Sodden Hunting Trip
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
BrienaSkysong
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He slid from the water with a slosh of sodden fur and glared back at the raft as it bobbed innocently on the ocean water. He could count himself lucky that he hadn’t laden any supplies on the raft for the trip over here, or it would have been floating on the waves, or sunk to the sand beneath the water.
He was glad the wave had sent him flying off the raft relatively close to the island’s shoreline. Sighing, Ardyn waded back out to snatch the rope in his jaws, turn to and heave the raft behind him onto the shore.
Once he was certain it had been lodged well above the reach of the water, Ardyn flopped into the sand, glad for the Summer sun beating down on him—he’d be dry quickly, at least. So far the pig-hunting trip was off to a bit of a bad start, but hopefully, the snares had caught some hogs to bring home.
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.