Sit By The Hearth and Thaw Your Bones [Audra]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d scratched out two more paragraphs before Audra had finished, and he came to his paws to peek in, smiling with a nod. “Whether I like it or not doesn’t matter. If you like it, then that’s perfect. I’d suggest lining the back wall of the spot you pick out for a bed with one of the bearskins, maybe a black bear one; that way the stone wall won’t seep cold into your sleeping place. The lemurs and monkeys carved holes into the marble along the top edges of each alcove and over each entryway so hooks could be placed for hanging hides.”
He nodded toward his parents’ polar bear skin with a grin, “Helps keep the warmth in during winter. While you’re setting up this hide I can get a few bushels of straw for padding if you like, then a hot stone or two from the fire.”
He turned, pausing as he waited to see what she’d say. He, personally, used mounds of dried moss, lavender, peppermint, and cedar chips under his furs. The oils in the cedar repelled insects and smelled pleasant, along with the herbs. His alcove was temporary, until he became the next alpha, but he made sure to keep it comfortable for himself.
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.