Basil is a gangly man with thin boney limbs and a stooped gait.

His skin is thin and veiny, seemingly overstretched across his torso and is tinged bilious yellow.  His eyes are dim, sunken deep into a pale face accentuated by dark lips.  When he opens his mouth, you catch glimpses of a gap-toothed smile framed by blackened gums.  His hair is patchy, scraggly, and seems to vary in shade and texture.

When he talks, which is seldom, his voice is a reedy monotone.