When Time Is Lost
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He was just finishing patrol when the call reached his ears. The voice was entirely unfamiliar, and tinged with sadness, so his path veered toward the call and he picked up into a graceful lope.
Soon enough he reached the wall, slowing to a walk as the woman came into view. She was an older woman, but her scent on the breeze told him she was pregnant—surprising in one her age, though he wouldn’t be the first one to voice that thought.
He offered a smile as he came to a stop before her, haunches settling with a regal flick of his long-haired tail as he greeted, “Welcome to Valhalla’s border; I’m Ardyn Adravendi, Ard Rí of Valhalla.”
There was something familiar about her scent, but he could say with solid certainty that he’d never met her. It clicked after a moment, and he realized that she was family—perhaps a cousin.
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.