Qhapaq is a colossal green-hued dragon with a long, river-serpent body and the broad, weight-bearing limbs of a mountain predator. His scales are not uniformly colored. They range from moss green along his shoulders to deep lake-green beneath his jaw, with thin bronze seams between them that glimmer when he moves. Hair-like bronze tendrils spill from his snout and the back of his head, each one jointed like a reed and tipped with a bead of condensed rain. His tail ends in a fan of long, wet-looking feathers that never drip, even in a storm. He walks with deliberate, almost priestly care, placing each claw as if testing the stability of the world. Within a minute of meeting him, most people notice his teeth: the front pair are broad and blunt like carved ivory, while the rear teeth are fine and numerous, giving his rare smile the unsettling look of a river full of pale fish. His contradictory feature is his voice and manner. Despite his immense, storm-bearing body, he handles small objects with absurd delicacy and becomes visibly nervous around fragile pottery.