Fire in the Morning
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
His attacks worked, as he did his best to topple her carefully, letting her get to her paws instead of taking advantage in her complete wipe out. He bounced back slightly in a blay bow, silky tail flailing the air briefly in bright, obvious encouragement at her until she came for him again.
She went for one of his front paws, a paw rising for his muzzle. Ardyn’s left front paw rose, leaving only air for his opponent’s jaws, and he sought to capture her questing paw in his grasp, elongated toes ready to snap shut and tug as he sought to nip at her ribs just behind her elbow, using only his front teeth and leaving his long canines out of play.
Maybe, after this spar, he could show her how to fight, with his mother’s help, naturally.
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi vs Tel'Teukiira Ivae'ess 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.