## **Title: *From Ashes to Iron*** ### **Protagonist:** Aarav Malik **Age at start:** 14 **Sett...

## **Title: *From Ashes to Iron*** ### **Protagonist:** Aarav Malik **Age at start:** 14 **Setting:** A crowded city where glass towers loom over aging apartment blocks --- ## **CHAPTER 1: THE SILENCE AFTER** **Opening splash panel:** A rainy street at night. Police lights blur into the puddles. Aarav stands frozen, a school backpack hanging from one