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Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
It seemed the pups of the Pirates were spitfires. Granted, even had the boy been a grown wolf, the rude remark would have rolled off the king’s coat like water off a duck’s back. He answered the boy’s snark with a sabered grin, nodding to the elderly woman’s words.
“I’d love to be rid of the goats, certainly, considering I never bought them or traded for them in the first place… they just turned up. But it’d be more fun to brawl for them, right? Which brings me to my message for your Captain. If she’s interested, I’d like to arrange a raid agreement. You raid us, we raid you. Everyone gets practice, and the Pirates get the goats, in the end, either way. Given bears love them, I’d just as soon not have them hanging around. But, if you can catch one today, you can take it as insurance and a meal for the road.”
He sat back, one ear twitching toward a particularly mouthy squawk from the herd of goats, who’d grown curious enough to draw near and watch, but just far enough away to bolt back into their merry goose chase if he glanced at them.
The pirates had been known for raiding, but Valhalla had yet to have them knocking at the wall to say hi, so he may as well get the ball rolling first and get Valhalla to rattle off some dust from their skills. A good beating by a raiding pack might shake them out of the complacent stagnation, and the prospect of a raid of their own might serve to improve on that. It remained to be seen who would go first if Sparrow agreed to the idea.
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.