Relatively short, Daela in her human form only stands at about 5'6". Her hair is largely brunette, with lighter streaks of gold, reminiscent of the feathers of her Kelvic form. Her eyes are golden, the same in both forms, and she tends to keep her nails trimmed to fine points, so that she is armed with claws in both forms.
Her skin is lightly tanned, evidence of her upbringing in the port city of Zeltiva. She is slightly stocky in stature, the power of her Kelvic form evidence in the muscling of her arms and shoulders as well as her thighs. Daela prefers to walk about nude; she's found that clothing generally serves as nothing more than a nuisance. Without it, she's only a blink of the eye away from shifting, a security she gladly sacrifices the comfort of others for; in Alvadas, her nudity is generally not as eyebrow-raising as it was in Zeltiva.
Daela is more agile in her human form than her Kelvic one; while she weaves shifting into her busking, the majority of her act is performed while in the human form thanks to space constraints.
Daela's Kelvic form is a Cyphrus Eagle; with a wingspan of seven feet, weighing in at about ten pounds. She is capable of flying 150 miles nonstop, and has excellent eyesight. Her claws and beak are formidable weapons, ones that she uses to great effect when hunting for food. At her size, Daela is capable of taking down large quarry(such as young deer, goats, and dogs) as well as smaller prey. Built more for power than for agility and speed, Daela can be outflown and outmaneuvred by most birds, although she has few matches in a head-to-head fight.