SARAH FREYTAG

PATH B1

ACT 1 - EXPOSURE AND STAKES

(N1;E0;K0)

Esther leaves the cemetery and arrives in the first town. There he hears stories about the three beasts and he is made aware of his duty as a hunter. He must hunt the beasts.

ACT 2a - DRAMATIC TENSION

(N1;E0;K0)

Esther meets Kalyk on the way to the first beast. Kalyk keeps his distance from Esther. Together they defeat it. Kalyk leaves Esther in the second city. Esther gathers information about the second beast in this city. With the information, he finds it faster and takes care of it without Kalyk.

ACT 2b - EMOTIONAL COUNTERWEIGHT

(N1;E0;K0)

Kalyk finds Esther after defeating the second beast alone. In an argument between the two, it comes out that Esther is Kalyk's brother, and that Kalyk needs to take care of the beasts, and needs Esther to return to the Order. Esther doesn't want to go to the Order, but Esther offers to help Kalyk with the third beast.

ACT 3 - CLIMAX

(N1;E0;K0)

The two can't agree on a plan to defeat the third beast - get in each other's way a lot. They part again, after an argument and Esther finds the nest of the third beast.

RESOLUTION

(N1;E0;K0)

He gets Kalyk to join him and the two defeat the last beast. Kalyk is now faced with the problem that he must either kill Esther or bring him back. However, Esther wants his freedom and not the Order. Instead, Esther cuts off one of her arms as proof that Kalyk killed him and the two go their separate ways. Kalyk back to the Order - Esther to a new, free life.

The fight against the final beast goes quietly. The brothers stand at the birds carcass. Esther makes it clear he doesn't want to come back with Kalyk. He suggests, that Kalyk can tell the hunters order that he killed Esther. Kalyk refuses. Esther cuts off his own arm and tosses it at Kalyk. Now he has proof. Esther leaves. A trail of blood following him. He ingests more of the night essence, to dim the pain. The screen fades. Text appears: “END 3: Separation.”


PATH B2

ACT 2a - DRAMATIC TENSION

(N1;E1;K0)

Esther meets Kalyk on the way to the first beast. Kalyk keeps his distance from Esther. Together they defeat the first beast. Esther finds the first memory fragment. The fragment is cryptic, but shows Esther and Kalyk still as children. Kalyk leaves Esther in the second city. Esther gathers information about the second beast in the city. With the information, he finds it faster and takes care of it without Kalyk. He also finds the second memory fragment here. Through the fragment, he now also knows how much the hunters order had controlled them.

ACT 2b - EMOTIONAL COUNTERWEIGHT

(N1;E1;K0)

Kalyk finds Esther after defeating the second beast alone. Esther already knows they are brothers through the fragment, and understands Kalyk. When he finds out that Kalyk needs him, since he can't go back to the Order without Esther - Esther offers to help, but tries to dissuade Kalyk from the Order.

ACT 3 - CLIMAX

(N1;E1;K0)

The two can't agree on a plan to defeat the third beast - get in each other's way a lot. They part again, after an argument and Esther finds the nest of the third beast - but also the third fragment. Through the fragment, Esther learns about its second return. At that time Kalyk imprisoned him, and tried to persuade him to come back to the order. Esther broke out, however, and they fought.

RESOLUTION

(N1;E1;K0)

Because of the fragment, Esther thinks that Kalyk just killed him - and searches for Kalyk and they fight each other. During the fight it comes out that Kalyk would never have killed him, not permanently. He used Esther's undeath to keep having new attempts to get Esther back. They understand that it is the pressure from the Order that has destroyed their relationship, and Esther begs Kalyk to run away with him, to try it all again. Kalyk finally turns away from the Order and together they defeat the third beast, burn the infected parts of the beasts and escape.

The good ending. Scene: At the mountaintop, overlooking the valley, overlooking the hunters orders complex. Esther and Kalyk gather all the infected cores together. They place them in a metal container and light it. Over the fire they speak. Esther convinces Kalyk to leave the hunters order. In a montage you see them on a train north, you see them hiking up mountains and fighting monsters again. Together. They do not wear their uniforms anymore, and Kalyk sometimes plays a flute as Esther cooks for them. The screen fades. A text appears: “END 5: FREEDOM”


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