Find Your Western Home Sweet Home [Valhalla Recruitment.]
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Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Praetor. The name rang a bell, but he set it aside, noting the man – Vulcan – seemed to also have an interest in a spar and was intending to start on right away. Alright, then.
He settled smoothly and swiftly into a balanced stance, watching the other man’s body and eyes. As Vulcan sought to circle to Ardyn’s own left, the young King pivoted his hips to his own right in the moment the other male arrowed in at his hips and twisted on his forepaws, seeking to bring himself into a 90-degree angle with Vulcan, evading the man’s forelegs and teeth with the movements he made.
He pushed off and sought to ram the man in the left hip, simultaneously reaching forward with h is left forepaw and aiming to grab Vulcan’s left hind leg by the hock from the inside while his own left front paw lifted to reach for Vulcan’s right hind leg, weight shifting back to his hind end as he sought a grip with which he could jerk the man’s hind legs toward himself, to Vulcan’s right in tandem with his chest slam, seeking to topple him to the ground.
He kept a close watch on the man’s front end from the corner of his eye as he fought, assessing both the style and experience of the male and watching for the next attack or counterattack.
Whether he’d take Vulcan in remained to be seen; Vulcan could end up not finding Valhalla’s structure and culture to his tastes, and Ardyn had no intentions of accepting the man until he’d learned a decent amount about the pack and was able to make an informed decision to join or decline.
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi vs Vulcan 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.