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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 |
He’d been busying himself with the supplies and preparations, but the thoughts were in the back of his mind. His encounters with the strange had been unnerving, unpleasant. If it hadn’t been for them, this would have been pretty. As it was, he was ready for Spring and Summer, and sunlight.
He followed his mother’s cloaked form, her mostly-obscured light guiding their paws, though with how bright – and oversized – the moon was, even his mother’s glow nearly blended in.
Lyr perched on his back, nestled down against the folded back hood of his cloak, claws grasping the leather of the yearling’s armor.
Ardyn paused as he saw the Field, then lengthened his stride to keep up with Aurielle, falling back to his regular leonine gait once he was level with her hip, studying the wolves gathered already. Theory was there, and he smiled slightly, adding a nod to Artorias as he set the packs he’d been carrying aside with his mother’s set and settled beside her, studying the others more carefully, though unobtrusively.
He knew a gathering like this was reasonably uncommon, and so he watched closely to see how it panned out. He preferred peace, especially in times like these, but should Valhalla need to prepare for war, he wanted to know who to watch for.
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.