Blue Flames and Full Moon Nights
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
The Destiny padded along the river, enjoying the chilly, crisp winter night. There was much to consider—at the end of this season, he’d be grown. He might rise to leadership, or he might not rise until he was older still. He was alright with either, though longer would give him time to decide on what parts of the pack he was keeping.
His ink-black tail flicked, sparking with fire as he paused, bending to drink from the cold water before straightening and gazing out across the valley. Here in the bowl of the valley, herds of elk meandered, grazing on what they could find that remained of the grass.
He breathed in deeply, then let out a long sigh on a plume of vapor, before his eyes rose to the moon. It hung cold and bright… and still full. Hadn’t it been full three days ago?
There were other strange things that had been happening, though they were honestly preferable to last winter’s oddities. Blue fireflies – an insect that he’d never seen during winter before, though he only had one prior winter to reference from – flashed and danced over the air. He’d only ever seen golden fireflies.
One drifted close and he stepped back to watch it, ears perked. The strangeness of the season this year made him both edgy and curious, and for now he was content to stand back and observe, making note of the things he saw that didn’t mesh with the natural.
Plants that glowed—he’d even seen a hare or two lately that had bolted past in a blaze of purple light… Did it mean anything?
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.