Back to the Drawing Board [Armor Crafting]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn smiled as he worked the knife through the hide for another segment, nodding at Coran’s comment. He fully agreed. It would be complex, and who knew, he’d probably get this set all finished and then find some fatal flaw that made it unusable. Or he’d get the straps wrong for his plan to have it grow with him. He was pretty sure he wasn’t done growing yet, and he had to wonder just how tall he was going to get. As tall as their Da? Grandda?
He considered that thought before Coran’s question returned him to the present, and he set aside the freshly cut segment with a rueful click of his tongue. “Didn’t feel right on me. It was pinching me and I was having trouble moving freely, and fixing it would just waste material, so I’ve set it aside. Maybe someone else will fit in it."
Ardyn listened as his brother explained his idea, head cocking in thought. Snake skin would look pretty cool. “Maybe glue it to some hide bracers so you get the cool look and the added protection?”
He peered at the snake skin thoughtfully pausing in cutting through his hide. There’d be enough to add to Coran’s project when he was done with his own, definitely. Bison were huge, after all.
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.