Haring Straight Into a Muck-Up [P]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He was vaguely aware of Cairo behind him as he tested the trail at his feet again, getting more confused by the moment. He’d been hot on the trail, so where’d it go? Where—Cairo prompted from behind him, and Ardyn looked up over his shoulder at the chocolate man, then understood.
Turning, he sniffed his way back to Cairo, then around the man, sighing in understanding and relief when he found the fresh scent again, grumbling to himself at the crafty rabbit’s change of direction.
He went more slowly as he followed now, leading the way once more, tail now still and level with his rump in concentration as he went, occasionally finding that he had to snuff out through his nose to smell the rabbit’s trail better. Maybe that was why he’d missed the rabbit’s turning originally.
Eventually, the rabbit trail opened up around them, another clearing in the Plains grass, and he paused, suddenly aware of way more rabbit smells, some fresher than his rabbit’s, and he paused again, looking back at Cairo with a frown. How was he supposed to stay on his rabbit’s trail with all the other ones on it?
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.