Blizzard Wraiths [RAID!]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
The boy was vibrating in his armor, excitement and adrenalin thrumming in his veins. It barely showed on the outside like it normally would. The soot was working well enough. He knew the wind and snow was take it all off eventually, especially during fights but by then, the need for stealth would be out the door.
He fought hard to keep his excitement under control as he followed hi mother over the border. He hesitated for a beat as well, knowing that this was going against every rule he’d had drilled into him, and yet, this wasn’t against the laws right now. They were raiding. True, just for practice, but still.
His finger-like toes flexed, claws slipping in and out of their sheathes as his breath puffed in the air, eyes searching for the first figures to arrive in defense of their territory, or flag.
His mother had a love for blizzards, and it was just typical that she’d pick the nastiest one of the year. Maybe it was a defiant cry from Winter that defied the coming of Spring.
Her voice sang, followed by Cairo’s, and Ardyn let his own float free, hackles rising under his armor. Where would they come from first?
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.