Thoughts Every Which Way
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He padded along the top of the wall, scanning the lands beyond, Lyr circling high above. While he was ostensibly on patrol, he was also running through the agenda for the meeting he needed to call soon. There was much to consider, lay out for the pack, changes he hoped they’d take in stride, high ranks that needed to be announced as open to be worked for…. So much. How had his mother done it?
There was the issue of numbers, as well. Their ranks of hunters, fighters and healers, not to mention the more intellectually inclined paths all needed bolstered, and they needed to expand some time in the next few years. The raid that was supposed to come from Aerie had never come, and he wondered whether it would be a strong tactical move to raid them again. From a moral standpoint, he decided, it wouldn’t be. And it would serve no purpose other than annoying the neighbors.
He puffed out a breath, tail flicking as his eyes drifted over the rolling grasses of the plains beyond the wall, ears perking as he spotted movement. Lyr croaked from above. Deer, or wolf?
Ardyn didn’t give any further sign he might have seen anything, letting his peripherals work for him as his head turned away, as if continuing his scanning observation of the outer lands beyond the pack wall.
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.