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 |
It was Tel, he saw as he glanced over his shoulder and offered a smudge-gripping smile before his eyes shifted back to the hive and he gently grasped the bottom of one of the lines of honeycomb, making a careful slice upward through the wax and honey, cutting a square from the hive and gently lowered the piece to a stretched out hide on the ground at his feet.
He gently coaxed any stray bees onto his digits and returned them to the hive before dousing the smudge in the dirt and stepping back, wrapping the section of honeycomb and grinning at Tel.
“The honey’s good for food, or wound treatment—or for that matter, flavoring a medicinal tea so it’s better to drink. And the wax has lots of uses.”
He moved away from the hive, letting the bees go back to their busy likes as he tucked the package away and asked, “How’s your day?”
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.