#vaana

[ID: Five digital drawings of an OC, Vaana. He is a young man with long, straight hair tied back into a loop. In most of the drawings he wears ceremonial clothes consisting of long, flowing sleeves, baggy pants that tighten at the calves, ribbons flowing from the feet, and various acessories.

The first one is a sketch colored in warm light. He has black hair, light brown skin, and his outfit is mostly blue and black. He is jumping forward and smiling.

YIPPEE so the settlement hes from is called.... something..... i haveny actually decided the name ToT but "skydancer" is like his. job title ig. it's a performance art with two types, "solo" and "vuddah"

Solo is mostly about looking cool and doing awesome tricks. Interestingly "solo" doesnt just mean "alone"( but it can be), you can do it in a group and still have it be called solo- all it means is that its more dance-like, often with everyone doing the same moves or moving in sync. Likem dance. idrk how else to say it

Vuddah is still dance, but its theatrical. It's usually like a wordless play (theres music in the bg), often depicting famous battles real or fictional. The dancers pretend to fight, jumping onto eachothers poles or kicking the other person off theirs. All as a performance obv

Vaana was trained in Solo but found more enjoyment doing Vuddah. Because his moves tend to be more showy than typia Vuddah dancers, he's usually playing high-ranking and/or winning characters (dont want th3 loser to look cooler, yk?) so he shot up in popularity reallyyyy quickly. He does both styles tho

Skydancing in general id a really beloved art. It's done at weddings, festivals, really any big celebration or events. Because Vaana is part of a p populsr troupe, he typically only performs at high-profile events (appointing of the duke, noble weddings, summer solstice festival, etc), but on the DL he does singular performances for free (solo bcs you cant really stage a battle without someone to fight)