A Tusky Morsel This way Comes [Hunt Meeting]
Actual hunt will be in Cryer's Ravine.
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He padded briskly across the plains, tail level with his spine and long hairs floating in an ink-black, fiery struck banner as he ran over the plans for the coming week.
Despite it only being Spring, it was always good to stock the larders. He wanted to do a hunt like his father’s mammoth hunt. Not just a bison or two. It would normally have meant a long trip to Auster to hunt one of these beasts he had his mind on, but Lyr had returned from one of his flights, practically shrieking with excitement as he dropped from the sky.
An elephant, an old bull that was well-fed but asking confused and unsteady, was meandering through the west of Boreas. It would take many paws to bring the animal down, and he wondered if they had enough to hunt him down. The confusion was that it was in the Ravine right next door, still on the upper half. Only Aerie… wasn’t there at all anymore. No pack border scent save for stale traces. What had happened since his encounter with Asmodeus?
It left Valhalla open to hunt there, however, so as he leapt to the top of the boulder, he tipped his head up and howled, long and loud, for the pack, his tone making it clear that it was a call primarily for hunters, but extra help might be required. A big hunt was on the wind.
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.