Beading and Bonding
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He lounged on the boulder, soaking in the warmth of the sun as he gazed down at the assortment of beads, feathers and fabric strips between his paws, fiddling through them with a long digit. He was without his armor for the time being – it was laid out nearby on the boulder, cloak folded neatly on top – and the sun struck the shimmering tones of flame that lurked in his ink-black coat alongside the flares of fiery light kindled by his breathing and the soft breeze tousling his fur and mane.
Idly he reached up and drew a lock of mane out, watching the blaze of light that followed his digits as he stroked them down the length of the hair. Laying his front paw flat with it, he realized that his mane had grown out. Maybe it would hit its full length, or had already.
His eyes returned to the beads, considering them. They were part of the contents of the trunk his mother had dragged home well before his birth or even conception, and partly things Lyr had found and brought home on his adventures in search of stories and pretty things to bring back. The trick would be, he thought, getting strands of hair through those tiny holes, and he hadn’t quite puzzled that bit out yet.
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.