Flame Dancer
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
It was Cairo who popped from the snow-storm, and Ardyn grinned back at the man, tail torching into a wag as he briefly bowed, before settling into a ready stance as Cairo took his. He mimicked the older man, head and tail leveling with his spine, face wrinkling into a grinning snarl and ears flat against wind and possible attempts to grab him by the ears from Cairo.
Cai moved fast, and Ardyn barely had a moment to step to his own right, evading Cairo’s left shoulder, though a mouthful of glowing black hair parted ways from Ardyn’s jaw in Cai’s teeth. But his head was free, and he sought to twist to his left and push off with his hind paws, back claws flexing from their sheathes to dig into the ground for traction.
His long-haired tail ruddered through the air, fighting wind as he sought to drive the center of his chest into Cairo’s left side behind the shoulder, his front legs lifting from the ground as he sought to wrap this front legs around the underside of Cairo’s neck and over the withers in a bear-hug, pushing his weight forward and hoping to topple the older man as he tilted his head to his right and sought to catch Cairo’s left ear and grip it in his front teeth.
He didn’t expect he would win—Cai was older, and far more experienced than he was, but he would enjoy himself regardless of whether he won or lost here.
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.