Take Your Place Young King
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
It… was a little strange to see his mother bow to him, but he let her, glancing at his father with a slight shift of his weight, long front toes flexing slightly until his mother rose and addressed him.
Ard Rí. The feeling of the title settled like a weight about his head and shoulders, and he shifted again, straightening as his mother asked what his plans were. Her remark, half aimed at his father yanked a choked laugh from him, and he shook his head. “I can’t see either of you as old… not yet, anyway.”
His chin ducked slightly as he considered, then said, slowly, “Good diplomats are valuable. I’ve not fully settled on everything in the layout of the pack I’d like, but I think I’d like to give the pack a chance to settle with the change of leadership with some forewarning of changes ahead, anyway, so it gives me a chance to finalize things. I’d like Tel’s lessons to continue, though, definitely.”
He felt weird giving directives to his parents as his mother had been doing so only yesterday. He knew he’d still be looking to both parents for advice and pointers for some time until he’d adjusted to alpha status. He’d have it no other way.
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.