Holland is a tall man with charcoal black hair and very pale skin. His left eye holds the Antari mark while his right one is greyish green. Like most White London residents, Holland has a "strangely faded appearance,"[1] and smells like woodsmoke.[7]

He has very deep and visible scars along his forearms and wrists, due to the torture he suffered at the hands of Athos Dane.[8] Athos also carved a soul seal into Holland's body to control him; it rests over his heart and runs through to his back. 