Willowstorm
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Surprisingly, his words drew a chuckle from the man, and a faint smile twitched his features as he nodded in agreement.
His own head tilted within his hood, flame flaring like a contained halo against the fabric at the question, pondering. “Mom’s not sure what triggered her change. All she knows is her hide started itching incessantly, and then her coat began falling out and what grew back just about blinded her when she first looked at it in the dark. It was most common in places she’d been injured or had her fur yanked out in fights. And she hadn’t even noticed the marking until my Da pointed it out.”
His digits, having paused in their deft weave of fronds, returned to work as he shrugged, continuing, “I was born with the glowing coat, among other things… but I’m not sure what caused the new markings… it might just run in the family now. I guess I’ll just have to see once I sire some children.”
Oh how confident he sounded that he’d be doing that; internally, he wasn’t sure if it would happen so soon. It wasn’t like he had a drowning tide of fan-girls dreaming of his choosing one of them. The thought was a little ridiculous, and he snorted softly to himself, head shaking in amusement.
He studied the basket, almost complete, and nodded to himself in approval. A few more twists and he finished the last row and tied off the front, then reached into his pouches for a hook and tied it on, attaching a strip of jerky to it and giving it a last lookover.
“Now that the insanity of the long night’s over – at least for now, who knows if it’ll come back – will we be seeing a Raid from Aerie?”
His teeth glinted in a grin as his brows arched at Eligos, a hint of challeng in his eyes.
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.