Hopes and Promises [Puppy Training]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn had indeed been keeping his head down since his battle with the brown bear in Ulfr’s defense. He knew his mother was at least halfway proud that he’d thrown caution to the winds – all four of them – to defend a fellow wolf, but the other half would have preferred it if he’d sent Chrystal winging away as fast as the owl could go and kept his distance until the adults could come.
He tripped as a loudly buzzing insect zipped in front of his face, caught off guard with his deep thoughts, and he was pretty sure he caught the muffled snort from ahead as his mother led him to the activity of the day. Finally, he took a seat near his mother, waiting for the rest of the pups to arrive. He grinned as Kaija arrived first, fighting his own sudden wiggles as the younger child’s energy vibrated. She was clearly trying to sit still and be good.
“Hi Kaija! Wanna go exploring later?”
Coran was next, and Ardyn smiled a little ruefully at the honesty, “I’m healed enough to spar. We need a rematch, after all.” He finished with a poke of his pink tongue at his brother as his ink black tail bloomed with fire, blurring into a pattering wag against the ground.
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.