Testing Valor [Tyto]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1036
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Ardyn grinned at Tyto’s acceptance of the spar, nodding at the two companions as they were introduced, and Lunira, Sädir and Lyr each shifted their positions, the cats aiming to begin circling and eyeing the companions as well as Tyto, Lunira on the left of the man and Sädir to the right while Lyr pushed off and wheeled in the air above, glowing piebald plumage fluttering in the air.
Tyto took the first move as offered, and Ardyn watched him, settling into his own defenses and taking stock in the split seconds before the fight started.
As Tyto ducked to Ardyn’s left, the man’s own right, Ardyn pushed off, bounding forward and evading the man’s initial attacks as his left foreleg snapped up, claws remaining sheathed as his weight shifted to his other three legs, as he sought to wrap his long digits around Tyto’s left hind leg around the hock, hoping to yank the leg out from under Tyto and pull the man off balance.
He let his front end drop simultaneously and sought to drive his left shoulder into Tyto’s left side just ahead of the man’s thigh, hoping to knock the slightly shorter wolf from his paws.
His tail flicked between his hind legs even as he sought to swing his haunches away to his own right to guard against any attacks the man might launch at the easy target of long hair.
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi vs Tyto for Spar
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.