Festivities and Fancies [AW]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
At her light query, he flashed a grin, a shrug animating along one shoulder as a paw lifted, pads up. “I have no idea yet. A great Queen, I suppose. Fiercely loyal to her pack, her mate, her children… Gentle on the outside but with a molten steel core of strength and integrity. Beauty is a bonus.” A chuckle rode the last words, another shrug lifting one shoulder.
His eyes roved over the passing figures. If there was someone like that, he doubted he’d come across her here.
The question brought a hum, head tilting as he considered. “If my mother has her way, myself in a coronation feast. I’m just happy to have it be an overall celebration of life, and hope that it won’t be soon that we have another “Long Night” of hell.”
He studied the leg she proffered, nodding in approval at the progress the leg had made in healing. Wolves were resilient; Cairo had fallen off a mountain and survived, with broken legs and ribs, and was back to full strength and hunting well after it all. A long time ago, now, it would have been a death sentence.
He chuckled softly at her query, admitting, “I’m well. Settling into my role as King. I’m lucky I had an extra year to train. My mother became our pack’s leader as a yearling due to circumstances. This carnival is a good bit of fun before I get down to the nitty-gritty.”
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.