Time To Make A Move
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
They’d been practicing stances, and Ardyn’s features were concentrated on his mother’s when, off toward the border, a howl sang for his mother and – aha! Her eyes flicked just barely toward the sound and he took the chance, launching in a tackle for his mother. He got her! Haha!
His mother staggered and, for a brief second, he worried she’d be annoyed, but her approval set a bonfire off on his butt as his tail began thrashing the air. And then, she asked him to come along, with Coran, too, maybe?
He bounced after his mother, still wagging his tail in that characteristic torch, eager to meet a new wolf, though he obeyed and hung back as his mother flicked her tail. He recognized the man, though, and he wasn’t surprised when his mom quickly let him know it was okay to come up and say hi.
He glanced to see if Coran had come along before bouncing to greet the man, offering a cheerful, “Hello!” before he sat to one side, watching to see how it went down. This was part of his training as the Destiny of Valhalla, after all, watching how things were done when greeting wolves at the borders.
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.