You Should See Me In A Crown
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Her soft remark brought a soft chuckle. She wasn’t far from the mark. From the fiery glow that flickered through his ink-black fur at every move and under every buffet of wind to the surprise that ran through his veins, he definitely wasn’t short on surprises.
She drank after a brief inspection, and he nodded at her thanks, intoning lightly, “Of course.”
His description garnered no response of recognition, and he decided it must have been a long way away that she’d come from. As she returned the introduction, Ardyn noted the pause, but the comfort in the surname she did give told him it wasn’t just made up on the fly. What memories had just flashed in those green eyes just then?
Ardyn listened with interest as Cassiela did her best to recollect the events leading up to her arrival on this island, a frown of concern touching his mask-marked features. Chase by whom? And would they be stupid enough to try tracking her down all the way here? Or, perhaps they were stupid, or logical, and thought she obviously would have perished in the ocean?
He didn’t press. It was clear that the memories were foggy, and they might come with time. He nodded in acknowledgement of her efforts, smiling gently.
Her query broadened the expression into a brief grin, the thrill of his first raft venture returning as he answered cheerfully, “Normally, it’d be a couple of hours of swimming or so, unless the currents were working with you. On the raft, it took me a short time, and no swimming.”
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.