[ACT I — THE WHISPERS OF STONE] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Why does this ancient place... Feel like it knows my name? Every shadow carved in stone... Feels like it remembers. [Instrumental Passage — low cello, distant harp] [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Some places keep the truths That people leave behind. Stay close to me. The path is dark. We do not know what waits inside. [Dark Male Lead — Marion] Ani... Come here. Look beneath the tomb. [Instrumental Pause] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] What is hidden there? [Dark Male Lead — Marion] An inscription. Written deep into the stone. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Ralnor... Look. What does it say? [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] "Only the true weapon of peace shall open this vault." [Silence] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] The dagger... [Dark Male Lead — Marion] Exactly. [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] No. Leave the sacred stone untouched. [Dark Male Lead — Marion] Why turn away from the hand of fate? [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Because the dead have given enough. We must not disturb what they protect. [Instrumental Tension] [Dark Male Lead — Marion] Then you leave me no choice. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Ralnor! [Dark Male Lead — Marion] Give me the dagger. [Pause] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] No! [Instrumental Impact] [Dark Male Lead — Marion] You were never supposed to know. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] You knew... [Dark Male Lead — Marion] I knew the path from the very start. I came for the secret inside the heart. [Instrumental Tension] [ACT II — THE KEY] [Dark Male Lead — Marion] The stone... The blade... And what lies beneath. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] What lies beneath? [Dark Male Lead — Marion] The key. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] You knew where it slept... [Dark Male Lead — Marion] I told you. I came prepared. [Instrumental Build] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Marion... No! [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Ani. Run. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Ralnor! [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Now! [Sudden Instrumental Break — stone cracking] [Dark Male Lead — Marion] What have I done? [Warm Female Lead — Ani] The walls! [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Move! [Heavy Instrumental Passage] [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] He's trapped. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] What did he awaken? [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] I don't know. [Long Silence] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Ralnor... Something is breathing. [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Stay behind me. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] I won't leave you. [ACT III — THE AWAKENING] [Deep Rumble] [No Entity Voice] [Instrumental — extremely low drone, distant metallic resonance] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Marion...? [Silence] [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Ani... Do not move. [Deep Rumble — stone shifting] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] What is happening? [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] The shrine is opening. [Dark Male Lead — Marion] I... I can't... [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Marion! [Dark Male Lead — Marion] Something is inside me. [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Do not listen to it. [Dark Male Lead — Marion] I can't stop it! [Massive Instrumental Impact] [No Entity Voice] [Instrumental — distorted choir texture, no words] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Marion! [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Ani, stay with me! [Dark Male Lead — Marion] Get away from me! [Instrumental Climax] [Long Silence] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Ralnor... [Pause] Where is Marion? [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] I don't know. [Deep Ancient Rumble] [Warm Female Lead — Ani] That sound... [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] We have to leave. [Instrumental Escape] [ACT IV — THE KING ARRIVES] [Instrumental — distant horns, marching drums, low male choir] [Large Male Choir — King and Army] RALNOR! [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] My king. [Large Male Choir — King and Army] WHAT HAPPENED HERE? [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] The shrine opened. We found the hall of the fallen. Agron's tomb. The sacred stone. [Large Male Choir — King and Army] AND THE DAGGER? [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] Marion took it. He opened the vault. Something awakened beneath the shrine. [Large Male Choir — King and Army] WHAT DID IT AWAKEN? [Warm Female Lead — Ani] We don't know. [Deep Instrumental Rumble] [Large Male Choir — King and Army] ASTAROATH. [Silence] [Noble Male Lead — Ralnor] You know that name? [Large Male Choir — King and Army] A NAME BURIED WITH THE FIRST WAR. [Warm Female Lead — Ani] Then what have we awakened? [Large Male Choir — King and Army] THE DARKNESS REMEMBERS. [Massive Instrumental Impact] [No Entity Voice] [Final Instrumental — low choir, cello, distant harp] [End]
