The Ember in the Ashes — Ignition

They called him 'Emberless.' In the remote village of Dusk's End, a boy named Arnoq was born without elemental fire — the one thing everyone else took for granted. No magic meant no status. No status meant no respect. Every day brought new mockery, thrown stones, and the slow ache of being invisible. His only friend, Selina, was the village elder's daughter — kind-hearted but too afraid of the crowd to stand by him for long. On the night of the sacred Flame Ceremony, every villager ignited thei