 He is over 6 ft tall with orange cropped hair (which was dyed when he was a child), is illiterate, and has one long scar running down his left cheek, but is shown with three in the movie.Evanna, a sorceress, caused the scar due to Larten's attempt at kissing her in his youth.He is suspected to be about 180–200 years old and was once a Vampire General.