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Sword of Might

Sword of might is about a cursed Sword that gives special abilities to whoever wields it. A thief's life changes after stealing it from a museum and forcing him to confront his past relationship with his brother.

We start off in the dark ages in England where Lawrence is a peasant looking to steal some food from a local market. He ends up stealing a loaf of bread and he gets caught. As he tries to escape, he gets beat up by the Market owner and a small mob of people. As he’s laying on the floor, a warlock named Baldor pays for the loaf of bread and carries Lawrence away on a horse to the Red Dragon Kingdom. Lawrence wakes up in a room inside the castle. While his wounds are healing Baldor offers him a way into his army on the condition that he sells his soul to the Devil in order to become the best warrior the World has ever seen. Lawrence has nothing else to lose so he agrees to the offer for a better chance in life. Fast forward to a battle between the Red Dragon Knights and the White Holy Knights where Lawrence is on the front lines. The White Holy Knights prove too powerful and the Red Dragon army gets defeated in spite of Lawrence’s great abilities. Lawrence tries to escape but gets captured and taken to the White Holy Kingdom. Just when he was about to get hung, he requested to see his Sword one last time. He casts a spell on the Sword where anybody who worships the Devil will have the same abilities he did. The executioner kills him immediately. We move on to the present day and we meet two brothers inside an abandoned warehouse. The first brother is named Jack and he’s a seasoned criminal who worships the Devil. The second brother is named Barry and he’s a devoted Catholic in his own right that has been laid off from his job. He is desperate to make ends meet for him and his family despite of what his religious morals are. They both plan on stealing the Sword that belonged to Lawrence for a huge sum of money. When they both arrive at the Museum, Jack goes inside the museum through the roof. Barry becomes the wheelman and waits in a nearby van. While stealing the Sword, Jack trips an alarm and Barry drives off, leaving Jack behind. When Jack runs outside the museum with the cursed Sword, he gets surrounded by Cops and Security. The Sword gives Jack supernatural abilities and Jack kills every single Cop and Security Guard easily. He then kills a man on a motorcycle and steals his bike to chase after Barry. Jack catches up to Barry and slices one of the tires of the van. The van flips over and crashes. Barry survives and gets out to try and make a run for it in a nearby forest. When Jack catches up to Barry again, Barry confesses to Jack that he intentionally wanted him to get caught. They are revealed to have different morals. On one side Jack is a career criminal who wants his brother Barry to join him. On the other side, Barry is this catholic religious fanatic who wants to convert his brother. Jack quickly knocks out Barry and puts him on a torture device back at the abandoned warehouse. Jack tells Barry to join him or the torture device will end up killing him. While this is going on, the door gets kicked in by an armed group of mercenaries with the Holy White kingdom symbol on their chest. Jack gets attacked by all 10 of them but only is able to kill 5 before being defeated. Barry dies from the torture device shortly afterward. We finally cut to Jack waking up on a portable Scaffold. As he’s about to be hung, the leader of the group who captured Jack is introduced by the name of Michael. It turns out they were watching and keeping guard of the Sword for centuries. Before Jack could get hung he asked for last words but was killed immediately.

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Micro
Posted:
11/30/2021
Updated:
10/01/2023
Author Bio:
Jason Peralta was born and raised in Queens, NY. Both parents were immigrants of the Dominican Republic. Cinema has always been his passion while growing up. During his late twenties, he realized his passion for writing and took a Screenwriting course in the Gotham Writers Workshop located at Times Square, NY. He read several books to sharpen his craft including Save the Cat by Blake Snyder and Invisible Ink by Brian Mcdonald. Through years of hard work and persistence, he reached Semi-Finalist for the WriteMovies Winter 2020 Screenwriting Contest.

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