Great Heights [Amory and Tel]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
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They’d set out a few days ago. They’d had to circle around Ashen’s southern border, but after that it was simple travel. He knew Tel had never been to the Peak, and neither had Amory, so he’d tugged the two along at the crack of dawn after prepping their travel gear and leaving the pack in Aurielle, Cairo, and Red’s paws. Between the three of those wolves, the pack was in safe paws for a week or so.
He led the way at a brisk traveling trot, full saddlebags thumping against his sides, occasionally glancing back to check in on the two women with a grin. They’d be passing by Avalon both ways, and he planned to stop by and greet Corbie on the way home.
He slowed as they reached the foot of the mountain that housed a tunnel that led in a dangerous path up. His mother had taught him the way, and today, he let Lyr lead, the raven’s white splashes of glowing plumage lighting the way a bit better than his own fur, though no doubt Tel would add her own light to the trio of wolves.
The climb was long, arduous, with many long breaks to adjust to the rising altitude. But at least, Ardyn felt a change in the tunnel air, and he padded forward, feeling along the edge of the tunnel and grinning. Snow plugged the entry, but it was soggy, melting from the sunlight outside, even at this height. He set to digging, and after some time, the tunnel opened out onto the great clearing, and the temple set against the opposite peak of the mountain.
Ardyn stepped out and stretched, then stood aside to grin at the two women, gesturing at the sight before them.
“Cool, right?”
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.