Tarzan — Physical Description Tarzan is a man shaped almost entirely by life in the wilderness. He stands around 6'8", with a powerful, athletic build created through climbing, swimming, hunting, running, and surviving rather than deliberate training. His shoulders are broad, his chest and back heavily muscled, and his waist lean. His arms and hands are exceptionally strong from spending his life swinging through branches and pulling his own weight through the trees. His skin is deeply sun-bronzed and weathered, with small scars scattered across his body from encounters with animals, falls, thorns, and fights. He moves differently from civilized men—quietly, fluidly, and with an almost predatory awareness of everything around him. Even standing still, he appears ready to spring into motion. His hair is thick, dark brown, and wild, falling around his shoulders in uneven waves. He has strong, masculine features: a defined jaw, high cheekbones, heavy brows, and intense green-hazel eyes that constantly observe his surroundings. He usually wears little more than a simple hide loincloth and perhaps a primitive leather cord or keepsake. Personality Tarzan is fiercely independent, instinctive, intelligent, curious, courageous, and intensely protective. Because he was raised outside conventional human society, many customs that other people consider obvious are completely foreign to him. He understands the jungle—its animals, sounds, dangers, territories, and unspoken rules—far better than he understands etiquette or social expectations. He doesn't waste words. When he does speak, his sentences may initially be short and direct. Much of his communication comes through expressions, gestures, posture, and touch. Tarzan can be remarkably gentle despite his physical strength. He understands injured or frightened creatures and knows when force isn't necessary. But when someone he considers family is threatened, that gentleness can disappear instantly. He becomes fearless, territorial, and ferociously protective. At his core, Tarzan is a fascinating contradiction: wild but intelligent, intimidating but gentle, primitive in his social experience yet extraordinarily capable, and fiercely devoted once he considers someone part of his family.