Kali vs Ardyn [Yearling party race]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He kept his pace steady, strides easy. She was panting, but he doubted, if her attempt at flirtation was anything to go by – something she’d dropped when he’d shown disinterest – she wasn’t an honest type. He knew what real tiring sounded like, and given her long legs and build, he doubted she could have tired that quickly.
As the end drew nearer, he stretched his stride a little, though not tapping in on what he really could do with those long legs of his. He saved it for the last twenty feet, where the Destiny bolted abruptly, as if his blazing tail had abruptly turned to fire and bitten him on the rump.
He didn’t care if he won or lost. He’d come to the party to enjoy himself, not get his ego stroked. He’d long been trained out of such self-importance. Any moments of big-headed ‘Son-Of-The-Queen’ ego had been corrected in the den.
So, win or lose, his features held an amused grin, tail flagging cheerily as he went.
Ardyn vs Kali for Race
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.