Ashes × Aether / The manga

Chapter 1 — Three Days Before the Firestorm

By K.J. Curtis · A BlackHouse original

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Ashes × Aether Chapter 1 cover: twin moons above a burning town, with the title Three Days Before the Firestorm and K.J. Curtis / BlackHouse attribution
Ashes × Aether Chapter 1 — story page 1 of 5: Kit holds a glowing orb before the villagers; earlier, friends share a meal by the fire
Ashes × Aether Chapter 1 — story page 2 of 5: Kit and his friends eat in the hut; their conversation grows tense
Ashes × Aether Chapter 1 — story page 3 of 5: Kit stands during the argument and strikes Zak through the wooden wall
Ashes × Aether Chapter 1 — story page 4 of 5: Kit takes Ren outside before the gathering villagers and raises a red-gold orb
Ashes × Aether Chapter 1 — story page 5 of 5: Ren sees memories in the glowing orb; Kit lowers him to the ground and walks toward the horizon
Ashes × Aether Chapter 1 closing artwork: twin moons over a lantern-lit mountain town, with the A × A mark
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