Winter Weight
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1290
BrienaSkysong
| Ardyn Adravendi |
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Winter had just barely begun to unsheathe its claws, but he could tell this was going to be a cold one. He’d already woken to a ground-cover outside the family’s little temporary den, though it had melted off by midday.
He had plenty of indoor tasks to keep him busy during the worst of the squalls; in particular, mending his cloak where a rock had managed to tear through the wool.
He was, at present, carrying two large pouches of stones up the side of the valley toward the den, enjoying the steady burn of exertion the training brought him. Like his mother, he was always one to combine daily tasks and getting things done with physical training.
These stones he planned on shaping with the chisels a passing Nomad had traded him a roll of rabbit pelts for. The Nomad was a rare lone wanderer, but bore the brow tattoos of a fully trained master healer. Perhaps Ardyn would see the male again at the head of his own Chapter.
Ardyn paused, thoughts flickering out of his mind as a scuff of paws reached his ears around the bend of the trail, just out of sight. He set his paws in a more balanced stance under the weight of his load, head tilting as he analyzed the steps for any recognizable gait.
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.