Airovale Episode 1: Life in the Village

Life in the Village opens in the bustling steampunk capital of Airovale, where trade, invention, and ambition collide in smoke and song. Amid crowded markets and ascending zeppelins, we meet Aden—a gaunt orphan whose simple act of giving away an apple becomes the story's quiet thesis: exchange defines life.

Elara, the quartermaster's daughter, records arrivals with brisk control at the docks. Meanwhile, Malina, a centuries-old seer whose eyes hold more than they reveal, slips a cursed map into a pilot's pocket. Ordinary farewells mingle with extravagant promises—gold, love, immortality—but one truth lingers above all: the quartermaster's ancient parable that echoes through every transaction.

"We pay for life with time."

By the episode's end, Aden earns his place aboard the Nereid, stepping into a future balanced precariously on desire and consequence. As a first chapter, this is both lush tableau and foreshadowing engine—inviting viewers to savor the city's steampunk richness while sensing the storm gathering on the horizon. This is Airovale, where myth and machinery meet, and every beginning carries the weight of what's to come.

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