"The knowledge I impart is written in steel;
Yet the greatest wisdom lies in knowing when to teach."

Kadva is a tall, imposing man who appears to be in his late forties. His salt and pepper hair suggests an impending descent into senescence. but his eyes (hidden behind lenses of onyx) are sharp, his mind is keen, and he stands with the assurance of a hoary veteran. When dressed in his black articulated plate armor (a relic of his days as an elite guardsman for the priests of Rathess), he resembles nothing so much as a moving statue, a sight to inspire friends and terrify foes.

His reaper daiklave "Sunrise" sits in a sheath on his back, inscribed with a couplet penned by the King of All Craftsmen himself as an oath of vengeance against the kin who tormented him.

"Life is but a dream;
It is morning for you."