Again? Really?
for Ardyn
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Blinded in one eye, the bear didn’t see or sense Caelia coming in for a bite until her jaws were already digging in. Ardyn lurched on its back as the bear reared upward, swerving away from the older wolf with a choked snarl. He was pretty sure he’d heard a thump of contact, but until the bear was down and dead, he’d just have to wait to check in on Caelia.
He pulled free and slashed again for the bear’s neck, sabers digging in again and this time, between the combined efforts of the two wolves, he found the large vein enough to nick it, and felt that surge of blood that was, by now, very familiar. The Destiny shook his head sharply to widen the wound and dropped away from the bear he spotted the pulsing spray of red.
The bear staggered, gurgling, and slowly began to sag as it turned and swiped for him, more of a half-hearted bat of the paw than a real slap. In the next few beats it sank to the ground. Only once he was certain it was dead did Ardyn take his eyes off the bear and look for Caelia, calling, "You alright?"
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.