[NARRATOR ] There are places even heroes don’t name Places where light feels distant Seven walked to the edge of one And chose to step forward anyway [TROY] Look at me Not at the fire — at me We knew this would not be clean No glory waiting on the other side Only work Only weight Only the line we choose to hold We go because no one else can We go because someone has to When we cross that threshold We do not hesitate [CHORUS] INTO THE FIRE WE GO NOT FOR GLORY NOT FOR GOLD WE HOLD THE LINE BELOW WHERE THE LIGHT DOESN’T GO IF WE FALL WE FALL AS ONE IF WE STAND THE WAR’S NOT DONE IN THE DARK WE BECOME WHAT THE NIGHT CAN’T OVERCOME [NARRATOR] The wizard gave them a ship Something alive Something listening The wood groaned under their steps Like it knew what they were [ERIC] This place breathes You feel it if you stop talking There’s movement in the hull Not waves — something else Something that doesn’t belong to the sea I’ve felt this before Right before things break [OLD BEN] No, I don’t like it Not one bit Ships don’t breathe Walls don’t shift And I’m telling you right now Something is following us [DRUNA] The air is layered Like old violence never left Every step pulls something closer Like we’re walking through memory Not space [BRAWLL] SMELL BLOOD HEAR HEART THIS PLACE BREAK APART [GRUNDI] If it breaks, we take what’s left That’s how the world works Stone cracks — we shape it Same rules down here [CODA] low growl pacing claws sudden sharp bark toward the walls [NARRATOR] The wolf senses it first Not sound Not sight Something deeper [TROY] Weapons ready No more guessing [NARRATOR] The walls opened Not cracked Opened Hands forced through from the other side Claws dragging bodies into the world [TROY] Hold formation Do not chase A horned thing lunges — I meet it head-on Shield takes the impact — arm goes numb Blade follows instinct Light burns through it before it hits the ground [ERIC] They don’t see me until it’s done Step in close Knife under the ribs Turn Gone before the body drops Another one reaches I take the arm Then the throat Then the silence [DRUNA] No wasted motion Cut Turn Step They fall in pieces Before they understand they’ve lost [BRAWLL] BREAK THEM OPEN THEM NO MERCY [GRUNDI] That’s it — come closer Let me feel it Hammer connects — skull caves in Another tries to flank — I don’t move Just swing again [OLD BEN] They’re not stopping They’re not slowing Why are there more of them now WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM Something just grabbed my leg Something under the floor — I SWEAR IT [CODA] snarl lunging impact tearing sounds [NARRATOR] Coda hits first Teeth into shadow Dragging something unseen into the light [NARRATOR] And then it changes The sound The weight The presence beneath them Something larger turns [ERIC] You feel that shift [TROY] Yes [ERIC] That’s not crew [TROY] No [BOTH] Then we end it [FINAL CHORUS] INTO THE FIRE WE GO WE DON’T TURN WE DON’T FOLD WE HOLD THE LINE BELOW WHERE THE LIGHT CAN’T HOLD IF WE BREAK WE BREAK AS ONE IF WE STAND WE BECOME THE THING THAT HELL CAN’T KILL THE WILL THAT WON’T COME UNDONE [OUTRO] [CODA] low warning howl [OLD BEN] I told you… I said this would happen… [BRAWLL] war comes [TROY] Then we meet it
