Stonecutter
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
The steady ‘tink-tink-tink’ of hammer on chisel against stone permeated the morning air at the top of the hill. The tools Ardyn had gotten from the Nomads were a tremendous help, especially with the direction and aid of some of the primates that had come from that Chapter.
The rock was granite, and he was working a groove into the stone, nimble digits working to hold the hammer and chisel correctly. It was a bit of a chore, when his elbows weren’t as low down as a monkey’s, but he worked at it until he found a comfortable position.
It was a soothing task, and much easier than the methods he’d been trying before. Once the grove was fully visible, he began working round depressions into the rock, deepr and deeper until he set the chisel aside and reached for the metal pegs, blunt and flat-topped on one end, pointed at the other, and set them into the holes, point down.
He picked up the hammer again, and began smacking the tops of the pegs, never more than a few times to each one. It made a kind of music, hammer ringing on peg in different tones and notes; flat when the speg was well seated, hollow and clear when one was loose. Then a loud clattering ting as the rock popped apart at last.
He leaned forward, examining the split, then smiled to himself. It was almost perfect.
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.