Script for Phoenix Lord

 

INT. PAINTING ON A STONE WALL - EVENING

 

The painting shows a castle in the background on the left side sitting on a hill with a road winding towards the centre frame, continuing out of sight at the bottom of the painting.

 

NARRATOR

It’s said that those bound by desperation are the strongest allies of all.

 

The camera pulls away from the painting to show a DWARF picking the painting off of the wall, revealing the wall to be the remains of a building that appears to have been burnt down.

 

EXT. MUDDY ROAD - EVENING 

The camera continues to zoom out and follows the DWARF as they carry the painting to the right towards a horse and cart. The DWARF places the painting on the cart which is full of pieces of furniture and timber. 

 

NARRATOR

But in those strongest alliance, lies the greatest of all desperations...

 

EXT. MUDDY ROAD- EVENING 

DWARF rides the cart along a road heading away from the camera, showing more and more of the surrounding landscape which is shown to be a great valley contain multiple burning towns in the distance.

 

NARRATOR

No matter the struggle, no matter the danger...

 

EXT. MURKY JUNGLE

UNDEAD #1, UNDEAD#2, UNDEAD#3 are seen wading through the knee-deep water and, are suddenly attack my a large-scaled creature which burst from the water, raises it’s head above them and lets out a booming hiss.

 

NARRATOR

No matter the suffering from those around them...

 

EXT. BADLANDS 

ELF#1 - 7 are seen run from a colossal bone covered monster with an ORC riding atop it, some of the elves are sent flying as they attempt to outrun it.

 

NARRATOR

The horrors witnessed…

 

INT. DARK CAVE TUNNEL

DWARF #1 and DWARF #2 walk along the passage bearing torches, as they walk passed a creature is seen attached to the wall, blending in with the rock, its eye following.

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NARRATOR

The interests of those who roam Aerrearia are trivial indeed…

 

INT. DARKNESS

A pair of glowing eyes are revealed as the previous scene fades to black.

 

INT. UNDERGROUND TOMB - EARLY MORNING

 

PHOENIX LORD RISES from a stone plinth in a dark room with two torch brackets on the wall to his left and right. The room is made of stone brick and the only other light is a doorway ahead of him 

 

Three FIGURES are standing in front of the doorway making it hard for the PHOENIX LORD to see what they look like due to the light shining downwards from the doorway.

 

The SHORT FIGURE steps forward from the centre of the three, revealing that they are a BELLONA EMERALDSTONE.

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

(looking back toward the other two)

Look, it’s finally waking up.

 

SCORR

(sarcastically)

Our hero arrives at our hour of need

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

(angry whisper)

Hold your tongue Scorr

 

PHOENIX LORD moves slowly towards the figures gaining a view of SCORR a tall, thin lizardman and the THIRD FIGURE, an ORC with many scars and greying hair.

 

PHOENIX LORD (DIALOGUE OPTIONS)

[Option 1]

(To BELLONA EMERALDSTONE)

What am I doing here? Where am I?

[Option 2]

(To BELLONA EMERALDSTONE)

Who are you?

[Option 3]

(With a loud and deep voice)

You dare to summon me, mortals?

 

[Option 1]

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

Please be calm my lord and I will explain to the best of my ability.

You are inside your tomb my lord, you have been resting here for many lifetimes some don’t even know of your past exploits. 

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[Option 2]

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

Of course my lord you must have many questions and they shall be answered in due time.

 

[Option 3]

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE backs away slightly

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

A-aye lord but these are dire times and you help is needed if we are to survive in these trying times.

[END OF OPTIONS]

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

You can call miss Emeraldstone, I am one of three advisors that have been sent to retrieve you from this...place.

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE shifts her weight, looking around at the interior of the tomb as she speaks.

 

An echoing roar is heard from the entrance of the tomb causing the group to divert their attention towards the light shining in.

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

I will explain all you want to know my lord but first, we need to deal with those creatures out there.

 

[Player gains control of Phoenix Lord and maybe leave the tomb]

 

[The player can explorer the tomb to find a page from an old tome which talks about some of the belief involving the Phoenix Lord, more specifically how he usually places a part in important events in history but he never seems to retain his memories of events past]

 

EXT. OUTER TOMB 

 

Upon the phoenix lord exiting the tomb, he sees that he is surrounded by dense forests and snow. There is a purple goo that is strewn about the floor and on the trees and stone.

 

The camera pans over to a large crystal by the entrance to the tomb. 

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

Strange… your awakening must’ve stirred something in this object and these creatures appear to be drawn to it…

 

The camera returns to the player’s point of view.

 

[the player is now able to travel across the map to different locations as well as having access to the tower building aspects of the UI.]

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

My lord, a few of our workers have-

 

SCORR

(Interjects Bellona)

You can not seriously think that he is ready for this, no matter his background?

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

(Ignoring scorr’s comment.)

My lord, a few of our workers have travelled with us to prepare some defences please use them to the fullest of their capabilities.

 

[A square lights up on a square of the map, showing the player where to place the tower as well as a light appearing around the Elven tower icon showing the player what hotkey to press.]

 

SCORR

(Hint of sarcasm)

Act with haste oh wise lord, lest we end up food for these detestable fiends.

 

after the player has placed their first tower a few basic enemies crawl out from a pool of corruption so that the player can gain an understanding of how combat works, the player also at this point gains access to their first ability; fireball.

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

Excellent work lord! But prepare yourself, more are coming from another portal.

 

Another portal to the east opens up and the player is able to place towers in more areas.

 

SCORR

Don’t stand there, intercept them.

 

After holding off another 2 waves a third portal opens up to the west

 

SCORR

They’re nothing if not persistent

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

Quickly lord, hold them off!

 

Battling back the waves of creatures proved taxing, but the Phoenix Lord manages to push them back to their portals and they appear to have stopped.

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

you see Scorr? Just as the story spoke, a true marvel.

 

SCORR

I suppose…

The ground begins to shake and a much larger creature begins to claw its way out of the northern pool.

SCORR

By my scales!

 

BELLONA EMERALDSTONE

The sheer size… my lord hurry, we can’t give such a beast any respite.

The creature proves tough and a lot of the damage dealt to slowly drains its health, but not enough. 

 

[At this point the player is shown another ability; Phoenix’s claw, a high damage single target ability that drains a tremendous amount of mana to use.]

 

With the creature heavily weaken due to this new ability, the Phoenix Lord is able to bring the goliath-sized creature down as it fades back into the corruption.

 

[The first level is complete upon the defeat of the Goliath and the Phoenix Lord returns to the advisors to find out more about the world that he has awoken in and perhaps find his place in it.]