Test of the Moon [Group Fight Training/Outlander tests]
New members required, Fighters (Adult and Pup) are encouraged to attend.
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn had been skinning an old doe he’d managed to snare and dispatch when he heard his mother’s call. He paused, mid-stroke of a clawed fingertip, tongue clicking in indecision. On the one hand, leaving his skinning and processing now could draw scavengers. On the other, he was loathe to discard any chance to learn and improve.
Finally, he compromised, tying a cord to the deer and doing his best to hoist it into a tree out of bear reach. He was strong, if young, but it still took effort and he made a detour into the stream to wash off before loping to join the call.
He slowed to a trot before he entered the clearing, wet fur spiked here and their but still managing to be somewhat dignified, though he grinned when he saw Taliesyn. He remembered the huge horse from the festival, joining the fights. He might have been too excited by the overall stimuli of the festival, though, because he couldn’t quite recall the horned horse’s name.
Ardyn grinned at the young woman, Rhaegara, before taking a seat by his mother.
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.