Flying Against the Wind

A broken leg might be seen as a setback for some, but when Lapiutalnice is given leave from the imperial army due to his injury, he sees it as nothing but an opportunity! Escaping his duties at the frontier fort that protects the western elvish empire of Failatgie from the orcs out on the steppe, the young elf man can pursue his actual obsession: creating a machine that can fly. A challenge to be sure, one the elves of the empire have already dubbed impossible, but with his wife Nulaidutice...