The Traveler

The Traveler is a recurring character who first appeared in . He is a being who is able to travel across the Danceverses and was a central character in the lore of , which served as a prelude to Enter the Danceverses. He is the father of the main character Wanderlust and was later revealed to be involved with Night Swan before she turned evil.
==Background==
:Main article: Season 4: The Traveler
The Traveler was first teased in the trailers for the seasons for as a mysterious, shadowy figure in the background. The first one of these appearances was in the background of Season 1: Once Upon A Dance, where he is standing in the castle with the coaches from the season. He is then seen in the trailer for Season 2: Versus, where his hand is visible pushing a button on a boombox. He then appears on a parade float in the trailer for Season 3: Festival! in front of a portal. This all led up to Season 4: The Traveler, where he was officially revealed. Si’Ha Nova, who would later become his partner, was teased at the end of this trailer and both coaches’ routines were featured in the season to tease .
==Biography==
The Traveler is a being who travels across the Danceverses through portals that he can create. He spends exploring the Danceverses, trying to reunite with Si’Ha Nova.https://youtu.be/lrPVqjRlNbE?t=163 He is first seen in Rock Your Body, where his abilities are shown as he teleports around the Spacetime Hotel. At the end of the routine, he can be seen duplicating himself as these versions walk into portals leading to China, Think About Things, Mr. Blue Sky, and Levitating, though he does not actually appear in those routines. However, he can be seen wandering in the crowd in Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).
He eventually does reunite with Si’Ha Nova in Save Your Tears (Remix), but the two go their separate ways at the end of the routine. However, the portals they go through lead to each other’s Danceverses instead of their own and it is unclear why this happens. Despite this, subsequent lore posted on social media shows that they eventually reunite again and have a child, Wanderlust. These also show the early days of the family including Si’Ha Nova’s pregnancy,https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1523696834350391297 The Traveler creating Discoball for a young Wanderlust, and a young Wanderlust making a macaroni necklace for Si’Ha Nova.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxMOlr021BJVUygx4bHazEcQQr1nnKJlK4 It is currently unclear what happens after Wanderlust grows up as neither the Traveler nor Si’Ha Nova appear in the Enter the Danceverses and Dance with the Swan storylines. The only thing that has been revealed is that they are doing well and proud of how Wanderlust handled the Night Swan situation in Enter the Danceverses.https://youtu.be/hiCeVtG0PZc?t=83
In the prequel map Murder on the Dancefloor, a different side of the Traveler can be seen. Set a while before the events of , he is revealed to be the one who brings Leda Nox, who would later become the villain Night Swan, to the Danceverses using Discoball. Throughout the map, the Traveler can be seen showing Leda how to make portals and at the end he opens a portal to send her back to Earth, but she declines and decides to go with him instead. The two are heavily implied to be in a relationship at the time.https://youtu.be/GDeVTtuKhQg"Love on the dancefloor" achievement being tied to Murder on the Dancefloor"Fall in love with Leda and the Traveler" -home page banner It is currently unclear when or why they broke up.
==Appearances==
===Playable===
*Rock Your Body
*Save Your Tears (Remix)
*Murder on the Dancefloor (prequel)
===Cameos===
*Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
*Can’t Stop the Feeling! (Danceverses Prince Version) (recycled footage from Save Your Tears (Remix))
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*The lore conflicts multiple times regarding the creation of Discoball. A comic shows the Traveler creating the Discoball for Wanderlust during Wanderlust's childhoodhttps://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1570442411217948680 but another tweet says Wanderlust created the Discoball.https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1587112287613091842 Both of these conflict with Murder on the Dancefloor, which shows the Traveler using Discoball before Wanderlust was born.
*The Traveler is erroneously depicted with blue skin in the Discoball creation comic.
*Wanderlust wears the Traveler’s cloak at the beginning of Canned Heat.
*Wanderlust is described as the Danceverses Prince, which would imply the Traveler is the Danceverses King.
==Gallery==
===Coach selection images===
RockYourBody Coach 1 updated.png|Rock Your Body
SaveYourTears Coach 1 updated.png|Save Your Tears (Remix) (P1)
Murderon coach 2.png|Murder on the Dancefloor (P2)
===Avatars===
Rockyourbody ava.png| avatar (Rock Your Body)
Rockyourbody golden ava.png| golden avatar (Rock Your Body)
Saveyourtears p1 ava.png| avatar (Save Your Tears (Remix))
Saveyourtears p1 golden ava.png| golden avatar (Save Your Tears (Remix))
RockYourBodyTraveller Base Full.png| avatar
===Season appearances===
Traveler s1 appearance.png|Appearance in Season 1: Once Upon A Dance
Traveler s2 appearance.png|Appearance in Season 2: Versus
Traveler s3 appearance.png|Appearance in Season 3: Festival!
Promotional poster season 4 the traveler.jpg|Season 4: The Traveler promotional image
===Others===
Rockyourbody emote giphy sticker.gif|"Galactic grin" emote
Jd2023 Thetraveller wanderlust backstory whole.jpeg|Comic strip depicting the creation of Discoball
Macaroni dayinlife comic.png|Comic strip depicting a young Wanderlust making a macaroni necklace for Si’Ha Nova
==References==
Category:Characters