Step Into The Circle [FESTIVAL FIGHTER IC SIGNUP]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn was full of jubilant excitement as he bounced along after Cairo, though occasionally he tossed glances back to search for his father, or Aoife, or any of his other siblings. Or any other pups his age, for that matter. He’d been loving the festival since the start.
Today, it was time for the fighters to sign up, and he would be signing up, too. He stood back, watching Cairo as he stated himself, then, in his turn, padded up and met his mother’s eyes, stating firmly, and with much more dignity than his age would indicate, “Ardyn Adravendi, Destiny of Valhalla. Pup Tier.”
His eyes asked the silent question, Did I do it right? At his mother’s minute nod and twinkle of the eyes, he grinned, tail fanning fire in the air before he went to sit by Cairo.
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.