Rocky Ramhocks [AW Hunting Skill thread]
Processing a sheep!
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
The sheep lost its footing as a well-hurled rock smacked into its hock, and the animal tumbled from the rock-face into the ravine. Ardyn lunged forward with a bound, pouncing the downed sheep before it could shake off the shock of being stoned off its perch.
A quick slash of sabers and Ardyn stepped back, letting the animal bleed out as he caught his breath. While throwing the rock had worked, he knew he’d gotten lucky with the hit. While his toes were great for gripping and manipulating things, the majority of his front legs and shoulders were not meant for cocking back and hurling rocks. No… he’d have to figure something else out for ranged hunting.
For now, he huffed, rolling the sheep around so the animal’s rump rested on an incline, with the head up against the wall. Working quickly, he unsheathed a claw on his right front paw and slit the standard cuts into the animal’s belly and up the legs, taking care not to nick the membrane or flesh below as he pondered the archetypes he had in mind.
Traps were all well and good, but they took a lot of time and preparation, and not always with the guarantee that an animal would make it in during the driving stage. And then you had to drag the downed animal out of the pit…
His head tipped slightly at the faint sound of a scuffing paw and click of wolf claws on stone, but his movements remained deft as he worked over the sheep.
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.