Fish and Smiths [Tel and Ardyn Seasonal]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He tilted his head toward the younger wolf as she spoke, and began outlining a concept, tongue ticking thoughtfully, then a faint laugh barked out of his jaws as he looked over the amount of feathers, remarking with some amusement, “And I thought I had a lot of feathers.”
He lifted a paw and brushed several of his own braided into his mane, before weaving another line of willow frond into the slowly emerging fish basket. After a few more layers, and a bit of thought on both his project and her own, he paused and slipped from his own armor, setting it in front of her.
“Give this a look-over. I bet if you had something like this under the cloak, so it can be attached or detached, or worn separately, could give a nasty surprise to someone who tries to bite down on you expecting just the cloak and gets something like this against their teeth.”
He wove another layer of frond once more, pondering the other part of her concept, side-eyeing the blades with interest. “Pretty, and dangerous, so a good idea. You could attach them to a leather bracer so the insides of your legs are protected, too.”
He held out his own foreleg, tilting it to show the inner wrist and the edge of metal tucked against the leather. It wouldn’t impede his natural movement, and was still able to deal damage if he wanted to.
“Something like that could have an opponent cutting their own mouth trying to get a bite on your inner leg.”
He set to work until he had a serviceable basket with a funnel into it that a fish wouldn’t be able to escape back out of, then pulled a roll of sinew cordage from his pouch with a lean across to his armor, and began to wrap each jointure of the basket until it was sturdy. The sinew would be strong enough to hold against a fish that wanted out, and with the beeswax he rubbed over the whole basket, the whole thing might withstand the ravages of time in water.
He set to work braiding a sinew cord until it was a couple of feet long, then attached it to the basket and rose, taking the basket in his teeth and padding to the riverside, looking for a good spot to set the fish trap.
Finally, he found a good spot where the water was calm and weeds overhung the water, providing a likely spot for fish to gather, then submerged the basket, using several rocks to wedge the trap into place so the current of the water wouldn’t pull it away.
Ardyn tapped a peg into the shore, tying the sinew anchor cord to the peg and wedging a few large rocks on the peg to fully anchor it.
He returned, stretching with a shake of his coat and rattle-tinkle of beads before flopping nearby to observe the progress Tel had made so far.
Word Count: 1,143/1500
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.