Bonfire [Open Spar!]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Not long after he called for a sparring partner, a pale figure came into sight. A pup, maybe six months, but judging by her figure he guessed she’s be tall when she was grown. He studied her as she did him, finding himself reminded of Baine. Had his great aunt looked like this girl as a pup?
He grinned, tail flagging in a fiery wag as he nodded, settling into his own defenses, head dropping low, just beneath his withers, chin tucking to add that much more protection to his throat from the younger, for-now-smaller, wolf.
He flexed his front claws, long toes stretching to get the last little kinks out before he offered, “You want the first move? I’m Ardyn, by the way.”
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi vs Lukina for Spar
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.