Smoke n' Honey
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He studied the hive with contemplation. The bees worked busily, and the hive was well-guarded. Getting honey from these creatures was always a test of nerves and careful movements. And smoke. He hummed to himself as he lit a smudge of fodder and carefully let the smoke bathe the hive, listening closely to the bees.
They retreated from the smoke, tucking away in the back of the hive, vibrating with mild displeasure and caution, but the section he wanted was cleared enough to get at without harming any bees.
Carefully, he clamped the smudge in his teeth, head angled to let the smoke continue washing over the hive and picked up a thin obsidian knife he’d bought from the Nomads’ knapper, a mandrill that traveled with the healers and sold his work.
Pawsteps made him pause, ears pulling back as he grunted in a hello, recognizing the pawsteps as friendly and belonging among the pack.
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.