From Ash, Legends Rise

Names of Ashflumen Saga, episode 19. The group exits the mountain pass

into a valley covered in gray. Ash drifts in the air, like light snow.

Blackened remains of a village smolder silently. Some stories end in flame so

others can begin in clarity. Ari steps carefully through charred beams and collapsed roofs.

The air tastes metallic, old sorrow hanging thick. Nia soft,

furious. "They burned everything." Kael jaw tight. "This is the

city's punishment for refusing the water tax." Sel kneels beside a half-burned wooden

sign. She brushes off ash, revealing faint carvings. "Names," Sel,