FULL EPISODE 1 — "THE DAY THE SKY CRACKED"
(Long, emotional, narrated like a light novel / anime pilot. Suitable for a full Webtoon chapter.)
Narration Style:
Poetic, cinematic, intense — driven by emotion, destiny, and cosmic energy.
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EPISODE 1
Prologue — 2,000 Years Ago
The sky trembled like a wounded beast the night the Zodiac Veil shattered.
Twelve beams of starlight rained down upon the world, forming twelve colossal silhouettes in the heavens—each one wielding an aura so powerful that mountains bowed and oceans fell silent.
They were called:
The Celestial Twelve.
The guardians of cosmic order.
And the first beings to betray one another.
A war of fate erupted. Brother fought sister. Beast fought maiden. Scales clashed with ram horns.
And when the war ended, their souls dispersed into relics that would reincarnate every thousand years…
Until the world could no longer bear the strain of their return.
The prophecy called them Vessels.
And one boy—unaware of destiny—was chosen to become the center of it all.
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Scene 1 — Present Day, Libra District
Rain fell softly on the quiet rooftops of Aeris City, the nation built upon the ancient land of the Zodiac.
In a small apartment lit only by the glow of a dying bulb, Eli Damaris, a quiet 17-year-old boy, touched the cracked silver pendant on his neck.
A gift from his mother.
Her last gift.
Eli whispered, as he did every night:
> "If balance exists… why was it never given to me?"
His father gone.
His mother gone.
His life forgotten by everyone except his best friend, Lyra.
But something was different tonight.
The pendant pulsed.
Once.
Twice.
Then—
The entire city shook.
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Scene 2 — The Sky Cracks
A deafening tearing sound ripped through the clouds like the world itself was splitting.
A brilliant explosion of multi-colored starlight painted the night sky.
People ran, screaming, pointing upward.
Twelve constellations ignited at once.
Then a voice—deep, ageless, echoing across every soul:
> **"The Cycle resumes.
Twelve hearts shall awaken.
One shall bring balance…
or catastrophe."**
Lightning erupted, forming twelve ancient Zodiac symbols across the firmament.
Eli froze in the street.
Because the Libra symbol—⚖—burned brighter than all the others.
And beams of light shot down toward twelve chosen individuals across the map.
One headed straight for him.
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Scene 3 — Eli Awakens
The beam pierced Eli's chest.
Time stopped.
His heart pounded like a war drum as he floated in a white void.
Before him appeared a massive celestial being—tall, elegant, silver-skinned, and bearing ethereal scales that hovered beside him.
The Celestial Libra.
Calm. Serene. All-seeing.
> "Child of Equilibrium," it spoke, voice as soft as wind but sharp as judgment.
"You were chosen not for strength…
but because your heart suffers imbalance the most."
Eli trembled.
> "I-I don't have power. I'm barely living—"
> "Balance is born from brokenness."
"And you, Eli Damaris, are the fulcrum.
The others will rise.
And the Shadows will return."
"You must judge the Twelve."
A blinding light engulfed him.
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Scene 4 — The First Catastrophe
Eli awoke lying on the street, gasping.
The Libra Relic—now fused to his body—appeared as glowing silver markings trailing from his neck to his arm.
His pendant melted into a scale-shaped sigil on his chest.
Then something screamed behind him.
A monstrous figure—black mist, twisted horns, burning red eyes—descended from the sky.
A Voidborn.
The ancient enemies of the Zodiac.
Everyone ran.
Everyone but Eli—who couldn't move.
The monster raised a claw—
—but a fiery blur intercepted.
Arden Pyrrhos, Vessel of Aries, slammed down with explosive heat.
> "HEY! Newbie! If you're gonna awaken, try not to die immediately!"
He grinned despite the chaos.
> "Name's Arden. Aries Vessel. Looks like we're teammates or something."
Eli stared at him, overwhelmed.
Arden charged the monster again—but this time it struck him back, throwing him through a wall.
Eli's hands trembled.
He had no fighting experience.
No plan.
No confidence.
But the Libra sigil glowed.
A whisper echoed in his mind:
> "Restore balance."
Time slowed.
The world tilted like a scale.
Eli pointed at the Voidborn—
—its power halved.
Arden's strength doubled.
A perfect equilibrium.
Arden blasted upward with blazing fury and destroyed the creature in a single blow.
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Scene 5 — The Beginning of Fate
As the Voidborn dissolved into mist, Eli collapsed to his knees, shaking.
Arden helped him up.
> "Congrats, kid. You're one of us now."
"And trust me…
The real monsters are coming."
High above the clouds, twelve shadowy humanoid figures watched.
The Fallen Zodiac, beings corrupted from the original Celestial Twelve.
The leader whispered:
> "The Libra Vessel has awakened.
Phase One begins."
The sky dimmed.
The stars trembled.
And destiny moved.
Episode 1 ends.