Mastodons are Cooler
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Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Others gathered, and he smiled at each between loads of supplies, flashing a quick, encouraging grin at Tel, and as the last load was set in place, and his father settled and lit a fire, Ardyn listened with perked ears, intent on the story and words his gold-brindled sire gave them. They were going to hunt one of those? Count him in!
As Red laid out the plan, he nodded, and once his father was done speaking, Ardyn took to the process of making torches. His nimble digits were perfect for the task, taking each stick and soaking it in the heated pitch and wrapping it with dry fibers, then soaking once more, both to make the wick stay on the stick, and to add something for the fire to catch on when the torch was needed.
“Where’s the gorge you wanted to use?”
He nudged the first few completed torches to one side in a neat stack, an ear swiveled toward his father as he reached for a couple more sticks, eyes flicking to Kaija with a faint twinkle at her grumble.
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.