Sheep Trails [AW Hunt?]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn had ventured far from home, trying to find the path to the temple his mother had told him about. So far, he was pretty sure he might have missed the entrance. He was careful to place his paws carefully, keeping in mind Cairo’s fall down the mountain. It had been before his birth but the story had been recounted thoroughly as a cautionary tale.
He didn’t want to join Cai and Domari in the broken leg club, so he tested each next step thoroughly as he picked his way along the narrow mountainside trail. He could smell sheep, and he was keen to try his paw at bringing one down to bring home. Any bit of meat would be useful for the next seasons. Autumn was around the corner, and he, like his mother, wanted to prepare the pack as best as he could.
His ears perked and he stilled, as a clatter of hooves, many of them, sounded ahead, stones scattering down the mountain side. Quickly he scanned the area, taking stock, searching for a good spot that might serve as an ambush location, or a place to built a trap, maybe. It sounded like the animals were ahead of him, and moving away, but the pace wasn’t hurried, so they weren’t aware of him yet.
He had time to strategize.
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.