One Unlucky Moose [Open Hunt]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He slid through the marshland, hot on the trail of a moose that was badly injured from something—he hadn’t clapped eyes on the beast yet, but the mud made for perfect tracks, and the tracks left by this animal told him that the cow was badly lamed. Blood and pus tinged the tracks and scent, and the stink of a gashed stomach chamber.
He didn’t know how the animal was still kicking but it made for an opportunity to further stock the larders. He’d already sent Lyr out in a search for hunting partners, whether it was a member of Valhalla or a loner or wandering member of another pack—he wasn’t opposed to sharing a portion of the kill, since moose were large enough that it wouldn’t be overly generous.
The glowing black and white raven winged across the marsh, and in time found enough wolves to bring down one very badly ill and injured cow moose, delivering a simple message that the High King of Valhalla was tracking a moose and would reward those who helped.
Ardyn, meanwhile, had finally spotted the cow and made several assessments before picking a spot with a decent vantage point to keep an eye on her and wait for assistance. By the look of her, the moose had been ambushed by a crocodile or alligator and been lucky – or unlucky, given her condition and pain now – to tear herself free and escape.
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.