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Arduinna

(#34750558)

Level 25 Skydancer

Familiar

Hulking Greatowl

Energy: 0/50

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Measurements

Length

4.68 m

Wingspan

4.57 m

Weight

465.49 kg

Genetics

Ginger
Ripple

Hunter
Peregrine

Sanddollar
Runes

Hatchday

Jul 27, 2017
(6 years)

Breed

Adult
Skydancer

Eye Type

Nature
Common

Level 25 Skydancer

Max Level

STR

119

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MND

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Biography

A R D U I N N A

Returned spirit • Protector

B I O G R A P H Y

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The little bird chirped happily, welcoming the sun’s warm rays. His song got even louder, when he felt an unmistakable presence closing. All trees, all flowers and creatures welcomed Her as She passed by. Everything buzzed around Her, whispers stirred around with disbelief.

It had been so long they have seen Her walking among the forest, leaving Behemoth's enormous shelter. But now, She walked slowly, looking warmly at her thriving domain. She smiled at the little bird, who almost fainted in his pride to be able to make Mother smile. A nymph caught him before falling down and placed him back to the tree, stroking his head gently.

She was searching something, it seemed and She knew well where could it be find. She stopped at the old, dying tree in a centre of a grove. An almost lifeless trunk, a sad leafless memento that everything will end some day, but… She was not bitter about this. It is life’s unchangeable law. Where is a beginning, there will be an end. And a new start eventually. That’s why She is here, to give a new start to some. She placed her claws on the dry bark and the old tree began to sprout leaves immediately. It’s body shivered, and began to change it’s form. The branches twisted, moved, blended or split in demand, the leaves clogged together and within a minute a dragon’s shape stood before Her looking like a statue carved from wood.

A sprite stepped forward, emerging her tail. The petals bloomed, slowly revealing a pulsing green orb. She listened a little to the calm heartbeat of the spirit before blowing it. The orb dissolved into the air, the small particles encompassed the dragon-like statue. It shivered again, than moved the leaf formed wing, shook its head and slowly opened deep green eyes onto the world.

"Welcome back, my beloved child." She smiled upon the awakening creature. "You know your duty well, but… don’t forget to live this time." She whispered gently, "Go, find your home."

The creature bowed deeply and smiled before emerging from the ground.

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Arduinna

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In Gallo-Roman religion, Arduinna (also Arduina, Arduinnae or Arduinne) was the eponymous tutelary goddess of the Ardennes Forest and region, thought to be represented as a huntress riding a boar (primarily in the present-day regions of Belgium and Luxembourg). Her cult originated in the Ardennes region of present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. She was identified with the Roman goddess Diana.

In The Gods of the Celts, Miranda Green states that some depictions of Arduinna show her riding a boar. However, Simone Deyts notes that the bronze Gallo-Roman statue of a woman in a short belted tunic, riding a boar sidesaddle and holding a knife, conserved in the Musée des antiquités nationales, St-Germain-en-Laye, bears no inscription, and was simply assumed to be Arduinna by the 19th century antiquarian who discovered it—perhaps because the modern symbol of the Ardennes region is also a boar. Another such bronze, from the collection of Richard Payne Knight, has been in the British Museum since 1824; it is traditionally identified as "Diana". Both bronze statuettes are now headless.

The name Arduinna derives from the Gaulish arduo- meaning height. It is also found in several placenames, such as the Ardennes Woods (Arduenna silva) and the Forest of Arden in England, in personal names Arduunus and Arda — the latter from coinage of the Treveri — and the Galatian Αρδή. The name Arduenna silva for "wooded heights" was applied to several forested mountains, not just the modern Ardennes: it is found in the départements of Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme and in the French commune of Alleuze.

It has also been suggested that the gemination -nn- is typical to a language of the Belgae, being different from Celtic and thus suggesting a Nordwestblock etymology, which, generally speaking, is also assumed to be closer to Germanic.
Historical references

From: Wikipedia

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