Keep in Touch [Theory/Abaven]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d been buzzing with quiet excitement, and the mild vibrations of anticipation send his ink-black coat into a fiery frenzy, tail especially bright as it wagged, almost of its own volitions at times, torching brightly. It was a lovely day, after several days of travel and noting pack borders.
As they came to a stop, he let his mother take the slight lead, grinning down at her with faint amusement that he had to look down to see his mother’s face. He slipped the bags from his back, undoing the catches in his armor that had held them in place during the journey and setting them in front of his paws, fiddling with one of the bags as he watched the thicket that grew tall ahead of them, taking in the scents from the border and making note of them.
The last time he’d seen Theory he’d been a pup, and definitely way shorter. He hoped the festivities his mother wished to share with Abaven, sooner or later, would come to pass. He wanted to meet their allies, and maybe make friends his own age beyond Valhalla.
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.