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Airovale - Episode 7 Short: Deceptive Time (Official Video)
Steampunk fantasy short • 1:13 • 2025
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Synopsis

Deceptive Time: What begins as a hunting trip blossoms into intimacy. Aden and Kira, the fae elder’s daughter, share banter that disarms, then a kiss that literally unlocks magic. Beneath the falls, a lost city glows with mosaics, glyphs, and truths buried by time. Their discovery is devastating: a day here equals a year beyond. Suddenly, the villagers’ urgency and silence make sense. Every moment is theft from loved ones back home.
Aden races to warn the crew, but Barra—wounded in pride—demands a duel. In the clash of love, law, and vanity, the stage is set for tragedy. The chapter is both romance and revelation, balancing tenderness with dread. Readers feel the weight of time pressing down on every choice. What was once a story of treasure now becomes a countdown. The cost is no longer gold—it is years. And the clock has already ticked.
About Airovale: Airovale is a sweeping tale of marooned aeronauts, forbidden love, and an island where time itself demands its due. Fans of steampunk fantasy, forbidden romance, and mythic world-building will be swept away into a story where every kiss, every betrayal, and every choice echoes across generations.
When a storm maroons a zeppelin crew on a forgotten island, they believe survival means food, fire-stone, and a way home. But Airovale is no ordinary island. Here, fae walk beside mortals, beasts bend to their guardians, and a single day lingers as a year beyond its shores.
The villagers warn: 'This island never gives—there is only exchange.'
Drawn into the mysteries of the canyon city and the glowing ruins beneath the river, young aeronaut Aden discovers more than danger. With Kira, the fae daughter of an elder bound by duty to another, he learns the island’s hidden law of time, love, and consequence. Every choice exacts a price, and desire itself can tip the balance.
As greed devours his crew, as war stirs between human and fae, Aden and Kira must decide whether to return to a world that has already aged beyond them—or risk everything in a portal that could cast them centuries into the past.
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Characters of Airovale
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Ch. 7 & 8
Daughter of Thalos; a fae with a rebellious heart who falls for Aden, helps uncover the ancient city, and ultimately escapes with him. -
Ch. 1, 3, 7 & 8
Aden
Gaunt, once jailed for theft; joins the Nereid’s crew, torn between survival and belonging. Key to the truth of the Law of Exchange and Kira’s companion. -
Ch. 1
Malina
Eternal youth granted by curse; a healer-seer haunted by loss. Gives the map to the explorers; twin to Mahala. -
Ch. 7 & 8
Thalos
Elder fae, wise and weary; father of Kira. Survived the eruption and teaches the Law of Exchange. -
Ch. 2 & 3
Mahala
Malina’s twin; beauty bound by a curse. Bitter stormcaller whose wrath devastates rival fleets. -
Ch. 1 & 4
Kael and Mira
Kael, first mate of the Ironwind, dives into black seas to save lives; Mira’s reunion underscores the cost and courage of survival. -
Ch. 6 & 7
Barra
Burly, proud leader of Canyon Myst; betrothed to Kira by arrangement. Jealousy leads to a fatal duel with Aden. -
Ch. 1 & 4
Quartermaster
Aging but sharp; his reflections frame the parable that life is paid with time. -
Ch. 1–3
Husband and Wife — Gilded Star
Explorers seeking treasure; quarrel over gold versus survival. Own the Gilded Star zeppelin; receive Malina’s map. -
Ch. 1 & 4
Elara
Quartermaster’s daughter; symbol of order and inheritance among the aeronauts. -
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Ch. 1, 6, 7 & 8
Captain of the Nereid
Pragmatic and grasping; his indifference to Aden reveals the moral cost of greed.