Beckoning Fire
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
At first, he was mildly concerned for his sanity when Tel’s response was on the negative… but then the younger yearling listened, and he saw the unease wipe the grin from her features, even her light dimming as apprehension replaced cheer. Well, unless insanity was catching, he must not be mishearing.
The whispering came again, sometimes almost easy to mistake for wind, until one word made itself clear, more insistently. His ears fell back as he recognized the voice. And yet he shouldn’t be hearing that voice… and it didn’t seem… right.
“Come… Follow…”
He bristled slightly. He’d have followed that voice anywhere; except he’d helped bury his grandfather last season.
Ardyn drew in a breath, frowning. “It... sounds like Grandda. But. He’s dead. I helped mom bury him.”
Ardyn shifted his weight indecisively. If he’d been alone, he might have investigated it more thoroughly, but... his eyes flicked to Tel. He had both a friend and sort-of-apprentice to think about.
“What do you think?”
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.