Let's Go Break Some Wind!
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Cairo had taken him to the Battlefied for the first time, and they’d spent the first hour there working through slow-motion sparring until a howl, a young one, turned both heads. Cairo nodded at him and Ardyn took off at a trot, leading the way. When he found the caller, Cairo peeled off and flopped near the other man—hey, that was… Ardyn paused, then remembered, grinning as he trotted forward, aiming to stop about five to six feet away from the boy he’d met on that trip with his mother and siblings. “Aksell! Want the first move?”
He offered the honor happily, settling into a ready stance, glad for Cairo’s drill-work. His front toes flexed, claws slipping in and out of their sheathes and testing the ground as his tail flicked through the air finding a balanced position. His chin tucked, shoulders wiggling as he waited to intercept or make the first move if Aksell chose to give him the first move instead.
Lyr floated on the air currents overhead, ready to involve himself if needed.
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi vs Aksell for Spar
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.