Tirta was about average in height and had a solid, sturdy build, with wide hips and thick thighs. Her skills and experience and an archer had given her powerful shoulders that were framed by wiry arms of compact muscle. Her hair was as wild as a lion’s mane, the same texture as Anoub's. It was colored like a lion's mane as well, blond in the front, around her face, a dark umber in the back. Her eyes were a tawny color, fierce and bright with the sharp canniness of a skilled archer and hunter. Her skin reminded him of fresh, rejuvenated earth after a spring rain. Rainer knew that many of the other initiates found her and the presence she commanded intimidating. He could understand, though he felt Tirta might be rather intense, but ultimately she was very warm and friendly. It still took some time to get used to her sometimes unnervingly mischievous smile, though. She seemed to have very sharp teeth