Riverstones [AW]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d visited the Nomads – who had stayed much longer than initially planned, and well beyond their usual tenures – to trade furs for fabrics, and the tightly rolled bolts were tucked securely into two of his pouches, thumping easily against his sides as he trotted across the Dancefloor, following the river. Legacy was improving after her long battle with grief and acceptance, and Eramaya’s children had reached yearling-hood and independence.
Some would be coming with their mother and sister to Valhalla, and the others would move on with the Nomads or go on their own travels.
His tail flicked, long hairs flaring with fiery light as they drifted on the stiff Autumn breeze, and considered again the issue of numbers. Perhaps when they held the festival it would draw some possible new members, like it had with his father.
He paused, examining a quiet place in the river and making note – it was a decent spot for trout. Pawsteps reached his ears and he tipped his head to study the approaching figure from his lowered head’s position from picking through several rocks that would do nicely in the wall.
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.