ARIANNA: An Original Screenplay by Mehul Desai Page A
Authors: Mehul Desai
the scroll and rejects it.
CUT TO.
EXT. BATTLEFIELD - BORDER - DUSK
The soldiers of the Northern Realm, armed with swords and spears, stand ready.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “Centuria was torn
apart.”
Across the border the black clad army of the Southern Realm.
FEMALE NARRATOR (CONT'D): “What
followed was a darkness that took the lives
of thousands.”
The armies charge at each other, steel into flesh, cheers into cries, blood onto land...
We pan away to the night sky as the battle rages.
DISSOLVE TO.
EXT. VILLAGE HUT - SOUTHERN REALM - NIGHT
A young women stumbles out her home, crying.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “An end finally
came when a new darkness swept the
Southern Realm.”
The woman trips and falls, coughing up blood.
INT. VILLAGE HUT
Two children, aged 3 and 4, lie dead by the fire.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “Disease.”
CUT TO.
INT. ROYAL COURT - PALACE - DAY
A new King listens to his advisers.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “Centuria reached
out to their fallen brothers.”
EXT. BATTLEFIELD - BORDER - EVENING
Emissaries ride off into the Southern Realm.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “But all who crossed
the border never returned.”
CUT TO.
EXT. MARKET TOWN - SOUTHERN REALM - NIGHT
A rat scurries past a dead body.
The entire town deserted.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “To the people of
the north the silence of the south was the
silence of a grave.”
CUT TO.
EXT. BATTLEFIELD - BORDER - EVENING
Fences are erected, the Centurian forces turning away and leaving with a few left behind to stand guard.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “The Southern
Realm was soon forgotten.”
Across the battlefield the bodies of the fallen Southern soldiers are left to the vultures.
FEMALE NARRATOR (CONT'D): “And
the people of Kalaar were never seen again.”
FADE TO BLACK.
WESTERN PROVINCE, SOUTHERN REALM. FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE ARMISTICE
FADE IN.
EXT. FIELD - COAST - NIGHT
Bare feet stagger across dead soil.
A SKINNY BOY of 14, dressed in little more than rags, picks around for food.
He coughs, balancing himself on his staff.
He staggers to the cliff and looks up at the night sky.
His face is pale and sunken.
He lowers his head, turning to leave, but then stops.
He notices his shadow stretched out before him.
He slowly turns around and stops.
A single star shines brighter than all the others.
The staff drops from his hands.
The starlight begins to pulsate.
Behind him men and women from his village approach, all weak from disease. The weakest amongst them crawling on their hands and knees.
The boy raises a hand, shielding his eyes as the light intensifies.
A woman carrying a dead baby shakes her head, tears in her eyes.
An older woman besides her also begins to cry.
CRYING WOMAN: Great Father...
An old man drops to his knees and weeps like a child.
WEEPING MAN: (subtitled) He has not
forsaken us... He has not forsaken us....
All of the villagers are now on their knees, touching the sides of their foreheads and raising their hands to the light.
CRYING WOMAN: Praise Kalaar!
The light spreads, slowly consuming the dying people.
The boy closes his eyes and smiles.
FADE TO WHITE.
FADE IN.
EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF WOODS - SUNSET
Wild flowers.
A 9 year old girl stands alone.
She reaches down and picks out of the flowers, holding the white petals to her nose.
A shadow passes from the side.
The girl, NAIYOO, turns her head and sees a woman in her mid 20s approach.
Both have the same pale blonde hair and fair blue eyes.
NIMUE smiles, gesturing with her hands as she talks.
NIMUE: (subtitled) Sundown is approaching.
Naiyoo offers her the flower.
Nimue smiles again, accepting the gift.
She lifts the deaf/mute child into the air and kisses her
CUT TO.
EXT. BATTLEFIELD - BORDER - DUSK
The soldiers of the Northern Realm, armed with swords and spears, stand ready.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “Centuria was torn
apart.”
Across the border the black clad army of the Southern Realm.
FEMALE NARRATOR (CONT'D): “What
followed was a darkness that took the lives
of thousands.”
The armies charge at each other, steel into flesh, cheers into cries, blood onto land...
We pan away to the night sky as the battle rages.
DISSOLVE TO.
EXT. VILLAGE HUT - SOUTHERN REALM - NIGHT
A young women stumbles out her home, crying.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “An end finally
came when a new darkness swept the
Southern Realm.”
The woman trips and falls, coughing up blood.
INT. VILLAGE HUT
Two children, aged 3 and 4, lie dead by the fire.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “Disease.”
CUT TO.
INT. ROYAL COURT - PALACE - DAY
A new King listens to his advisers.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “Centuria reached
out to their fallen brothers.”
EXT. BATTLEFIELD - BORDER - EVENING
Emissaries ride off into the Southern Realm.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “But all who crossed
the border never returned.”
CUT TO.
EXT. MARKET TOWN - SOUTHERN REALM - NIGHT
A rat scurries past a dead body.
The entire town deserted.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “To the people of
the north the silence of the south was the
silence of a grave.”
CUT TO.
EXT. BATTLEFIELD - BORDER - EVENING
Fences are erected, the Centurian forces turning away and leaving with a few left behind to stand guard.
FEMALE NARRATOR: “The Southern
Realm was soon forgotten.”
Across the battlefield the bodies of the fallen Southern soldiers are left to the vultures.
FEMALE NARRATOR (CONT'D): “And
the people of Kalaar were never seen again.”
FADE TO BLACK.
WESTERN PROVINCE, SOUTHERN REALM. FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE ARMISTICE
FADE IN.
EXT. FIELD - COAST - NIGHT
Bare feet stagger across dead soil.
A SKINNY BOY of 14, dressed in little more than rags, picks around for food.
He coughs, balancing himself on his staff.
He staggers to the cliff and looks up at the night sky.
His face is pale and sunken.
He lowers his head, turning to leave, but then stops.
He notices his shadow stretched out before him.
He slowly turns around and stops.
A single star shines brighter than all the others.
The staff drops from his hands.
The starlight begins to pulsate.
Behind him men and women from his village approach, all weak from disease. The weakest amongst them crawling on their hands and knees.
The boy raises a hand, shielding his eyes as the light intensifies.
A woman carrying a dead baby shakes her head, tears in her eyes.
An older woman besides her also begins to cry.
CRYING WOMAN: Great Father...
An old man drops to his knees and weeps like a child.
WEEPING MAN: (subtitled) He has not
forsaken us... He has not forsaken us....
All of the villagers are now on their knees, touching the sides of their foreheads and raising their hands to the light.
CRYING WOMAN: Praise Kalaar!
The light spreads, slowly consuming the dying people.
The boy closes his eyes and smiles.
FADE TO WHITE.
FADE IN.
EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF WOODS - SUNSET
Wild flowers.
A 9 year old girl stands alone.
She reaches down and picks out of the flowers, holding the white petals to her nose.
A shadow passes from the side.
The girl, NAIYOO, turns her head and sees a woman in her mid 20s approach.
Both have the same pale blonde hair and fair blue eyes.
NIMUE smiles, gesturing with her hands as she talks.
NIMUE: (subtitled) Sundown is approaching.
Naiyoo offers her the flower.
Nimue smiles again, accepting the gift.
She lifts the deaf/mute child into the air and kisses her
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