Festivity on the Horizons
[Friendly]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
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That spot there would be the best place for the fighting tournament, he decided, nodding to himself as he eyed the very bottom of the basin. His mother had done the same in the festival she’d held when he was a pup. The view had been excellent, even for a child like himself while he waited his turn in the pup division.
And there—His was knocked out of his thoughts by the woman’s greeting as Medusa popped up from the grass – how did a woman that big hide so well? – and bounded toward him. She wasn’t a threat, given her demeanor, but he did jolt ever so slightly in place, claws snapping into the ground in startled flex before he choked out a laugh.
“Afternoon, Medusa. No, I was actually here on assignment to check out the basin for a festival we’re planning. Insomnia is among the invited, by the way. There’ll be a fighting tournament, races, and hunting contests, and activities for healers as well.” .
Ardyn turned back to Medusa, asking lightly, “What brings you here?”
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.