Step into the Light [Redielle Pups and Red, Pack Welcome]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d been having a good dream. Twitchingly, spasmingly good. He was a great warrior, years of training turning his puppy pudge into hard muscle. A ripple of light sparked and flickered over his ribs as he drew in a deep sigh, ink-black, fire-shimmering fur brushing against each other as he breathed.
The dream exploded as a gentle nudge sent him blinking upright, a huge yawn cracking his small jaws apart before he squinted after his glowing mother. Then her words registered and he was on his paws, fully awake. “Really?”
She was already leading the way. He twisted around and shook his siblings with a hand-like paw, giving an excited, “C’mon, we’re goin’ out!”
He barely gave his brother and sisters a chance to respond before he scampered after his mother’s brilliant paws and tail, tripping over his front paws before shooting back to his feet and bouncing after his mother, before her foreleg brought him to a sudden halt, hind end elevating before he dropped back, sitting to stare at her, mismatched eyes wide before he glanced back at his siblings.
When he looked back he nodded solemnly, adding, “Yes’mum.”
They were soon rewarded with their first legal view of past the hide drape that had been tucked to one side of the cave mouth today. It was a lot brighter than he expected, and he blinked in the light before he ventured forward, peering down at the steps.
Soon he couldn’t help it, crowing with delight before he leapt forward, hearing a slight hiss of alarm from his mother. He hit the sand with a thump and an oof, scrambling to his paws with a shake of his coat. He missed his mother’s worried look as he stared around, lower jaw dropping, tail beginning to sweep a furrow in the sand.
It was big out here, but he felt a thrill of excitement. He spotted the spring-fed pool and bounced toward it. His mother didn’t say no, and he splashed right in with a flop and a yip. He had seen water in the bowls and tortoise shells Paladin occasionally brought while his mother was with them and needed a drink, but he’d never seen it like this.
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.