Winter Valley [AW]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
It was his first outing alone. No Loshir. No Chrystal. Just him and Lyr. It was a novel feeling. The last time he’d crossed Valhallan borders into freelands alone-ish he’d been out to fight a bear off of a fellow youngster. He’d picked a good day to head out – okay get booted out into. His mother had been pretty blunt that he needed to go out and explore.
Ardyn trotted through the path he remembered leading to Lirim lands through the Rocks, alert for any attack or prey to catch as he went. In time, he came to a stop at the rim of the Emerald Valley, and looked down upon a white wonderland with a frozen river and milling prey trying to dig for spring grass and break the ice for a drink. The prey animals seemed just as taken aback by the lack of spring warmth as the wolves.
He took a seat, Lyr landing perched on his shoulder and withers, and the two surveyed the land below them. “Do you think the snow will go away, Lyr?”
The glowing raven only clucked in answer, having no idea himself.
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.