Curl is a martial tradition in the world of Hanaq that focuses on manipulating the body's natural channels to achieve extraordinary feats of physical prowess.
Curl allows the user to redirect energies from their nerves through their muscles. This can be used to redirect physical attacks.
Curl also can enhanced flexibility, with extremely skilled practitioners being able to contort their body in almost any way short of changing overall body volume or bone placement. A master can whimsically stretch and squash their body spontaneously in ways that seem to defy physics.
Special arts are Curl techniques that require an intense amount of practice.
When Flutter is performed, the practitioner's form briefly warps and stretches like a piece of elastic, their outline seeming to elongate in their intended direction of movement while their mass compresses inward. This distortion lasts for just a split second before their body snaps back to normal proportions at their new location. The effect is accompanied by a distinctive sharp sound of the air being forcefully pulled along with their movement.
Clinging Shadows is a high-level Curl technique that weaponizes the practitioner's silhouette by exploiting the brief moment of disconnect between movement and perception. When executed, the user's movements create afterimages that possess physical force, effectively extending the range and impact of their strikes.
The technique requires intuitive understanding of what Curl masters call "moments between moments".
A Gradient shadow, also known as a Shadowbind or 'shadow ability' is a unique manifestation of curl that flows magic through the body.
See ShadowBind