Testing Valor [Tyto]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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His attacks came out successful and fruitful as Tyto toppled to the ground with a puff of dust.
Ardyn released his grip and danced into the dust cloud to Tyto’s right, his own left, letting the obscuring cloud shield him as Lunira sought to dart in from behind Tyto to aim a slap of her paw to the man’s left hip.
Ardyn listened for the man’s paws as Tyto sought him, then stepped to his own right as Tyto popped out of the dust. His haunches bunched as he pivoted on them to his own right and sought to let Tyto slide up beside him, his left side to Tyto’s right, only slightly buffeted by the initial slam – that would probably leave a light bruise but nothing worse – but evading the man’s teeth.
Tail sweeping behind him for balance, Ardyn swiftly resettled his stance and shifted his weight to his other three legs as his left foreleg swept up and he sought to snatch Tyto’s right foreleg in his left paw’s digits and yank, hoping to use the other man’s own momentum against him.
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.