Willowstorm
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d come here to harvest willow fronds and canes, planning one weaving baskets – both for fishing and gathering other food-stuffs – and to consider the course for the seasons ahead. Winter would be there before they knew it, and it was imperative to be well-stocked, both in food and firewood.
It was dark, and stormy, with pelting rain and wind sending the willows to hissing and swaying, but his cloak kept the majority of his body dry. His tail was dripping, and the drips water sliding through his wet hair left trails of fire in their wake as they triggered the bioluminescence in his coat.
He ignored the weather, letting the sounds slide to one side in his mind and listening for other sounds as he snipped his way through a bough, taking only enough for what he needed without affecting the tree’s appearance or health.
Lyr sheltered in one of the trees, glowing black and white plumage sticking out in rain slick spikes. The raven, as loyal as he was, made no complaints about the weather or hour, keeping watch while his near-life-long friend worked, then croaked softly in alert.
Ardyn coiled the newest frond and added it to the bundle, listening over the sounds of the night-time storm for the figure Lyr had spotted, glowing-masked features remaining unworried.
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.