Cherry Blossoms in the Spring
Ardyn
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Adravendi |
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Spring had arrived. Much of winter’s chill still clung determinedly, but the sun still bore heat, and the day was clear. He’d come off a patrol, somewhat soggy eyed, and detoured to the meeting stone, pondering the merits of a sunny nap stretched out on the boulder, if it had soaked up enough sun to generate some heat.
Apparently he wasn’t the only one with the idea today, and a drowsy smile touched his features as he greeted Tel with a low, “Afternoon. Good to see you’re feeling better.”
Her fur had been steadily, slowly growing back. While it hadn’t reached its original length, she was at least able to maintain her own body heat when not huddled under furs in bed.
He leapt smoothly onto the boulder and set about unclipping his armor, folding it neatly to one side and setting his cloak atop it, and the bracers on the cloak before shaking out his black fur in a shower of fire and stretching out on the boulder with a huff.
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.