Rhaenys was a great beauty.[4] She had black hair[N 1] and pale violet eyes.[3] By the time she was fifty-five, she had a lean, lined face and her black hair was streaked with white.[5]

She was a clever, capable, spirited, proud,[6] fierce and fearless woman.[5] She had a fiery temperament.[7]

Rhaenys wore a steel and copper armor which flashed in the sun.[1]