Step into the Light [Redielle Pups and Red, Pack Welcome]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
His first trip out of the den was turning out to be a roaring success. Laoise was quick to distract him with a tag as Amorielle splashed into the spring-fed pool beside him, all the while the sisters chattered about who would win… hunting? Hunting sounded fun…
However he had a goal and that was to playfully bop Lisha on the nose with a wet paw-hand and dash out of reach, tripping and tumbling on still-clumsy paws, back to the pool in time to attempt giving his smallest sister a quick splashing on his way into the water. It was cold, but it was a lot of fun.
Unfamiliar paw-steps brought him around, bristling with a flash of puppy teeth as he charged out in front of his sibs with a high-pitched growl that was really more of a purr before he realized the male was friendly, and his mother wasn’t alarmed in the slightest.
His hackles dropped and he grinned at the man, pouncing lightly toward his paws. “H’lo! I’m Ardyn.”
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.