The Ring of Fire!
Ardyn!
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn grinned as the girl and kestrel accepted his offer, turning to start gathering dry sticks and twigs as he added, “Nice to meet you, Dagrun. I’m Ardyn.”
He’d gathered quite a stack of the required necessities, stacking them near the pit, within Dagrun’s reach but with enough distance from the soon-to-be-born fire to keep them from catching, by the time she was ready, and stood back to watch the girl stack the wood and kindle a fire when his hackles prickled.
A huff, a grunt, and he saw Cairo pause in mid conversation, eyes popping wide before Ardyn himself whipped around to face the sound, bristling and taking a ready stance as a bear blundered near-sightedly into their midst.
The black bear paused, probably surprised at the sudden smell of wolves, but recognizing that two wolves were pups… and it needed to pack on the pounds for winter hibernation. Ardyn though quickly, then shook himself, hard, flaring his black coat into a bright blaze of flame-light with the friction, just bright enough to draw the bear’s eye, jumping to the side to draw it, even as he heard Cai groan something about too damned brave for his own good. But it worked, the bear focused on him, and turned its back to the other three wolves before charging the flame-bright black pup.
Ardyn dove to one side with a swipe of claws for the bear’s face as it barreled by. This time, there was at least one adult who would join the fight.
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.