World One: Glass Beneath the Ashes

Some stories were never meant to be that simple.

Ella lives as little more than a servant beneath the roof of her step family, enduring humiliation, cruelty, and the ashes that earned her the name Cinderella.

Yet beyond the walls of her home, the Kingdom of Heliora still struggles to recover from a war that ended twenty years ago. Noble families have fallen, old wounds remain unhealed, and whispers of betrayal continue to linger beneath the kingdom's golden light.

When the crown announces a grand masquerade ball where nobles and commoners alike will hide their identities behind masks, the story that everyone thought they knew slowly begins to change.

Because fairy tales are not always kind.

And sometimes, all it takes is one person to rewrite the story.