Life's Ever Twisting Fates
[Tel]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1327
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Adravendi |
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It seemed that the horrific events had passed; the sky was returning to normal. He hadn’t been involved in the battles against the worms that Coran had brought home tales of, looking as though he had gone through one of the most harrowing experiences of his life… But at least he was alive.
Their father, however… Aoife had been forced to witness their dad’s death, and Ardyn wasn’t sure how he would be able to help either of his siblings cope. He wasn’t sure how to cope.
His chin rested on his paws, sabers falling on either side of his digits, staring out at the valley as he tried to process the happenings.
Not only had Red been lost, their mother was ill, and not at an age where that was something to take lightly. His and Tel’s wedding had been put on hold, though that had been a given when the Raiders had decided to squat on their homeland. Hard to hold a wedding in such circumstances.
He couldn’t help but feel he was to blame for that, somehow.
His eyes slid shut and he drew in a deep sigh, letting it out with a hiss between his teeth.
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.