"Eyes" circling high above.
Kanthaka backs away.
Kylan hesitates then pushes on.
CUT TO.
EXT. MARKET - ELLORAN TOWN CENTRE
The townspeople run, knocking over stalls.
A large black horse blocks a family. The black hooded rider, XYLOCK, raises his hand, directing other hooded figures as they spread throughout the town.
Across the square arrows are fired. A sword beheading an old man.
INT. ELLORAN HOME
The door is kicked open. A father leaps forward, his stomach swiftly slashed before a black boot kicks him away.
EXT. ALLEY
A young woman runs, terrified. Black gloved hands grab her from behind and spin her around.
HOODED WOMAN: No no!
Another pair of gloved hands pull back her hood and check the left side of her face.
EXT. SIDE STREET
Elloran men charge forward with axes, brooms, and anything else they can find.
Four hooded figures march toward them.
All wearing familiar grey steel masks and bladed armor.
The masked soldiers raise their curved swords and effortlessly block every blow from the Ellorans, cutting the men down within seconds.
INT. BEDROOM - ELLORAN HOME
Another door bursts open, a mother and her teenage daughter cower in the corner.
A masked soldier draws his sword and approaches, swiftly disposing of the mother before grabbing the girl.
EXT. SIDE STREET
A barrel is pulled aside, Sebille hiding. The masked soldier grabs her by the hair and pulls her to her feet.
SEBILLE: No no!
TUCK (O.S): Let her go you bastard!
Tuck leaps onto the soldier's back, freeing Sebille.
TUCK (CONT'D): (to Sebille) Run! Get out
of here!
Tuck pins soldier the ground, holding him down.
Sebille turns to run but is grabbed by another soldier.
Tuck is quickly overpowered, the soldier rolls on top of him and slits his throat with his bladed forearm.
EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF ELLORA
Kylan nears the town, the cries and screams now louder.
KYLAN: Great Spirit.
Several men run in his direction, two with arrows in them.
EXT. MAIN SQUARE
XYLOCK, also masked, turns to another rider as he approaches, both speaking Southern.
SECOND RIDER: (subtitled) A small number
are escaping.
XYLOCK: Widen the perimeter.
Sebille is thrown into a group of girls rounded up in the centre of the main square, masked soldiers surrounding them.
EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF ELLORA
Kylan turns his head.
KYLAN: Ren!
He jumps down off his horse and runs forward.
Rence struggles, an arrow in his leg and shoulder.
Kylan catches him just as he falls.
RENCE: Kai!
Kanthaka neighs and backs away, panicking. The massacre still raging in the distance.
Kylan tries to remove the arrow from Rence's shoulder.
Rence cries out, shaking his head.
Kylan looks up, unable to see what's happening in the town.
RENCE (CONT'D): They're killing everyone
Kai! They're killing EVERYONE!
KYLAN: Put your arm around me.
He helps him up and pulls him over to Kanthaka.
He looks aside and sees black horses approaching from around the sides of the town.
He quickly tries to get Rence onto the horse just as the masked riders begin firing arrows.
Two of the fleeing men are instantly cut down.
Rence falls back, unable to get onto the horse.
RENCE: Go! Get out of here!
Kylan tries to help him again.
Rence shoves him back.
RENCE (CONT'D): Ride you fool!
Kylan sees the masked riders getting closer, many spreading out to encircle the wider area.
Kylan looks down at Rence as he crawls away, pulling the arrow from his leg.
RENCE (CONT'D): GO!
Kylan backs away and gets back onto the Kanthaka, racing into the nearby fields.
A masked rider sees him and slows down.
He raises a small arrow gun and aims at Kylan.
He fires just as his horse buckles. Rence stabbing his arrow into the horse's foot.
The
Kanthaka backs away.
Kylan hesitates then pushes on.
CUT TO.
EXT. MARKET - ELLORAN TOWN CENTRE
The townspeople run, knocking over stalls.
A large black horse blocks a family. The black hooded rider, XYLOCK, raises his hand, directing other hooded figures as they spread throughout the town.
Across the square arrows are fired. A sword beheading an old man.
INT. ELLORAN HOME
The door is kicked open. A father leaps forward, his stomach swiftly slashed before a black boot kicks him away.
EXT. ALLEY
A young woman runs, terrified. Black gloved hands grab her from behind and spin her around.
HOODED WOMAN: No no!
Another pair of gloved hands pull back her hood and check the left side of her face.
EXT. SIDE STREET
Elloran men charge forward with axes, brooms, and anything else they can find.
Four hooded figures march toward them.
All wearing familiar grey steel masks and bladed armor.
The masked soldiers raise their curved swords and effortlessly block every blow from the Ellorans, cutting the men down within seconds.
INT. BEDROOM - ELLORAN HOME
Another door bursts open, a mother and her teenage daughter cower in the corner.
A masked soldier draws his sword and approaches, swiftly disposing of the mother before grabbing the girl.
EXT. SIDE STREET
A barrel is pulled aside, Sebille hiding. The masked soldier grabs her by the hair and pulls her to her feet.
SEBILLE: No no!
TUCK (O.S): Let her go you bastard!
Tuck leaps onto the soldier's back, freeing Sebille.
TUCK (CONT'D): (to Sebille) Run! Get out
of here!
Tuck pins soldier the ground, holding him down.
Sebille turns to run but is grabbed by another soldier.
Tuck is quickly overpowered, the soldier rolls on top of him and slits his throat with his bladed forearm.
EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF ELLORA
Kylan nears the town, the cries and screams now louder.
KYLAN: Great Spirit.
Several men run in his direction, two with arrows in them.
EXT. MAIN SQUARE
XYLOCK, also masked, turns to another rider as he approaches, both speaking Southern.
SECOND RIDER: (subtitled) A small number
are escaping.
XYLOCK: Widen the perimeter.
Sebille is thrown into a group of girls rounded up in the centre of the main square, masked soldiers surrounding them.
EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF ELLORA
Kylan turns his head.
KYLAN: Ren!
He jumps down off his horse and runs forward.
Rence struggles, an arrow in his leg and shoulder.
Kylan catches him just as he falls.
RENCE: Kai!
Kanthaka neighs and backs away, panicking. The massacre still raging in the distance.
Kylan tries to remove the arrow from Rence's shoulder.
Rence cries out, shaking his head.
Kylan looks up, unable to see what's happening in the town.
RENCE (CONT'D): They're killing everyone
Kai! They're killing EVERYONE!
KYLAN: Put your arm around me.
He helps him up and pulls him over to Kanthaka.
He looks aside and sees black horses approaching from around the sides of the town.
He quickly tries to get Rence onto the horse just as the masked riders begin firing arrows.
Two of the fleeing men are instantly cut down.
Rence falls back, unable to get onto the horse.
RENCE: Go! Get out of here!
Kylan tries to help him again.
Rence shoves him back.
RENCE (CONT'D): Ride you fool!
Kylan sees the masked riders getting closer, many spreading out to encircle the wider area.
Kylan looks down at Rence as he crawls away, pulling the arrow from his leg.
RENCE (CONT'D): GO!
Kylan backs away and gets back onto the Kanthaka, racing into the nearby fields.
A masked rider sees him and slows down.
He raises a small arrow gun and aims at Kylan.
He fires just as his horse buckles. Rence stabbing his arrow into the horse's foot.
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