A Long Past-Due Visitor
[Medusa | Others welcome]
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1126
BrienaSkysong
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Medusa had come to visit him several times in the past, when Valhalla still maintained its quiet life, but Ardyn was a bit disappointed in himself that he had never actually made the effort to come to call at Insomnia’s borders until now.
He carried with him several elk legs, well-aged and smelling; but he was pretty certain the woman would like them that way the most, if the scent off her coat was anything to go by; one didn’t have to stand too close to tell she probably enjoyed a good roll in the carrion.
As he reached the edge of the territory, he set the legs at his paws and tipped his muzzle to the sky, calling for the Insomnian leader and stepping back a pace to settle onto his haunches, tail pooling in a smoldering black pool about his paws.
His ears flicked and swiveled, alert for any signs of approach, though with the land before him, he’d likely see someone coming well before he heard them. The Dancefloor was renounced for its flat expanse.
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.