Midnight Miasma
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
The night was in full swing, darkness settling around him like a cloak as he rested in the Sentry hide on the top of the wall, mismatched eyes scanning the land beyond. Mist swirled in shrouds under an unsteady breeze, and the moon had disappeared in the sky behind a shroud of heavy clouds. It was probably going to start raining, if his nose was right.
He’d taken care to black out his face with charcoal, covering the mask of glowing markings that had grown in. In truth he often considered asking the Nomads about a dye that would color the hairs and stop the light, since the markings were a beacon in a dark setting, and even in the light of day the light was noticeable.
His ears perked as a deer made its careful way through the mists between Valhalla and Aerie’s borders. When was that raid coming, he wondered… Was it coming at all? Perhaps something had happened to Eligos… Not good, he thought, if that was the case. He ought to seek out the alpha and make him aware of the change of paws Valhalla had undergone, but for not, he merely made a mental note, instead of abandoning his post.
Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Labhair an Sean-Teanga." ---- "Hear" ---- Think |
Ardyn at first glance is as black as can be imagined with a raven sheen.
Closer inspection proves that he shimmers in fire tones in every hair on his hide right down to his lashes.
More obviously, he glows like a bed of coals and flames with every movement and brush of fur. His tail is usually wagging, so blazes like a torch.
His adult teeth are in and his saber canines have grown to their full length (see profile). His mane and tail hair have grown to full length, as well as being lightweight and easily buffeted by breezes.
A look at his front paws will give the impression of hands, with his dew claw dropped low and lengthened into a functioning thumb, and his toes elongated into fingers. He has retractable, solid black cat-like claws on every paw.
Ardyn has developed a glowing mast of intricate markings in fire and ice colors over his face, symmetrical over the last seasons of Year 17 (see profile for details). During hunts or raids/sieges, he will smudge them out with black soot to cover the glow, otherwise, they are bright enough to note at first direct glance at his face. Not all his artwork currently portrays the mask markings.
He is also often bedecked in beads, small bells, feathers in blues, ribbons and braids thanks to the Ooze Event of Halloween 2021, and the Coathanger item that he got. The accessories generally are seen most in his mane and tail hair. He removes the brighter items and bells for hunts or battle.