Cast your Eye Afar [Cassiela]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
It didn’t take very long for him to spot a rather windswept and travel-dusted Cassiela padding toward her den. Her eyes flicked up to find him and the stutter in her steps that turned into a dust-rattling shake of her coat told him she’d possibly been looking for him, or was simply surprised to see his tall figure parked at the entrance to her den.
Perhaps it was both, and his lips twitched in a bemused smile, head tilting as she told him she had news to share. He wasn’t left long in suspense as she told him of a new pack settling nearby.
“Oh? Do tell.”
Apparently she was well ahead of him in gathering intelligence on other packs, and a faint grin tugged his features as he considered that he might very well be spot on about her being suited for tasks such as these.
He settled on his belly, front paws crossing idly at the wrists, long digits drumming absently over the dirt as he listened closely to what she could tell him. It was always nice when he could learn about packs before their alpha stopped by to do the usual political meet and greets.
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.