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 |
Ardyn hadn’t missed how she’d reacted to what he’d said, and he wasn’t sure what had affected her at first. But to her words, he shook his head, agreeing, “It doesn’t. We haven’t had to do it in a long time, that I know of.”
His lesson clicked for the girl, and he nodded, grinning at the younger girl’s remark. At her question, his head cocked, ear swiveling. “Valhalla is honorable, and we put a lot of emphasis in working your way up in rank. We’re family. Everyone’s required to learn how to fight, and how to heal, even if they don’t specialize in either, so that they have some measure of skill in either to defend themselves, or treat an injury when they aren’t home.”
It was mostly-remembered speech from his mother’s lessons about Valhalla and what it was. Valhalla didn’t often start fights, but they defended and finished fights when pressed.
He ticked his tongue in thought. “I’m the next in line to lead someday, but I don’t think that’s for a long time.” And that was fine with him.
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.