Fire In The Storm [Tel]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He was thoroughly enjoying the snow part of winter. The cold, not so much. But his new armor, with tweaks and help from his father, Aurielle, and Cairo, helped block the bite of the wind, especially with the thick cloak layered beneath it, hood raised to block the wind.
He was on patrol, padding along the top of the wall like a fire tinged black wraith, cloak flapping in the wind, tail, now very noticeably long-haired like his mothers, and mane buffeting in an almost constant fire show with all the friction.
He wasn’t alone. He wasn’t a yearling yet, after all, so Loshir, Aurielle taking a nap, was shadowing him, occasionally hidden behind sheets of snow. He was grumbling something about “Bloody unseasonable weather”, but Ardyn didn’t mind. He knew his mother adored this weather. The more snow the better.
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.