Fugitive of the Sky

Aqie's coming of age turns tragic when hunters enter her family's valley and abruptly leave her an orphan. Injured and heartbroken, she's forced to trust the protection of one of the very hunters that killed her parents. But what can she do when the nearest Larkwings are months' flight away, and what can she hold onto when almost everything she has has been brutally stripped away?

Natan's life as a luxury Larkwing cape trader has been spiraling downwards ever since his son died on a risky trade mission at sea. Scrambling to maintain status and seeing no other option to quickly alleviate his debt, he joins a Larkwing hunting party in hopes of some quick stones. However, an encounter with a mysterious deity and a desperate girl call into question: just how far is he willing to go to satisfy both his conscience and the demands of everyone around him?