#elfionn

[ace-malarky]

Happy WBW! What kinds of songs and dance exist in your world? Or, what is your OC's favorite dance?

Happy WBW/TH!

I was going to talk Llinos/Kaua for this one but I've been working on the Leritheyar maps with Jas for the past couple days and so

Hello Elfionn, titular dancer of Pirate's Dancer, I think this question is for you!

With the revamping we're doing, the archipelago is far more polynesian-inspired, so Elfionn's dancing is more fan dancing (building up to fire dancing actually)

She's using it as a way to travel from her home island (illegal) to get out to Sayin and. join? one of their dance troups? I think was her goal.

Only she unlocks magic along the way because that's all about movement and intention, which, y'know, lines up real well with dancing aha

[captainkaithr]

📝!

ooh, thanks!

 ‘cept now I have to choose someone. We’ll go with Elfionn, since she’s the main character of the story I’m currently attempting to rewrite.

 Sooo, Elfionn. Pronounced Elf-fin ‘cause I was... messing around with Gaelic stuff when I thought her up? Also because nicknames and I don’t actually have elves in this world but now I have an Elf.

 She really wants to be a professional dancer, except she’s clanless and living in the archipelago, which means by law that she isn’t allowed to leave the island she was born on without express permission.

 So she arranges to stow away with Travellers without anyone knowing, because she’s going to get to Sayin, dammit, if it’s the last thing she does. And she’s not above breaking the laws to get there.

 ‘Cept then shit goes down and she becomes the mage for a pirate clan. They come to an agreement, it’s fairly mutual. She gets more stuff done there, anyhow. (says me, who hasn’t actually written her outside the one story, so...) Her magic is... shields I think? She uses ‘em to protect people and also walk in the air because she’s a show off and will use anything she’s got going to fancy up her dancing.

 And I’m having a hard time talking about Elfionn without summarising her story instead ^^; and obviously I don’t have a page of notes for her, because that would be convenient.

 She’s fun to write and not nearly as nervous/shy as she was when I first wrote her, that’s for sure. Still intimidated by Jay, but if there’s anyone outside of Jay’s family who isn’t intimidated by her, I’d like to meet them.