Telling Tales by Warm Hearthside [Story Time!]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn fairly vibrated with excitement as he gathered furs over his back. It wasn’t the first time his mother had told him and his siblings stories, but this was to be the first Pack-wide story time held in a long time, and his very first. Once he was certain the furs were securely attached to his back, he broke into a trot down the ravine and out into the woods, following the trail that led to Taliesyn’s grotto.
His mother’s voice called to the pack, inviting them, and soon enough, Ardyn padded into the group, noting that Cairo had seemingly just settled in.
The boy smiled at those gathered, dumping his bundle of furs to the stony ground and spreading them, being sure to keep them at a safe distance from the fire, before he sprawled out on one that was closest to Aurielle, looking around with a torch tail beating the rug.
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.