The Elymians: Whispers in the Dust – Comic Script

PAGE 1 – COVER

Visual: Elena at Göbekli Tepe, kneeling before a glowing glyph half-buried in stone. Dust swirls in the wind, the sky above pale and sun-beaten.
Text Overlay: “They shaped the blood of our ancestors.”
Title: THE ELYMIANS – ISSUE #1: WHISPERS IN THE DUST

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PAGE 2 – TITLE & CREDITS

Title: WHISPERS IN THE DUST
Credits:

• Story: Origins Interactive

• Writer: [Your Name]

• Art: [Your Artist or Canva Layout]

• Letters: [Optional]

• Special Thanks: Based on characters from "The Elymians: Book One"

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PAGE 3

Panel 1 (Wide): High overhead view of Göbekli Tepe under harsh sunlight.
Caption: "Southern Anatolia. 2025."
Radio Speech Bubble (Elena): "Amir, I’ve got something—under the basalt slab."

Panel 2: Elena crouches at the excavation site, brushing dust from a flat stone.
SFX: shff shff

Panel 3: Close-up of strange geometric symbols glowing faintly as she uncovers them.
Elena (whispers): "What are you...?"

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PAGE 4

Panel 1: Her fingers hover over the glyph.
SFX: thrum...
Caption: "Not meant to be touched."

Panel 2: She touches it. A shock of light bursts beneath her fingertips.
SFX: WHMMMMM!

Panel 3 (Full Width): Elena’s face bathed in blue light. Her pupils dilate.
No dialogue

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PAGE 5

Panel 1: Memory-image: ancient humanoid silhouettes under alien stars.
Caption: "A memory not her own."
Whispering Voice (stylised): "She listens. Finally."

Panel 2: Elena jolts back, gasping.
Elena: "What the hell was that?"

Panel 3: Amir peers over the trench wall.
Amir: "You alright down there?"

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PAGE 6

Panel 1: Night at the excavation camp. A tent glows from within.
Caption: "Hours later."

Panel 2: Elena staring at her laptop, glyphs displayed in multiple layers.
Elena (thinking): "It’s in the data. Embedded in the base pairs..."

Panel 3: Her eyes close. A faint whisper begins.
Whisper: "Kaelor... Kaelor..."

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PAGE 7

Panel 1: Internal memory vision. A spiral of DNA uncoils into light and shape.
Voice (off-panel): "The Web remembers you."

Panel 2: Elena gasps awake, nose bleeding.
SFX: gasp!

Panel 3: Laptop screen shows the glyph flickering like a heartbeat.

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PAGE 8

Panel 1: Deep underground facility. Steel walls, red lighting.
Caption: "Somewhere classified."

Panel 2: Director Crane stands before screens showing bio-signals.
Crane: "She’s found the first one."

Panel 3: Analyst looks up nervously.
Analyst: "Sir... the signal predates human cognition."

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PAGE 9

Panel 1: Crane in close-up, unreadable expression.
Crane: "Deploy the observer. Tonight."

Panel 2: A drone takes off under night sky.
Radio Voice: "Asen Karaca reporting in. She's definitely activated something."

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PAGE 10

Panel 1: Elymian sanctuary. Light flows like water along walls.
Caption: "Elsewhere."

Panel 2: Kaelor watches Earth through a projection.
Lyra (off-panel): "You feel it too, don’t you?"

Panel 3: Kaelor’s markings pulse.
Kaelor: "The Web has whispered her name."

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PAGE 11

Panel 1: Council chamber. Marith speaks.
Marith: "Do not wake what sleeps. Let humanity forget."

Panel 2: Lyra’s face, angry.
Lyra: "They’ve remembered too much already."

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PAGE 12

Panel 1: Early dawn at Göbekli Tepe. Elena kneels alone near the slab.
Whisper (from glyph): "We were here before the first fire..."

Panel 2: Her hand touches the glyph again. Her eyes begin to glow.

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PAGE 13

Panel 1 (Full Page): Light explodes from the glyph. A holographic map of Earth appears, overlaid with ancient pathways.
Caption: "But not as it is... as it was."
Whisper: "You have heard us. The others will come."

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PAGE 14 – BONUS LORE PAGE

Title: The Whispering Web: A Living Archive
Visual: Thread-like light connecting stars, Earth, and unknown places.
Text:

“Not a network. Not just a memory.
The Web feels. It waits.
And now... it remembers her.”

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End of Issue #1.