Traplines
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Adravendi |
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He padded in a relaxed amble along the trapline, ears swiveling to catch the sounds of autumn around him. Winter would be along before they knew it, so he was gathering as many rabbits as he could for armor and paw cover linings, bed-furs, and preserved foods.
Frantic scrabbling ahead told him he had a fresh catch, and he picked up to a brisk trot to close the distance.
A rabbit twisted and leaped against the snare around its neck, letting out a strangled screech at the sight of him as he came around the bend of the trail.
Ardyn dove in and made quick work of snapping the rabbit’s neck and putting it out of its misery. It wasn’t the first of the day, and wouldn’t be the last he tucked into the bad attached to a pouch strap in his armor.
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.