In a dark, rain-soaked forest, five-year-old Evan clings desperately to his father, Rein, who has succumbed to a deadly curse. Alone, frightened, and trembling, the boy whispers promises and pleas into the storm, unable to comprehend the permanence of loss. As lightning splits the sky and the rain blurs his tears, Evan experiences the first true weight of grief, an emptiness that will shape his childhood and mark the beginning of the curse that now quietly lingers within him.