Bunawar The Raid (INSTANT – BREAKDOWN)

And screamed.

The village did not celebrate. They simply returned to their homes, relit their lanterns, and buried the few Serpents who had not survived the roots’ defense. Kael went back to mending his net by the river, but now he kept the conch shell around his neck. bunawar the raid

For generations, the Seed had rested in the Shrine of Echoes, a moss-covered stone structure at the village’s center. It drew no attention from the outside world—until the Warlord Tala of the Ash Coast learned of it. Tala believed the Seed could forge him an immortal army. He sent his elite unit, the Silent Serpents, to take Bunawar by night. And screamed

Kael, a young fisherman’s son, was the first to notice. He had lingered by the river to mend a net, his hands moving by moonlight. A ripple on the water—unnatural, too steady. Then another. He looked up and saw them: dark figures slipping between the trees, their curved blades wrapped in cloth to muffle reflections. Their eyes were empty, trained only on the shrine. Kael went back to mending his net by

That night, an elder asked him, “What will you tell your children about the raid on Bunawar?”

The Serpent commander, a woman named Veth, smiled. “They’ve abandoned it. Take the Seed.”