Sheep Trails [AW Hunt?]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
The flock scattered, and only two remained. He was pretty sure he saw one go over the side, and he surged, lengthening his strides and pouncing for the second, noting Áskell pursuing the one that had gone over.
The kill was quick and efficient, a slash of his claws across the sheep’s throat and simply sitting on it until it was too weak to move from the blood loss and slamming a heavy rock down on its head to finish it. Then he rose and peered over the edge, looking for his hunting buddy.
He spotted him and grinned, calling, “Great job, Áskell! I got the other one.”
He pulled back and reached around, tugging a coil of cordage out of a pouch and unraveling it, tossing the end down to Áskell as Lyr drifted down to the other boy. “Lyr will help tie that around the sheep’s legs or head and I can pull it up to this level for skinning and processing.”
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.