Spirit Animals and Fire
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
With how light the steps were, he almost expected to turn and see Aoife, maybe carrying something, but the voice and the paw were unfamiliar, though his easy nature wasn’t ruffled by the touch as he offered the tiny yearling a grin, nodding ahead toward the trail and sky.
“Seeing if I can get lucky and bring a bull elk down with some brain-power. My friend’s flown ahead to scout the area and see if there’s a good spot to run ahead and build something to do some of the heavy work for me. Maybe a very strong snare if I can find a strong enough sapling… or build a pit if he’s bedding down for the night. Should be fun.”
He lowered himself to his belly, letting his hind end roll to the side, tail flicking clear of his hips to drape over his hind legs as he devoted half of his attention to the girl and the rest to the sky and the trail, watching the darkening gloom for Lyr’s telltale bi-colored glowing plumage.
“I’m Ardyn, by the way.”
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.