SCENE 1 – A SECRET MEETING IN THE DUNES
[ DESERT OUTSKIRTS – NIGHT]
A secret camp among the dunes. Aryan, cloaked in simple clothes, meets with ten of his top spies—the founding members of what will become the most feared intelligence network in the world: The 370 Eyes.
ARYAN (commanding)
Each of you will be a shadow. You will hear whispers no ears were meant to hear. Lies will guide kingdoms… unless we learn to shape the truth.
VIRAJ (Young, sarcastic, brilliant spy)
And when they catch us?
ARYAN (grinning)
They won't. And if they do... you'll already be somewhere else.
SCENE 2 – BUILDING THE SPY FORCE
[MONTAGE – VARIOUS LOCATIONS]
Spies training in disguise, using coded language.
Pigeons flying from towers with scrolls.
Hidden compartments in carts and books.
Merchants, bards, and beggars recruited into the network.
Secret signals flashed between mountains and forests.
A scroll reads: "The 370 Eyes See All."
SCENE 3 – BACK AT THE PALACE – LIGHT MOMENTS
[ PALACE HALL – DAY]
Devika, Ranvi, and Aryan are seated at a royal lunch.
DEVIKA (annoyed)
Who switched my herbal ink with plum paste?
Aryan hides a smirk. Ranvi bursts into laughter. Sena the tiger cub sneaks meat off the plate, licking his paws. Aryan sighs.
ARYAN (mock serious)
Clearly, discipline in the palace is crumbling. A prince can't even prank in peace.
The group laughs. A rare moment of warmth.
SCENE 4 – A DANGEROUS INVITATION
[ COUNCIL CHAMBER – EVENING]
A letter arrives with a royal seal—from King Rudrasen, ruler of the hostile east.
MINISTER
An invitation to a peace summit… or a trap.
SHAKTIRAJ (serious)
We should reject it.
ARYAN (thoughtfully)
No. We accept. Let him think he holds the blade. He forgets—I forged it.
SCENE 5 – STRATEGIC SEEDS PLANTED
[ WAR MAP ROOM – NIGHT]
Aryan marks enemy weak points on the map—gathered by his new spies. His fingers move across paper, drawing lines, linking cities, ports, rivers.
ARYAN
Wars are not won by swords. They're won before the first arrow flies.
SCENE 6 – THE PROMISE
[BALCONY – MIDNIGHT]
Aryan stands with Sena beside him, overlooking the dark plains.
ARYAN
One land taken. Many remain. They won't see me coming. But they will remember me.
A gust of wind blows. The tiger cub growls quietly, eyes glowing in the moonlight.
End of Chapter 17