Spirit Animals and Fire
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d come across the tantalizing trail of a bull elk that had, by the smell of it, been injured during the rut. The smell of blood was fetid with infection, and the bull’s tracks were uneven, the right hind hoof dragging instead of firmly planted. He must have been gored during a rumble with another bull.
Ardyn smiled to himself. Though a yearling, he was still large enough that an injured elk shouldn’t be too difficult, especially if he was innovative in his approach. He flagged his tail, catching Lyr’s attention, and the raven stooped, dropping to land on the Destiny’s shoulder.
Ardyn gestured ahead, speaking low, though the elk was about a half hour’s travel ahead of them by the smell of it, and the freshness of the tainted blood droplets left behind, “I’d like to take this elk down, but it’ll take some doing. Could you fly ahead and scout the elk and then a good spot to ambush it into a trap?”
The raven dipped his shining beak and pushed off, glimmering away into the evening sky while Ardyn moved to get a vantage point to wait, practicing the virtue of patience.
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.