Winner takes the Cows, Loser meets the dinner table. [Pack Hunt!]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
As each gave their agreement to their roles in the hunt, Ardyn nodded, then tipped his head to Fidelias and led the way with a flick of his tail. He led the younger hunter in a wide arc to the south, aiming to get ahead of the elk before they stopped and settled in a spot the elk commonly passed through, maybe 400 paces ahead of the bull.
Keeping his voice low, he murmured to Fidelias, “This should be a good spot. Once he’s within a few paces, we’ll jump out to cut him off from either side and do our best to hold him back until the girls get here. If you can get a hold on his throat without getting kicked I can try to sever some tendons in his front legs.”
He slipped into the bushes and tall grass, hunkering down. The wind was blowing straight south, and he nodded to himself in satisfaction. Barring a sudden wind-shift to the north, the elk would have very little warning of the ambush.
Meanwhile, above the two ladies, Lyr wheeled, watching until he saw that Ardyn and Fidelias were in place, before he stooped and led Tel and Amory across the plains toward the elk. Then, with a loud call, he sounded the charge.
While the two women did the driving from behind, Lyr would be tasked with keeping the elk on course with flapping dives at the bull’s head to drive him toward the ambush.
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.