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In the fire

Season one in production

Aethenveil

Five friends. One campfire.
Three roads out.

A scripted fantasy series, written and directed in-house and made with AI tools. A small village sits on neutral ground between three factions at war. It runs on one idea: no rules, just each other. Then people start to leave.

The five friends of Aethenveil around a campfire in the village at night

The cast

Five from one village

They grew up together on the same dust. Three of them pick a faction. Two stay behind to keep the fire lit.

Senna drawing a longbow in a sunlit forest
Leaves forVerdant Reach

Senna

Warm and steady, the one people go to when they are hurting. She doesn't leave to get away from home. She leaves to build a bigger one.

Aldric in the rain before a fortress gate, guards with spears behind him
Leaves forIronhold

Aldric

Careful, watchful, the oldest. He takes charge because someone has to, and wants to belong to something with a plan for the worst day.

Rook standing on a wooden pier in a grey harbor with boats and ropes
Leaves forThe Tideborn Coast

Rook

Restless, quick-tongued, allergic to being told what to do. The youngest. Reads as careless, and likes it that way.

Tomas carving a small wooden horse beside a hearth
StaysThe village

Tomas

Steady and quietly funny. The calmest man in the village, and the one most sure its idea is worth protecting.

Maren laughing while kneading bread in a sunlit kitchen
StaysThe village

Maren

The warm centre of the village. She remembers every birthday and notices a bad week before anyone says a word.

Spec plateIn the fire

The show

Format
Scripted series, episodes written before anything is generated
Season 1
Being written and locked
Made with
Image, video and voice AI, cut by hand
Language
English
Where
YouTube, when it is ready
Averbutcher · forged

The world

Three factions, one village

Each faction thinks it is the reasonable one. The village in the middle takes no side, which is its whole point and its whole problem.

FactionThe forest

Verdant Reach

  • A forest people with a sacred river.
  • They defend their ground by raiding.
  • Freedom, in service of belonging.
FactionThe kingdom

Ironhold

  • A kingdom of stone and law.
  • Guard commanders and a chain of command.
  • Structure as safety.
FactionThe coast

Tideborn Coast

  • A lawless coast of sailors and raiders.
  • They built the dam on the Giant Ridge.
  • No rules, no obligations.
Senna on top of an old stone dam above a green valley at dawn
The dam
Aldric giving orders to villagers holding torches at night
The village, at night
Tomas working a field while two children run past
The field
Senna and Maren walking through the village with baskets of vegetables
Market day
Rook sitting on a thatched roof with an apple above the village street
Rook's roof