Firestorm
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He waited, eyes searching the white-out until two figures appeared—a woman and a young girl, clearly her daughter. Cairo, from his spot tucked out of the wind, nodded briefly to the woman as Ardyn in kind smiled at the smaller pup, tail briefly beating the air like a lit torch.
“I’m Ardyn Adravendi.” And no way was he throwing the full mouthful of his name out there. Sure, he could rattle it off with fluent ease, but others would probably forget the majority of the names. He grinned internally. She was a bit pushy, he thought, but he didn’t mind going first, though he’d caught sight of the snake about her neck and made a note of where not to attack.
He might never have seen a copperhead yet, but he knew snakes could be quite snap-happy regardless of whether they had venom or not.
He launched forward, aiming to close the distance in two bounds and come head-on, face to face before veering at the last moment, squinting against the wind and snow as he sought to surge past and get behind her, by all appearances. He hoped to draw her into guarding her back end, and thus, facing into the wind and snow instead of himself, and limiting her vision with the weather.
He aimed to swipe a paw at her nearest hind leg, claws sheathed so that if he struck, he’d only buffet her rather than leave a lasting mark. Above, Lyr balanced on the wind like a glowing spirit creature, doing his best to stay steady, ready to drop in if needed.
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi vs Panic Klein 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.