Fire In The Storm [Tel]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Tel seemed thrilled at the view, and his tail tapped the stones under their paws in bursts of fiery light until her question sent his head tilting. He hadn’t thought that loners would let their pups g on not knowing about pack borders, but he was happy to fill in on the lessons.
He pointed in at Valhalla’s lands, explaining, “On this side, is my mom’s pack, Valhalla. We own the land, so loners and other packs can’t enter without permission or joining the pack. That side,” He pointed out at the plains and general outer area beyond the wall, “is the loner side. Anyone can be there, and not get in trouble. You should always be careful. Valhalla’s nice, but some packs will force-claim or take a trespasser prisoner.”
He suddenly remembered that his mother had said Valhalla was likely unique in that they had a visual indicator as well as a scent marker to warn loners, and most other packs just had the scent line. So, he added, quickly, pointing at the stones, “Take a sniff? When you find scents on the ground and on trees and grasses with lots of wolves, that’s probably a pack border and you should not step over it.”
He studied her to see if she got the lesson, smiling hopefully.
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.