Where the Girl Is
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
There’d been little time to directly examine each other, though Ardyn was used to quick study of others. Clearly, the other man must have missed some of the young Kings features during the hunt. He supposed that was good—better to be focused on the very large and dangerous animal you and others are trying to kill than getting killed staring at a strangely lit wolf.
He sat, listening patiently to Tyto’s words. Slight humor glinted in his eyes at the man’s redundant statement, and he nodded in agreement, adding, “You were a great help, thank you.”
Ah, it turned out Caelia knew the man. Was it possible she had … ah, but Tyto spoke on and it was pretty clear the two probably didn’t have anything going on… yet. Tyto, it seemed, was at the very least grasping for the only thing he knew.
Ardyn’s head tilted, regarding Tyto curiously with those mismatched fire and ice eyes through the mask of glowing markings. “I’m not opposed to it, but can you tell me what you’re looking for most in a pack? Stability, perhaps? A home? And what can you bring to the table? I’ve already seen your hunting skills, but what else? As for what Valhalla stands for; we value honor and loyalty, courage and integrity. We will not force you to stay if you are not happy here. Resentful wolves can make trouble with their inside knowledge.”
He fell silent, ears flicking forward to catch what Tyto’s response might be.
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.