Armorcrafting 101 [Valhallan Fighters/Open to pack in general]
First round deadline is June 24th
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He was working on writing when Cairo’s call came—of course, since he’d been in the main chamber, he’d noted Cairo’s ferrying of supplies, and known what was coming, but he’d had to keep up with the writing practice.
He studied the completed attempt at a manuscript, examining the penmanship and nodding before rolling it up and sealing it with a drop of beeswax, and pressing a piece of bone into the wax. He set it by the entrance to his parents’ alcove for his mother to pick up later before he broke into a quick lope, bounding from the cave and down the ravine.
He slowed to a trot, then a walk and stopped, looking around as he smiled at Cairo, tail waving in greeting before he flopped beside a set of tools and materials, waiting for the rest to arrive as he began setting out the hide and tools in a neat line, ready for use.
He’d already had some practice at making armor, and his own was his work, closely following the template Cairo had fashioned. Still, maybe today he’d try a helmet similar to what Eligos had worn.
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.