Frosty Morning Rumble [Caelia, Drachen, Ardyn Spar]
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Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn trotted briskly from the hill, stretching warmth into his muscles along the way as the frosty ground nipped at his toes. It’d been a clear night with a good hard freeze. The footing would be firm, perhaps even jarring, so he made notes to himself as he padded through the plains, tail swaying on the breeze.
He came into sight of the meeting area and grinned at Cairo, the echo of the Sentinel’s call still floating off on the air. Taking a spot next to the man, he watched as well, Lyr perching on his armored back with a contented clack of his beak, feathers rustling busily.
He’d been looking forward to this spar since Cairo had suggested it at the bison hunt. He wanted to see how Drachen fought, having heard from his mother that the man was a quick thinker. How that would go in a melee would be interesting to see.
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.