Oberyn has the features of a salty Dornishmen. He is a tall, slender, graceful, and fit man, and has a lined and saturnine face with thin eyebrows, black “viper” eyes and a sharp nose. His hair is lustrous and black with only a few silver streaks and recedes from his brow into a widow’s peak.

Oberyn has always been fierce.He has a fearsome and notorious reputation. According to Lord Tywin Lannister, Oberyn has always been half-mad. Oberyn’s brother Doran has described him as “deadly, dangerous, and unpredictable”, stating that “no man dared tread on him”. However, Doran also claims Oberyn is rash. A witty man who is sharp of tongue, Oberyn has claimed to have been “a monstrous young fellow” in his youth. Rumor has it that Oberyn is bisexual. Oberyn is a renowned warrior, quick as a water snake and very athletic.