Mists [Tel]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Tel assured him she was fine, and he agreed; it was just a scratch, but it could have been worse.
His head cocked in thought at her confusion over her blood’s apparently new trait, and he grinned lightly.
“You’ve joined the extra cool kids’ club. I was born glowing. Gave my parents a heart attack when they saw it for the first time. Some of the more devoutly religious Nomads are half convinced one of the upper gods blessed me.” His voice was teasing, playful, making it clear the club thing was a joke made up on the fly.
He nodded at her sudden query about his own injuries, touching the injury again and studying his fingers once more. “It’s already clotting, so I’ll be okay. Just sore, especially when Amory or Lee, or Legacy and Eramaya get to me.”
He studied the animal they’d fought and brought down, and nodded at her offer. “Here’s fine. You can help me roll the cat onto his back and I can start the incisions while you hold him still. Lyr and Chrystal are up there and will let us know if there’s danger.”
He reached for a limp tiger paw and began hauling on it.
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.