Sentinels and Kings and... Koi? [Tenshi!]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He hit, if not squarely, and his opponent used the collision to her own advantage. Internally, he made notes-- perhaps she would be willing to join Valhalla at some point; or, perhaps one day he’d see her on the field of battle during a raid or even a siege against another pack, and keeping notes on her would be useful either way.
True to his gut, her teeth came flashing for his face and the young King rocked back slightly, head swinging to his left as she swung to fully face him, letting her snapping teeth miss his face, though a tuft of hair parted ways from his hide along his right cheek.
He pushed off, aiming to rise in a slight rear and hopefully bring her face level with his chest as he swayed to his own left and threw his right shoulder as he sought to launch forward to her right. He sought to slam the armored point of his right shoulder squarely into her face, while seeking to wrap his right front paw’s long digits around the upper portion of her left foreleg and shove backward, seeking to shove the limb backward and unbalance her.
His weight had shifted onto his hind legs and his left foreleg snapped forward and across to aim a grip of his left paw’s long toes on her scruff for leverage.
He kept his head tucked lightly toward her to defend his neck should she aim to snap at him again, ears flat to his scruff.
Ardyn vs Tenshi for Spar
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.