Finish Line
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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Medusa’s weariness dropped away like a cloud of loose fur at the mention of practice, and Ardyn repressed the urge to snort a laugh, nodding and settling into his own defenses as she took her place. He was fully armed and armored, main and tail loose, feathers and adornments left at home to avoid having them used against him in a fight.
Lunira and Sädir flanked him, circling outward to attempt at flanking Medusa’s rear, poised to play offense and distraction for her companions, as Lyr wheeled and toyed in the air above, head tipping to watch the sky and the impending spar below.
Ardyn launched forward in a fleet, sweeping bound, aiming to close the distance between himself and Medusa head-on, though at a slight angle to his own right at the last bound as he sought to angle his jaws down and to his left and snap his jaws toward Medusa’s head, primarily her muzzle.
He didn’t open his jaws wide enough to catch her muzzle in his sabers should he land the attack successfully, but he hoped to give her some scrapes with his upper and lower incisors, maybe even pinch the skin on the bridge of her nose.
Simultaneously, he sought to sweep his left foreleg out to his own left and catch Medusa’s left foreleg in the juncture of brisket and limb in a scissor-like pincer movement, hoping to snap his foreleg back toward his body and wrest Medusa’s leg off the ground and tight to his chest.
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi vs Medusa 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.