Testing Wisdom [Red]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Adravendi |
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With the warrior meeting having been adjourned a couple of weeks ago, and winter settling in, Ardyn was ready to test more of the warriors and fighting-inclined of the pack to see where their skill levels stood and to test their determination to push themselves harder.
Today it was his father's turn, and Ardyn stood waiting at the Clearing, having already sung for his sire.
He was armored, cloak and pouches detached and left hanging on a branch stub of the live oak standing sentinel with its dead parent over the meeting boulder and Clearing. Lunira and Sädir stood nearby, discussing strategy quietly, and Lyr sat perched on his withers, preening his feathers to set his flight feathers in order.
Ardyn hadn't gotten to spar much with his father beyond lessons in fighting. His father wasn't the fondest of war and battle but would step up for Valhalla if he was needed. It the event of offensive raiding, it was likely both his parents would remain at home, being older, but when it came to defending, he had no doubt both would be at the forefront to fend off the invading forces.
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.