Page 1
[Full panel – dark sky over the vilge, snow swirling violently]
Narration (Top box):
The sky trembled with foreboding. A storm unlike any before had begun to devour the vilge.
Narration (Bottom box):
But this was no natural blizzard… it was a whisper of war.
[Cut to Shimuro standing in the center of the vilge]
Narration:
Shimuro stood motionless… the stranger’s words still burning in his mind.
Fshback panel (zoom in on a shadowed figure):
Stranger (speech bubble):
"We’ve finally found you… Heir of Ice."
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Page 2
[Wide panel – Bck Knights marching silently through frozen woods]
Narration:
Far beyond the vilge, under lifeless trees… they came.
[Close-up of footsteps leaving deep imprints in the snow]
Narration:
Their presence stained the earth… as if even the ground despised them.
[Focus on the Commander, helmet gleaming, crimson eyes visible]
Commander (speech bubble, low):
"We’ve waited long enough… Tonight, this legacy ends."
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Page 3
[Dim interior of a candle-lit cabin – old woman trembling]
Narration:
Elsewhere, the wind whispered to those who still remembered.
[Eyes of the elder woman snap open]
Elder (small whisper):
“…They’re here.”
[She throws open the door, snow whipping around her]
Narration:
Her bones ached with a truth long buried… The time had come again.
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Page 4
[Shimuro stands alone on a snowy path, dark silhouettes approaching]
Narration:
The boy did not run. He had no pn. Only instinct… and fear.
[A single Bck Knight steps forward from the group]
Knight (smirking):
"So… you’re the boy we’ve been looking for?"
[Close-up on Shimuro’s face, silent, tense]
Knight (off-screen):
"Don’t be afraid… The pain won’t st long."
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Page 5
[Blurred motion – the knight vanishes from his spot]
Shimuro (internal):
"Wha—?!"
[The knight appears behind him mid-strike, fist connecting to Shimuro’s gut]
Sound FX: WHAM
[Shimuro crashes into the snow, sliding]
Narration:
In one breath… he was nothing.
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Page 6
[Shimuro lies still, snowfkes resting on his cheek]
Shimuro (internal):
"Is this… the end?"
[Dark panel – voice from within]
Unknown Voice (inverted bubble):
"Stand… or die here."
[Eyes snap open – glowing blue light surrounds him faintly]
Narration:
Something ancient… awakened.
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Page 7
[The snow around Shimuro trembles, cracks spreading]
Knight (armed):
“…That feeling?!”
[Ice explodes upward, lifting Shimuro off the ground]
Narration:
His body rose—not by will… but by fate.
[Shimuro nds, eyes glowing cold blue, hands enveloped in swirling frost]
Shimuro (quietly):
“…I won’t die here.”
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Page 8
[Knight rushes in, bck bde descending]
[Shimuro raises a hand – ice barrier forms just in time]
Sound FX: CRACK!
[Close-up – Shimuro’s hand emits a pulse of energy]
Narration:
Without thought… ice answered him.
[Bst of ice unches the knight backward]
Knight (staggering):
"So… the Heir of Ice does exist after all."
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Page 9
[Shimuro standing, frost rising from the ground, his expression changed]
Narration:
He didn’t understand the power. Not yet. But he understood this—
[Zoom in on his eyes – no longer afraid]
Shimuro (whispers):
"This… is only the beginning."
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[Final panel – wide shot of storm over the vilge, faint blue glow arou
nd Shimuro]
Narration (bottom):
End of Chapter 4
