Stand Upon the Threshold [Kaires Yearlings]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
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| Ardyn Adravendi |
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Spring had arrived, and with it, Kairi and Ares’ children’s first year of life had completed. They were no longer pups, bound to stay within Valhalla unless escorted by an adult, or visiting Plunder. They were yearlings, free to go off on their own, or choose to stay in their birth-pack.
His tongue was nearly healed, enough to speak comfortably, and his other aches from the raid had eased. It had been a few weeks since the Raid, and he wondered if the event had knocked some sense and energy into the pack.
Ardyn settled at the wall bordering the Estuary, tipping his muzzle to the sky and howling for the newly-minted yearlings. Today was either a farewell, or simply to learn where those who decided to remain here would grow through the ranks.
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.