Sentinels and Kings and... Koi? [Tenshi!]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Ardyn and Cairo had split off to visit the Field on the way home from the Carnival. Given his intentions to spar, he’d taken his feathers and beads out of his mane and tail, tucking them carefully away in his pouches for safe keeping.
Cairo drew his attention to a good spot, and the young King nodded in agreement, settling easily into a ready stance as Cairo made the first call, then tipped his own muzzle to the sky to add his voice in the call.
Depending on what the opponent was up for, the ink-coated male was happy to sit back and let Cairo take the first go, or the other way around.. .or maybe they’d get an individual who liked a challenge and wanted a two versus one fight. They’d have to see how things panned out.
He let his muzzle drop, scanning the rolling hills for any signs of a response.
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.