Summer Growth [Pup Healing Lesson]
Deadline is the 20th
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d gathered the pups for Eramaya’s lesson on the early basics of healer’s training. Whether they were called to the skill or not, they’d still need to learn enough to take care of themselves in the future, wherever the future led them.
As he led the way to her hut, he kept his pace slow enough for small, young legs to keep up with, checking with a grin to be sure they were keeping up – or keeping on course – and now and again flicking his tail in subtle enticement to pounce.
As the hut and Eramaya came into sight, Ardyn paused and glanced down at the trio, giving them a stern look that still held a twinkle of mirth around the edges as he stated, “Pay attention to Lady Eramaya’s lesson today. Even if you have no interest in healer‘s work, these lessons will come in useful for your own health. Can’t stop a bad cut bleeding if you don’t know how right?”
He led them the remaining distance, greeting Eramaya with a nod and smile before he moved off to the side and flopped, out of the way, to watch, paws crossed. He wouldn’t be participating, but he didn’t mind sitting back and watching—he might even catch some tricks he didn’t know and could tuck away for future use if he ever needed the knowledge.
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.