Wounded Pride [Whitetail Buck hunt]
I don't need points, but am happy to offer the opportunity for others to get hunting SP
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1051
BrienaSkysong
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He slid along the deer-path, following the blood trail of a buck that had taken on an opponent too strong for him. He’d spotted the animal gimping his way along the trail, probably to find a place to nurse his wounds and pride in solitude, and fallen in well behind the deer.
He’d removed his adornments to avoid noise, tucking them in a leather pouch that Lyr carried in his feet in the air above. Only Ardyn’s armor remained, with its pouches weighing gently over his lower back, the weight customary after so long wearing the armor.
He’d have to repair and oil the leather, but it had held up well over the many seasons he’d had it.
Ardyn paused, ears perked as he caught the brush of paw-steps nearby, then woofed softly in an invitation to join his hunt. Two sets of paws were always better than one when bringing down even an injured buck deer, and he wasn’t opposed to company.
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.