Racallio was six-and-a-half feet tall. He had a stooped posture and a gait, however, since one shoulder was higher than the other. He often dyed his hair and beard purple with orange streaks. Racallio enjoyed sweet scents, bathing himself in lavender or rosewater. The man sometimes dressed as a woman and pretended to be a whore. Racallio was gluttonous and a drunkard. He spoke a dozen dialects of High Valyrian and was notoriously foul-mouthed. Racallio was open-handed.