See Our Paths Before Us [Family Chat]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He was burdened with the packs full of flat slate stones draped over his back, so it took him longer to reach the hillock from the stream and make the climb up the fledgling road to the top. It was both a contribution to the tower and a training exercise to strengthen his muscles and build stamina.
He was finishing off a small growth spurt that put him nearly level with his father, or maybe his grandfather, and he was glad the little aches and pains of a growing body had faded for now. His tail torched briefly, by now almost as long as his mother’s, while his mane hung to his elbows at the longest around the withers. He was showing promise of the man he’d become in a year’s time.
He popped into view onto the summit of the hill, tongue lolling in a steady pant and his legs feeling watery, but as he sat and unclasped the packs from his back and joined his family, he was satisfied. Not long ago he’d have just flopped to the ground and wheezed until he got his wind back.
He nudged his grandfather’s shoulder affectionately, offering the same affections to each of his sisters that had arrived before him, his mother, and then his father before moving to flop on the ground, tail sweeping side to side in a trail of coal and sparks, ears perked with alert interest as he gazed at his parents.
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.