Plot Framework:

• Act 1: Kael flees the regime, encounters rebels and the community. The rebels’ factions unite uneasily against the regime.
• Act 2: The community is scapegoated; Kael wavers between rebellion and submission. The “nation” POVs reveal the rebels’ doomed futures.
• Act 3: The regime falls; rebels turn on each other and the community. Kael chooses service over vengeance.