Cast your Eye Afar [Cassiela]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He listened as she described the woman, letting her slip by into her den and get unpacked while she spoke, though his head tipped to curve one ear toward the moth of Cassiela’s den as he listened.
Interesting, and he gave a soft hum of acknowledgement to show he was listening to the report before the small stone and silver woman returned to the opening of the den and reclined. Celeste wasn’t a name he’d heard before, but most newly founded packs weren’t led by familiar names.
“I may have to pay a social call at some point, then. It could always be beneficial to found a trade agreement with a close neighbor.”
Certainly better than having an enemy for one. He nodded and kept note of the possibility of a festival coming in the future tucked away at the back of his mind.
He listened to the assessment of the woman’s character, head tilting thoughtfully. “What does your gut say?”
The question was frank, but his expression was interested as he regarded Cassiela with his mismatched glacier and firebrand gaze. He’d reserve a full judgement of the Ethyrian Mistress’s character for when he met her himself, but it would be interesting to see if the small woman could pinpoint whether the woman was truly benevolent or just putting on a mask.
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.