Winter's Breath
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Adravendi |
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They had neighbors again. Ardyn couldn’t say he was thrilled. He recognized the border scents as that of Ashen, and the pack had claimed not only two, but three lands, surrounding Valhallan territory on the whole eastern and northern borders.
Eventually, he would have to speak with the pack’s Empress to ascertain where Ashen stood, but for now, he’d continue with preparations and scouting the packs that weren’t tied to these returned neighbors in any way, or Avalon..
With Tel bald and winter settled over the lands, he’d already decided that winter would be a season of preparation, training, and work. Come spring, he hoped they’d have a target decided, or that Sparrow would have agreed to a raid exchange.
Ardyn stretched with a groan under his breath as he came to a stop beside the meeting boulder. Despite the season, the day was sunny enough to seep a little warmth into his coat where it wasn’t covered by armor and a cloak. He was fresh off patrol, and as he settled on the boulder, he scanned the plains, considering his next task of the day. Spar one of the warriors? Hold a fight training session and hope that his reprimand at the meeting had sunk in? Call a hunt?
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.