Sable is a broad, black-and-cream panda beast-man with a heavy, rolling sailor's gait that becomes startlingly graceful whenever danger begins. His fur is dense around the shoulders and forearms, but permanently flattened along his left side from years of sleeping against ship timbers. His round ears are usually hidden beneath a salt-stiffened navy cap, and his dark eyes rarely settle on faces. They track hands, exits, rigging, loose weapons, and the movement of water in a cup. He has a gentle, almost sleepy expression that can turn frighteningly still when he gives an order. His paws are enormous and blunt-clawed, yet he handles delicate firearm mechanisms with jeweler's care. The unexpected contradiction is his immaculate ivory neckcloth, embroidered with tiny green thistles, worn above a coat patched with sailcloth, fish leather, and old festival banners.