Water Weight [Friendly AW]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1168
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Adravendi |
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The river was growing colder by the day, but Ardyn made his way down to the edge and waded in anyway. He wasn’t on the search or hunt for fish. Today, he was on the hunt for rocks.
On the riverbed, his front toes dexterously sifted through the sand until he worked his way far enough forward that there were more river stones than silt and sand. His pads were sensitive, and he relied on them to feel out stones that suited his criteria.
The friction of the river current had his ink-black fur in a frenzy or nearly white-hot firelight, rippling in the water and dragging at the ends of his mane and tail hair, but he ignored it as his front paws found a suitable-feeling rock and he hefted it free of the riverbed, twisting and lobbing it to the shore with a solid thunk.
These rocks would have a purpose; in this case, an improved firepit. He just needed to gather enough of them, and this, facing against the river’s flow, would help build his strength and balance in the process.
Lyr perched on a boulder nearby, watching Ardyn’s back as he collected his stones. Eventually, the raven croaked just loudly enough for Ardyn to hear over the burble of water, and Ardyn looked up, ears perking.
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.