Chaisson: Quest for Oriud FANTASY SHORT FILM

(low distant howling) (eerie echoing music) - [Regent Voiceover] Too long has the curse of magic corrupted our people. After tonight, it shall be no more! (cheering) - [Tasken Voiceover] Here they come! (swords clanging) (grunting) (screeching) - [Erden Voiceover] Arcker! [Arcker Voiceover] Erden! (painful yelling) No! - [Regent Voiceover] Your flawed leadership has cost my son his life, general. - [Arcker Voiceover] That mountain festers with unnatural powers. All who set foot on its slopes are

dead men. (bold pleasant music) - [Irana] Magic, a word I learned to shudder at like all good children. The Ancients' used its power to sustain their lands against decay. But my people have rejected the old ways. Little did my father suspect that one of his very own servants was one of these Ancients. How he discovered the truth I do not know, but my heart tells me that if my tutor dies, all hope may die with him. (grunting) Balrien! (angry yelling) - Bury it. Maybe that will stop this pestilen

ce. - Father? - Stay there. - Arcker! - Irana? - Papa! - Adara, wait! - Go! - Oh, 'Dara, you've gotten so big. - I haven't been up Oriud since. - My brother died. - There's a reason that mountain's forbidden, Irana. What is he, and what do you seek on the cursed mountain? - He's my tutor. - And a Minnorin? In my home! - He's dying, Arcker! - At your father's hand, no doubt! One of the few things I don't blame him for! Magic is a cursed thing Irana. - Arcker, we came to you because you're the onl

y person that I trust. We came to you for help. - Look around, Irana. How could I possibly help you? - There is a fountain that is hidden at the top of Oriud. The water from the pool will mend the damage your people have done. - My people? And where is this fountain, Minnorin? I know that mountain better than any living man! - The location of this fountain is, Here! - You're not thinking of helping them, are you? You know what Minnorin are capable of. - But I can't let Irana go without me. If so

mething were to happen to her. - Arcker, you can't change what happened to her brother. - But I can't let her befall the same fate on the slopes of that bloody mountain. - Think of your family, Arcker. We can scarcely feed ourselves with you here. - If it's your family you're worried about, I can see to it that they're well taken care of. Take it. You can use it for food, or sell it for land. What ever you need it's yours. Arcker, please. - My daughter's been taken by a Minnorin. You will be gra

nted sanctuary from our purging if you find them and bring her back. Alive. - Do you think he'll actually come? - Don't fret, young one. Let's practice your lessons while we wait. A moment spent well is a moment. - [Irana And Balrien] Worth spending. - We can't just wait like this. You're still wounded. - The forest heals me. - Only to make you die more slowly. - If you'd prefer to dwell upon that. Now, close your eyes, hmm? Hold out your hand. What do you feel? - A log? - Good, young one! What

is the log meant for? - We could use it for firewood, or to build a house, or furniture? - Your thoughts are far too small, young one. You tell me the uses of the log. What is the log meant for? Think, now. - (deep sigh) It, it was placed here by the Brethren for rodents to store food, shelter. (wood snapping) - Calm yourself, it is only your friend and, two companions. - Oooh, a lucky guess. - My luck is good, that it is, but there are far more powerful things that I am privy to. - Well, we bes

t be moving. We'll want to be well into the forest by nightfall. - Dear friends, if we could just pause for a moment, this old body of mine needs a rest. - We should keep moving. - We have been moving for hours, perhaps a short rest is not a poor idea. - And what if something is following us? - He's wounded, Arcker. - The faster we get to the top the better. - We are safe for now. I can sense every living thing around us. - Well, aren't you just full of surprises, Balrien. Come here, Irana, He s

eems very calm, Irana. Even if he's healed, your father still going to be after us. - I know, you've said as much before. - Irana, I have said as much before, but you have not listened before. Now listen to me. It seems to me that he has something else in his head. That there's something else he wants to do up there that he's not telling you. Some reason he doesn't have to worry about your father, Why are you not listening to this, Irana!? - I've been listening to you! I'm not a child, Arcker. A

rcker. - I'm not going to stand by while you follow him with such blind loyalty, Irana! - You're here for your protection, not your leadership! We both know where that got my brother! Arcker. - I won't have your death on my conscious, Irana. Take care of her. - Arcker, wait! - We must keep moving, child. He'll make his own decisions. (growling) - Balrien, what is to happen once you are healed? - When the Brethren created this world, they imbued everything with a purpose, locked deep within their

very core. Every stick, every animal, every person has a purpose. - You're no answering my-- - Only by knowing the meaning the Brethren breathed into its creation can we unlock its abilities. Do you understand what I'm saying? - Only Minnorin can summon, magic. - [Tasken] Look out! - I thought you said you could sense them! - As did I, but something's amiss. (shrill screeching) (screaming) (shrieks) - I'm the Regent's daughter, let me go! (screaming) (laughing) So, this is the bounty hunter my

father sent to pursue us. Balrien will destroy you. - Yes, the Minnorin. He's been close to you for a very long time. - Who are you? - I am the ambassador of a dying world. I am one who will resurrect himself from the ashes of your country. - Is that so? Let me go, and I'll teach you what death really is. (cackling) I don't know what bargain you have with my father, but I know you have to take me back. You can't hurt me. - Foolish girl. I only have to bring you back alive. (screaming) - I could

hear her screams echoing through the valley. Shaone take you, forest spirit! You left her behind! - As did you! - I was trying to help her! You've brought her nothing but harm. - Stop. - No, you will stop, sorcerer! - If you knew and saw what she will soon, you'd know this is greater than any of us. - What are you about now? - That creature that attacked us, is merely a shadow of things to come. - Truly? - Your world is dying, Arcker. You know this, your people have rejected the gifts of the Bre

thren for far too long. Without their presence, all life will fail. - You blame us? Your kind controls nature, Balrien! You let this world decay. Tell me, forest spirit, can you fix every around us? - No, I, I cannot. - I thought not. - Not alone. - (chuckling) Hunt me now! But try not to stray too far, princess, we'll be back for you after we feed on the Minnorin. - Balrien!? Arcker! Balrien? (weeping) Help me. - [Balrien] When we first saw Irana, we knew she could hold the secret to bringing l

ife back to Ephrim. So I disguised myself as an old man and began to teach her the ways of the Brethren. - (crying) What is the purpose in this? - [Arker] That's too heavy of a burden for one girl. Does she know of your designs? - I never told her, but rest assured my discovered identity was no mistake. The Brethren are working tirelessly to bring life back to this world. Irana is going to have to accept the strength that the Brethren have placed in her. - Magic? In the rocks, even? What were yo

u made for? Strength, support. - That is why I must survive, I cannot leave until her training is complete. We are all meant for something, as she will soon know. - And if she does not? - No! - Then I believe all truly may be lost, for our time. - I can almost taste him. You are alone, Balrien. And the forest cannot sustain you against me. Now come and feast with me in everlasting death! (groaning) (screaming) - [Irana] Arcker! The life of the forest is meant to illuminate my way. - You may have

seen your way here, but I give off no life that you can see! - Exactly. (gasping) (exploding) Balrien? His light is fading. - Let's go! - Balrien? - (chuckling) Dear child, you are a fast learner. You are indeed the one that will restore life to your world. - No, I can't - Now bite your tongue for once. Arcker is on the right path. Show him what you have learned. Together, you will be the first seeds to raise a forest from this charred land. Now that you have learned to truly see, regain your s

ight once again. Now you are ready. And as for you.. You've more than repaid your debt to her brother. I have it on quite a reliable authority. Now, goodbye, to you both. - Balrien? - Keep it. I think I know what happens now when we get him to the top. (pleasant music)