Again? Really?
for Ardyn
Though it seemed her hopes of a quiet morning were suddenly dashed in the blink of an eye. One moment she was sleepily wandering, nose low to the ground as she sniffed out any scents that were out of the ordinary. Intruder, he sleepy brain suddenly echoed at her, before she even registered what the scent belonged to. A bear. At least it wasn't another goddamn lion was prowling around their borders. Her sleepiness dissipated even more quickly than the early morning fog as the sun rose higher, adrenaline kicking her into high alert as she followed the scent. Taking on a bear by herself was foolish though, though maybe with the help of someone else she could run the predator off without waking up the whole pack. Carefully she let out a very quiet howl, short and succinct, meant only to alert anyone who might be directly nearby.
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
BrienaSkysong
![Samhain 2022](/images/awards/events/Samhain.png)
![The Ooze Participant](/images/awards/events/TheOoze.gif)
![The Ooze - Variation 3](/images/awards/events/Sparkles.gif)
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
His and Caelia’s patrols were on similar windows, with Ardyn taking one side of the moor, and Caelia’s on the other, and he’d gotten an early start, but the morning was quickly changed into a lot more excitement than he’d expected. Not a raid, but a large, hulking brown shape lumbering out of a pall of mist. Bear!
Ardyn’s sharp howl mingled with Caelia’s, lapsing into a near-roar as he barreled into the fray. He knew she was on this morning, and so, he wasn’t too shocked to hear her as he took flight, landing with claws extended and fingers splayed to cling to the bear’s back and thick fur.
His howl had startled the bear, who, admittedly had been minding his own business digging for roots, and a grunt turned into a bellow of surprise and not a little pain when Ardyn’s claws, followed by a slash of his canines, gouged into his hide.
Quickly surprise and pain turned to short-tempered fury as the bear twisted around in an attempt to reach the young wolf on his back, slobbering jaws and lips snapping, and unaware that the yearling wasn't alone.
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.
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
BrienaSkysong
![Samhain 2022](/images/awards/events/Samhain.png)
![The Ooze Participant](/images/awards/events/TheOoze.gif)
![The Ooze - Variation 3](/images/awards/events/Sparkles.gif)
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Caelia struck like lightning, and the bear staggered in surprise, having been focused on the painfully clinging yearling on its back, and as it swung back with a belly and sought to slap for Caelia’s torso, Ardyn wrenched a hand free and slapped unsheathed claws across the bear’s face, and the resultant bellow and buck from the bear told him he’d struck eyes.
He shook his head side to side, putting the sharp back edges of his canines into the bear’s flesh, digging the points deeper before ripping free and seeking to keep the bear distracted from the smaller wolf and scything his sabers back down, sinking to the hilt into the side of the bear’s neck opposite to Caelia.
His hind claws dug in deeper for traction, snarling softly with effort.
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.
The distraction was successful and allowed her to get her bearings and strike again. Jaws parted as she moved in from the side, aiming a precise bite to the side of the beast's throat. She was perpendicular to him and in a much more precarious position now but she had to hope the bear wouldn't redirect its focus entirely toward her. If so she was poised on the pads of her paws and prepared to spring away as quickly as she'd arrived, as long as she was able to.
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1046
BrienaSkysong
![Samhain 2022](/images/awards/events/Samhain.png)
![The Ooze Participant](/images/awards/events/TheOoze.gif)
![The Ooze - Variation 3](/images/awards/events/Sparkles.gif)
Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
Blinded in one eye, the bear didn’t see or sense Caelia coming in for a bite until her jaws were already digging in. Ardyn lurched on its back as the bear reared upward, swerving away from the older wolf with a choked snarl. He was pretty sure he’d heard a thump of contact, but until the bear was down and dead, he’d just have to wait to check in on Caelia.
He pulled free and slashed again for the bear’s neck, sabers digging in again and this time, between the combined efforts of the two wolves, he found the large vein enough to nick it, and felt that surge of blood that was, by now, very familiar. The Destiny shook his head sharply to widen the wound and dropped away from the bear he spotted the pulsing spray of red.
The bear staggered, gurgling, and slowly began to sag as it turned and swiped for him, more of a half-hearted bat of the paw than a real slap. In the next few beats it sank to the ground. Only once he was certain it was dead did Ardyn take his eyes off the bear and look for Caelia, calling, "You alright?"
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.
She licked her lips and gave herself a little shake, testing her limbs. She was unharmed, just tired, as she was sure Ardyn was too. "Seem to be. What about you?" Caelia glanced across the bear at him to give him a quick examination from a distance. He seemed like he'd avoided injury too - they'd both gotten lucky. Caelia didn't know if she could chalk it all up to sheer skill. "You better tell your mom that there was a bear lurking around. I can go scout the other side of the territory and make sure this was the only one?" She asked it, but she was more so telling him, talking off after to do just that. She wanted to work off some of the fatigue too before she settled down and rested for awhile.
-exit Caelia-