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Bright Plot
Humans live alongside orcs, elves, and other fantasy races. Two thousand years ago, a Dark Lord was defeated by an army of nine races. Because many orcs served the Dark Lord, they have faced prejudice ever since.

In Los Angeles, where interracial tensions are especially high, police offer Daryl Ward has been paired with Nick Jakoby, the nation's first orkish police officer. Following an incident where he was shot by an orc and Jakoby failed to catch the assailant, Ward returns to active duty. Jakoby is hated by his human colleagues, whom many suspect let the orc escape due to ethnic loyalties, and considered a traitor among orcs. During a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby in Orkish that both officers are part of a prophecy and that Ward is blessed. The same man is later interrogated by Kandomere, an elfish federal agent who is part of the nation's Magic Task Force who specialize in handling magical contraband and Brights—people capable of safely using magic wands. The man is part of a fringe organization called the Shield of Light, who fear the return of the Dark Lord by the Inferni, a cult of elves who seek to resurrect him using Magic Wands and usher in a new age of magic and tyranny.

Later that night, Ward and Jakoby respond to a disturbance at what turns out to be a Shield safe house. After finding a number of corpses clearly killed by magic, they apprehend the sole survivor, a young elf named Tikka, who is in possession of a wand. Backup arrives, but the four officers intend to take the wand for themselves and murder Jakoby, and, once he's out of earshot, Ward. Ward confronts Jakoby about the truth of the orc who shot him, learning that Jakoby let the suspect escape because he had cornered the wrong person, a young orc boy, and realized that the responding officers would have shot an orc suspect on the spot. Confronted by their colleagues, Ward quickly guns down the corrupt officers to protect himself and Jakoby. The whole incident draws the attention of the local human gang, whose leader wants the wand. Ward, Jakoby, and Tikka flee with the wand under fire. Inferni soon arrive at the safe house led by Leilah, the wand's true owner, only to discover the wand and the traitor Tikka are gone.

A binding spell on the wand prevents it from traveling too far from its owner, destroying the officers' patrol vehicle and forcing the three on the foot. After the gang members flush them from their initial hiding place, they make the mistake of fleeing through the territory of the Fogteeth Orc clan, causing a violent confrontation between the gang and the clan. When the gang corners the trio, the Inferni appear and slaughter the gang, giving the trio the opportunity to escape again. Going to ground at a gas station, Ward gets into contact with Kandomere, who tells him that he will be safe from prosecution for killing the police officers for keeping the wand out of corrupt hands and plans to rendezvous with them. The Inferni arrive at the gas station, resulting in a brief confrontation before the three escape again.

The three run into the Fogteeth Clan again and are dragged before its leader, who is furious at the chaos that they caused in his territory, and suspects that they have a wand. After failing to find the wand, the clan leader urges his son to kill Jakoby. However, the young orc cannot bring himself to do it, since he was the one that Jakoby let escape. His father understands and kills Jakoby himself. Before he can kill Ward, Tikka reveals herself to be a Bright by revealing the wand and using it to resurrect Jakoby. Seeing it as part of a prophecy, the awed clan lets the three go. Realizing that the two officers can now be trusted, Tikka reveals her affiliation with the Inferni and that she is a traitor whom the Shield of Light had been protecting. However, the act of resurrecting Jakoby took a terrible toll on her, and she slowly begins to die. She shares that there is a magic pool beneath the Shield safe house that can save her, prompting the officers to return to the place their night began.

The Inferni have laid a trap and ambush the trio. Ward and Jakoby manage to kill the Inferni and make it to the pool, but Leilah heals herself. She incapacities the two officers, reclaims the wand, and attempts to persuade Tikka back to the Inferni, revealing that they are sisters. Jakoby manages to disarm Leilah, putting the wand between her and Ward. Though Leilah warns that touching the wand would cause him to explode, Ward opts to sacrifice everyone to keep the wand out of her hands and grabs it. Instead of dying, however, he discovers that he is a Bright. Tikka shouts an incantation that he repeats, causing Leilah to explode, setting the building on fire. Outside, the Fogteeth and federal agents arrive as the building goes up in a fireball. Ward and Jakoby attempt to escape, but cannot find Tikka in the chaos. Only Jakoby emerges from the burning building, but realizing that Ward fell behind, goes back and rescues him from the fire. The act of bravery endears Jakoby to the orcs, who finally recognize him as a true orc.

The next day in the isolation ward, Ward awakens with Jakoby at his bedside. When Kandomere appears, Jakoby volunteers the truth before Ward delivers a statement denying any involvement of magic activity or police corruption, seeing Kandomere wants to contain the incident. The Inferni are publicly labeled as simply an extremist group, and Ward and Jakoby are honored by the city for their actions. At the ceremony, Ward smiles as he spots Tikka walking through the crowd.