DIANA (whispering):— "It's him… but how?"
KAI (gulping):— "He's just a kid…"
LORIEN (serious, resolute):— "That kid… might be the key to understanding the Order.We need to bring him to Ray. Now."
🌙 SCENE 5 – THOUSAND LIGHTS HQ | HOURS LATER📍 Guild Infirmary
📷 Kelvin lies on a bed, eyes closed.The necklace glows faintly on his chest.
📸 He dreams.In the ethereal realm, his mother's voice echoes:
MARIA (distant voice, like a moonlit whisper):— "Kelvin… keep that necklace."— "Fight for the shadows we carry…Turn them into protection. Not revenge."
📷 Kelvin jolts awake, sweating.His eyes open… still red from crying.
Around him: Ray, Diana, Kai, and Lorien watch silently.
RAY (with a rare, gentle smile):— "Hey, kid…Welcome to your new home."
📷 Kelvin looks at Ray.His eyes still teary… but glowing.
He clutches the necklace tightly.
📸 Camera focuses on his hand, gripping the pendant.The shadows haven't vanished.But now… they've been reborn with purpose.