Crashing Into Things [AW]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
His tail swirled fire as the man he’d crashed into took his apology and assured him no harm was done. At the offer for a great view, he nodded, and, much like his sister would do, began working to shimmy himself up the man’s broad foreleg like a kitten up a curtain, or a monkey up a tree.
His hand-paws gripped fur, and he was careful to keep his claws sheathed as he went, tail battering the air. Once the summit was obtained, he’d be settled comfortably and politely in the man’s scruff as he added by way of introduction to Ulric’s ears, “I’m Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi! Was’your name?” He rattled off the full name without missing a beat, and his tail thumped against the man's shoulder as he asked for his name, too.
His eyes watched the musicians, though, a mixture of drum, string and flute, wolf and primate working together to make something beautiful and driving.
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.