The power of Dreams.
Although not usually discussed in the history books and political meetings, music has become a key component of life in Água.
Bonnie herself greatly promoted its use, then the new technological revolution allowed not only for the mass production of instruments as well the development of new ones but also ways of recording and playing music affordable for everyone.
Music competitions allowed for the resolution of many conflicts whitout direct violence. Music gives an outlet for people to let out their energy and feelings as well as entertaining the population.
The popularity of bards increased a hundredfold over the last couple centuries, as well as the appearance of Idols who made greater use of the new technology for their shows.
Whole new music types were created such as Soul, Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal and Pop.
Young and old musicians formed countless bands, either roaming or staying in one place, often competing against each other for popularity. And whereas before such artists needed to depend in a generous patron, currently a lot of them can afford to be independent.
Both mortals and immortals are joined together in music, the living and vampires, celestials and infernals, feys and androids.
Some of the most famous bands in Água at the moment are detailed below:
Lunar Killer Castors-An all-female band of rabbit-girls and women that claim to come from the moon and call themselves 'lunarians', play crazy beats.
Space Killer Castors- A band of
numans engineered in one of the recent space colonies, big rival of the Lunar Killer Castors. They appeared roughly at the same time so it's not clear which one copied the other or if it was just a coincidence.
Graveyard of Broken Dreams-A one-living band composed of one necromancer as the lead singer along his skeletons and zombies playing the instruments.
The Homewreckers-A barbarian band of several races that may've taken the concept of Rock a bit (or a lot) too literally, using stone instruments that are often used as improvised weapons to smash down the stage as they play. And the building they were in. And maybe the city too.
Toxin, a tribute to Poison-A band of drow, drider, aranea and awakened monstrous spider in the drums, watch out for their spits while they sing.
White Sabbath-An old favorite, a bad composed of both celestials and vampires who promote peaceful cooperation and partying together.
Greensnake-A Fey, Yuan-Ti and Medusa band with numerous side-contracts with healers that always make a good profit after their shows.
Lad Airship-An
inchling band with a mechanical vessel that doubles as their stage.
Deep Magenta-An infernal and vampire band whose concerts usually involve splashing (stored) blood all over the place.
Deathcropolis-A vampire lady who bought a bunch of androids to turn an old crypt into a modern show stage where she often performs with her robots, anybody wanting to learn death metal or challenge her is more than welcome.
For the Lord Commander-A massive band of fighters, crusaders, marshalls, warblades, paladins and similar warriors of several races who may not be the most skilled but do have great synchronization and inspiring lyrics.
For Lord Comander in action!Mooncake-An all female-band with several rabbit-girls who cook sweets on stage while singing, only perform under a fullmoon.
Chookity-An all Chobits bands playing for their beloved masters who somehow managed to get the patronage of both Einheim and Orujab who supply them with the latest magitech instruments.
Beelzeboss-An all devil and half-devil band supporting "cooperation" in the sense of "you should just surrender yourselves to Hell already", be extra careful of what you sign up when buying their tickets.
Abyss Souls-An all demon and half-demon band supporting plain anarchy which makes them not that popular with most governments and parents, but their music skill is the real deal.
Deus Ex Metallina-A mixed Celestial and Android band using blessed instruments and serving only holy beverages during their shows.
Sonata Aeterna-A more "classic" bard band that makes justice for the older musics and instruments.
Help, My Pie is on Fire-A maid band playing in the name of their mistresses who wanted to form a music group but were too lazy to do any actual work.
The Offspawn Halves-A mixed band of half-celestials and half-infernals singing of their struggles to adapt while being different.
Gigadeth-A vampire and
shinigami band singing of the joys of life and how dying is a pain.
Betallica-An all mass-produced android band using the latest pure technology for their shows, it's not clear whetever they're independent or under the control of some corporation.
Deaf Guardian-A band of
White Wolf Tengus and
Crow Tengus that don't tolerate any criminals or rule-breaking, in particular during their shows.
Deff Leotard-An all female band of different races who perform while dressed with only their namesake. They don't only look pretty good, they also play pretty good.
Casualty, a tribute to Survivor-A band of long-lived races like elves and dwarves that were caught in the wars before and shortly after Bonnie's arrival, seeking that new generations remember the mistakes of old so they won't repeat them.
The Mongooses, a tribute to Scorpions-
Half-Beasts who slowly transform during their shows.
The Disease- A
Klaxossaur and
Protodeviln band urging more people to "volunteer" to help beings such as vampires and themselves to satisfy their hungers.
Dos Reis, a tribute to Angra-Two actual kings of previously rival countries who found friendship in music and now perform together.
Concerto Y- an all male band with both pretty boys and rugged old men of a variety of races.
Cowardly F-A ratmen band who call themselves "
Skaven", build their own magitech instruments that have the habit of exploding during the shows.
Onça Pintada, a tribute to Pantera-An all Kasha band who are particularly famous for painting themselves in different exotic patterns for each show.
Anorexic Cadaver-A band of
hungry zombies who stuff themselves on stage.
Mistaken Sixfold-A devil, demon, yugoloth, fey, vampire and kasha band who have constant internal bickering but somehow have avoided destroying each other so far.
Nocturne Antartica-A band of awakened crabs from the frozen norths and the most popular group underwater.
The Power Pixies-An all-fey band whose members and music change with the seasons.
Marvellous Metal Moe-An
oni band with all-you-can-drink booze distribution. Their music is pretty good too.
Yellow Skyship-A
musk cat band that rides a magic airship leaving a rainbow behind.
Deculture Delights- A band of assorted giants and
Zentradi, will only play in stages big enough to hold them yet are good enough to never lack contracts.
Over the Sky-A band of half-celestials and
Atlanteans who play in mechas.
Dragon Rock-A band of half-dragons and
manaketes that turn into dragons and back during their peformances.
Angels and Clerics-As the namesake implies, a group of angels and clerics promoting cooperation between different faiths.
Bishops in Divine Service, a tribute to KISS-A band of Clerics, shrine maidens, favored souls and other divine workers all from a recently discovered and deeply religious race, the
motavians who claim to hail from another planet and somehow ended up stranged in Água.
The Goblin Queen-An human who after finding an artifact axe that doubles as a guitar ended up ruling a tribe of goblins and another of hobgoblins. They play while riding chromatic dragons who swore allegiance to the Goblin Queen as well.
Arcane Cross-A band of sorcerors of different races and
aura manaketes.
Peacebaby, a tribute to Manowar-An all-celestial party that always makes charity concerts, donating all their profits to good causes.