Characters of Airovale

Elara Vale

The Portmaster of Airovale

Daughter of the Quartermaster
Keeper of the ledger
Dreams of her own airships

Who She Is

Elara Vale is the portmaster of Airovale and the daughter of the Quartermaster, Garrick Vale. From a lofted office with a wide window above the docks, she records every airship that arrives, every docking fee and every departure in a ledger her father once kept. She is meticulous and professional, quick with the numbers, and she feels far more than the ledger lets her write.

She did not simply inherit the work. Her father passed the legacy to her, and she has made it her own, in a trade where few expected a young woman to try. She has ambitions beyond the tower: not only to chart who leaves and who returns, but one day to own a zeppelin of her own and trade among the islands, as her father did before she was born and for years afterward. The mother they both lost is a subject the two of them rarely speak about.

Adventure runs in her blood, though Elara knows her father's heart lies elsewhere. To Garrick, a family is life's highest treasure, worth more than all the riches a lifetime of voyages might bring. She respects his wisdom more deeply than she lets on, yet wonders whether she is ready to seek that treasure herself, or whether the world beyond Airovale still holds a promise she has yet to discover.

First Meeting: Chapter 1, Life in the Village

Elara is met at her tower window as the day's departures are posted. She pushes back the shutters, opens her ledger and rolls her eyes at a poster promising riches in the Crescent Islands, because she is the one person in the harbor who has read the manifests and knows what those voyages leave out.

At noon she sits down to a meal with her father and answers his question about the Crescent traffic with a careful sentence: she marked the crews as they declared themselves. Then she says out loud what she wants, and her father's answer is a warning wrapped in pride.

Read it in Life in the Village, watch it as Episode 1, or hear the chapter's score in the soundtrack.

Elara and the Law of Exchange

Elara's ledger is the Law of Exchange written down. Every docking fee, departure and return is a line in it, and she records each one knowing the numbers are never the whole story. The posters across town promise riches, but she records the account of what the voyages cost.

From her window, she watches ships come and go, their holds laden with the promise of fortunes yet to be made. She knows the figures for copper, coal and gold, but no ledger can record the years lost in pursuit of them. Someday, she hopes to leave the tower behind and command a zeppelin of her own, though she has yet to discover what that ambition might ask of her.

Her father has already paid his bill in time. Elara is the next generation, learning the price from his stories before she has to pay it herself, and the story asks what she will trade to get the life she wants, without losing the treasure already in her hand.

Her World

Her father: Garrick Vale. The Quartermaster. A former aeronaut who keeps watch beside her and says out loud what time costs.
Her harbor: Airovale. The city of zeppelins, copper and coal, and the tower where the ledger lives.
The route she logs: the Crescent Islands. The storm-carved archipelago every crew dreams of, and the one place her father warns her about.
The rule over all of it: the Law of Exchange. Every choice has a price, and time is the currency.

Where to Meet Elara

Chapter 1, Life in the Village. A window, a ledger and a poster she does not believe, a noon meal with her father, and a dusk watch over the harbor. Episode 1 · Listen · Audiobook sample
Chapter 4, Coming Home. The tower again, with a telescope and a list of ship names, reading the horizon one hull at a time and waiting to find out how many she can read. Episode 4 · Listen

Hear Elara and Her Father

Hear Elara in the audiobook. In the free Chapter 1 preview below she logs the harbor from her tower, and her conversation with her father over the noon meal begins at about 2:54. (In her header video above, she is listening to it too.)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Elara in Airovale?

Elara Vale is the portmaster of Airovale and the daughter of the Quartermaster, Garrick Vale. From her tower above the docks she records every ship that arrives and departs, and she wants to do more than keep score: she wants to own the airships and make the trades herself.

What is a portmaster?

The portmaster keeps the harbor's records: ships arriving and departing, docking fees, cargo and the crews on board. Elara took the ledger over from her father, who still keeps watch beside her.

Who is Elara's father?

Garrick Vale, the Quartermaster of Airovale. He is a former aeronaut who flew the Crescent Islands in his youth and now watches the docks from the same tower as his daughter.

Which chapters and episodes is Elara in?

She appears in Chapter 1, Life in the Village, and Chapter 4, Coming Home. The film episodes share those titles.

What does Elara want?

In Chapter 1 she says she wants to chart more than arrivals and fees. She wants to own the airships and make the trades, and the story asks what that ambition will cost her.

Continue Exploring

Meet the rest of the characters & fae, including the Quartermaster and Malina, visit the Crescent Islands, or learn the Law of Exchange her ledger keeps.

Airovale — Cinema

Video episodes of each chapter

Aeronauts trade in village markets while ancient forces stir
2025
Life in the Village — Episode 1

Episode 1
Twin sisters cursed, one island holds secrets of the past
2025
The Crescent Islands — Episode 2

Episode 2
Mahala's storm destroys the greedy fleet seeking temple gold
2025
Curse of the Temple Gold — Episode 3

Episode 3
Survivors return to harbor, forever changed by the storm
2025
Coming Home — Episode 4

Episode 4
The Nereid crashes, crew discovers fae hidden in canyon mists
2025
Canyon Myst — Episode 5

Episode 5
Thalos reveals the truth: time is the only treasure
2025
Law of Exchange — Episode 6

Episode 6
Aden and Kira discover the island's buried secrets beneath the waves
2025
Deceptive Time — Episode 7

Episode 7
Aden's forbidden love exposed, duel determines his fate
2025
The Duel — Episode 8

Episode 8
Marooned and marked for death, Aden faces a night of reckoning
2025
The Long Night — Episode 9

Episode 9
At the mystic portal, all truths revealed, ultimate choice made
2025
Mystic Portal — Episode 10

Episode 10

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Airovale — The Novel

Time is the only treasure

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Airovale — Frequently Asked Questions About the Book

Is the Airovale ebook the same story as the paperback or audiobook?

Yes — the story content is identical across all three formats. The only difference is the chapter illustrations, which appear in the ebook and paperback but not the audiobook.

Is Airovale worth reading if I already watched the episodes?

Absolutely. The video episodes present a glimpse of the scenery set to the soundtrack's emotional journey, while the book is where the characters' thoughts and dialogue come through — the full interior experience of the story.

Is Airovale appropriate for teens?

Airovale is appropriate for teens ages 16+. The content touches on mature themes including dueling, the penalty of death, greed, immortality, and coming-of-age young adult romance.

How much romance content is in Airovale?

The romance in Airovale is written at a young adult level, with no graphic content beyond a few kisses. It centers on the two main characters as their journey to a forbidden ruin reveals ancient secrets about the island they inhabit, and their relationship grows into love and a decision to be together.

Is there a content warning or spice level for Airovale?

No warning needed. Airovale is a romantic adventure story, safe for readers ages 16 and up, with no graphic moments beyond a kiss.

Is Airovale a series or a standalone book?

Airovale is a series. The first book introduces the story, and additional books — two or more to complete the arc — are currently in development.

Is there a comparable story to Airovale?

Not exactly. Steampunk fantasy with time travel exists, and fantasy with fae exists, but few stories combine both. The closest comparisons are Carnival Row (Amazon Prime Video) or The Anubis Gates (Tim Powers) — though Airovale is a wholly original fantasy world with no historical setting.

Is Airovale a book or a movie?

Primarily, Airovale is a story told through three lenses: book, video, and music. The website and companion channel (Roku TV) present short cinematic episodes alongside a complete original soundtrack, while the book is the deepest way to experience the full story — the center of the Airovale experience.

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